Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I remember many occasions when friends would reassure me that I was like them , there were n't any differences .
2 We can reassure them that everything is alright .
3 Monitor : Midwife Robin Rootes'We can reassure them that everything is alright'
4 But provoking discussion among the trainees of some straightforward opening questions may reassure them that they could cope themselves , at least initially , with Sheila .
5 In 1537 Ralph Sadler complained to Cromwell about the probable consequences of an enforced withdrawal : ‘ My absence from the court will so much hinder me that I shall never be able to recover . ’
6 ‘ Why did n't you alert me that there was trouble between you and your boss ?
7 It would be such a pleasure and I would promise you that they would be no inconvenience to you .
8 Look at the words of the hymns , glance at the dates and link them in with the theories we have discussed , and I can promise you that it will all make a little more sense and make it even more evident how our hymn-writers wrestled with the meaning of the cross .
9 ‘ I can promise you that it is a young lady . ’
10 And I can promise you that it will be twelve weeks of absolute hell , ’ he added , sounding as if the idea did n't altogether displease him .
11 As Owen 's lawyer , I can promise you that I 'm going to sue the socks off the drunken driver who caused that terrible accident , ’ he vowed firmly .
12 There , in the fact that , that same evening , when I can promise you that I 've always been a most truthful man , I , to my own amazement , discovered that I was mouthing lies . ’
13 Last but not least , Keith is an historian who has frequently visited Mexico and it does n't faze him that I , as a Mexican , should come to his country to write about its artists .
14 " It does niggle me that we can not play whenever and wherever we like , " Bland said .
15 What reassurance can he give them that they will be able to invest in dairy production in Monmouthshire ?
16 ‘ You may show me that you 're not too proud . ’
17 Now the Labour party control the city council , may I say this , that if your feelings are against barbaric sport as much as that , why do n't you use your contr , your controlling power on the city council and then ban boxing in all the city establishments , then you will show me that you mean what you are saying and that you are not just using the present position of this council for a political measure and political gain and I 'd like to also ask what this has cost the council what this has cost could be thousands .
18 And there are records of this everywhere are n't there you know sort of and and probably you know the the management thought er I do n't know if they thought this far really or we 'll we 'll show them that they ca n't that they ca n't stick together as a union and why should all the quarries stick together .
19 And , wow man , I 've got ta show them that I can produce .
20 Tolonen 's appointment as General would certainly help in that regard , but I must also show them that I am my own man , not merely my father 's shadow .
21 But it would show them that I 'm ambitious-enterprising , young and independently minded . ’
22 yeah , that 's true it does show ya that it can grow though do n't it , not the hair I mean AI AIDS you know if you shave somebody head and got AIDS and you shave his head , he cuts them both , that 's it , two people 's got AIDS just like that .
23 No I did n't expect you that you would have the answer to those questions at the level of villages , however I think it might be reasonable to expect that in reaching your view , primarily on environmental grounds , which is the major flank of your argument for suppressing past migration trends .
24 A look at this month 's What 's New pages will show you that we 've acknowledged the error of our ways and now include review updates on products ( plus a new product news section ) .
25 Surely his death must show you that we ca n't stay hidden any longer .
26 In a certain language your analysis might show you that there are , say , three basic stems for each verb ; once you have determined that , elicit all three stems of every new verb you collect .
27 The basis of the book is that we are unfulfilled because we 've grown too sophisticated for God , we 're lonely , we 're morally confused , and I think God is the answer for this , it fashions , religion fashions the kind of community in which you 're redeemed from loneliness , it gives you the sense that when you come close to the end of your life you do n't have to panic that you have wasted your life because religion can show you that you have made a difference to the world .
28 You and your mother must show her that you are a similar importance in her life .
29 And , if they could show him that they really cared about the Store , he would come out again and put a stop to all these problems and re-establish the Store here , in this green unpleasant land .
30 She would show him that there was no chance of her giving way to a fine lady 's vapours !
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