Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should 've said that to Marie — I reckon that would 've been OK . |
| 2 | If it had been used more often , politicians and broadcasters alike would have regarded that as evidence not of the system 's success but of its failure . |
| 3 | Rather than looking abroad , smart European bankers will already have realised that with banks like Chase Manhattan and Security Pacific pulling back from Europe , some of the best corporate business will now be up for grabs in their own backyards . |
| 4 | … the circumstances are such that any reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence , then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most elegant formulation of principle was given in Coco v Clark ( AN ) ( Engineers ) Ltd where it was said that if a reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
| 6 | I should have realised that in an island as small as Grand Bahamas two men like McIllvanney and Billingsley would know each other . |
| 7 | Since Mr Hull made it plain that he was not qualified to give an opinion about the painting 's authorship , the plaintiff 's employee must have realised that in proceeding with the purchase he was relying on his own skill and judgment . |
| 8 | I should have realised that from the fact that Micky said ‘ Oh Lord ’ — an expression , incidentally , that was n't in the script of the play and that he had never used in his life — before he turned round from the Hooded Owl and looked into the wings . |
| 9 | , I would have expected that under these ‘ natural ’ conditions [ that is , trying to raise the eggs in pond water ] the eggs would have been totally infested with fungi … |
| 10 | One might have expected that at least some of the Labour members would welcome this opportunity to save the airport entrusted to them , but it appears that the ordinary members are unable to use their right to vote in accordance with their wishes , however strongly held . |
| 11 | And , just as the conquest of Morocco had been undertaken at the turn of the century to counteract the divisive effects of " the Disaster " by giving Spaniards a new , common enterprise with which to identify , one might have expected that in 1956 Franco would resort to a military campaign to save Morocco to unite the regime forces around himself and divert attention away from domestic problems . |
| 12 | Lisa might have responded that over the past few years she 'd endured more than her share of character-building challenges . |
| 13 | Now as far as I 'm concerned , if the benefit to B is greater , supposing for example , they 're not the same age , sorry , I should n't have said that about being the same age . |
| 14 | See , i , if we , if we 'd have said that about you erm , nobody knows what |
| 15 | ‘ If you 'd have said that to Led Zeppelin , ’ postulates Derry , ‘ they 'd have had their manager f—ing shoot you ! ’ |
| 16 | I it did I mean I thought afterwards I should n't have said that to er John because he would be thinking , Oh here 's negative Nelly coming along . |
| 17 | The Prime Minister could not have said that between 1987 and April 1991 — the four years when child benefit was frozen . |
| 18 | I am sure that hon. Members will have noticed that in the recent announcement of environmentally sensitive areas — especially those in the Lake district , Exmoor and Dartmoor — I have clearly taken that view , with regard to not only hillsides but moorland areas . |
| 19 | She could never have suspected that at that very moment , the camera maker 's future prosperity hung in the balance . |
| 20 | For instance it might be suggested that action sample clients were less likely to be admitted straight away to long-term institutional care than control sample clients , for service-providers might have felt that with the Home Support Project such clients could be sustained at home whereas in its absence in the control areas they were not sustainable . |
| 21 | A source close to the investigation said : ‘ Although there was no obligation to notify the authority , one might have felt that under the circumstances they should have done . ’ |
| 22 | Though I 'll say as I said earlier in the half there 's some play some referees might have seen that as a sending off offence . |
| 23 | The reader will have seen that in both examples it was necessary to make a number of special assumptions . |
| 24 | Very very very briefly Chairman , erm first of all you can see in paragraph two point three and you see the matter that 's being erm the subject of discussion previously erm there was n't to be an issues report as such , but er Stragg itself the advisory group did feel that it would be useful that er er a leaflet be prepared and distributed erm you I do n't think Chairman would have seen it , but hot off the presses is being erm with us this morning er an an and only delivered this morning are some copies of th the leaflet that we have now erm prepared er you will have seen that in draft form Chairman and members of Strang will have seen that draft form so er both Stragg members and other members of the Committee if they would like to take a copy away with them , that there are a number here , but they will be er given wide distribution later on . |
| 25 | ‘ Somebody must have seen that before now , ’ sighed Sorrel . |
| 26 | Maybe if you guys in Norway joined the EC a bit quicker Silver could nt have used that as an excuse : - ) |
| 27 | The Departments of Environment and Transport could have agreed that in principle it was better not to encourage more cars onto the roads by building better motorways . |
| 28 | ‘ He might have preferred that to a bullet wound , ’ Maxim said . |
| 29 | I should have preferred that to be put in a more positive light than the hon. Member for Fife , Central was able to do . |
| 30 | She continued , ‘ I would have thought that for a man in your position , required to make countless decisions every day , such a weakness would prove to be a considerable handicap . ’ |