Example sentences of "[pron] [that] it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But , although I hoped very much that he would be here , it seemed to me that it mattered little whether one knew anybody in the camp or not .
2 Second point : although you obviously have such a low opinion of me that it does n't strain your credulity to believe that I was making love to two women at once , one of them married , I ca n't believe that even you could see me in the role of toy-boy .
3 It seems to me that it does n't put a lot of weight on the grass .
4 One glance at Hannah 's meadows told me that it had very real prospects because it did not have the lush , emerald green appearance of chemically fertilized land .
5 It seems to me that it lacks somehow a soul or a purpose .
6 I , I have a quandary here cos I 'm not quite sure whether I should be asking a question or proposing something against the deliverance but I have attended and er listened to a number of debates arising out of this matter of er the baptism of children and time and again it 's struck me that it starts off about baptism but it turns out to be a discussion about the parents .
7 Audetto , who was present in the later stages , once denied to me that it transpired entirely as Niki says .
8 ‘ It seemed to me that it did not please you greatly when you first tasted it . ’
9 Her credibility increased when she advised me that it did not really matter whether I believed in homeopathy or not .
10 She had never farmed before , and she told me that it did not come easy .
11 John assured me that it did n't matter in the least , and amused himself by taxying the machine up and down the runways , testing and running-in the VW engine at the same time .
12 It did n't er it is a difficult for me because I do n't have the figures er but er Mr er my assistant who er er did do the detailed work , er tells me that it did n't provide as much traffic relief to the A sixty one as did a western relief .
13 And she believed me that it did n't match three piece suite or carpet and it was stupid , and that sh and she says what shall I do about them ?
14 On European monetary union , it seems to me that it has long been the cherished aim of Conservative Governments to find a means by which we could control the value of our currency — to make it predictable in its exchange rate , as it was for much of the 19th century .
15 An engineering expert in stress told me that it has recently been discovered that two pieces of metal , indistinguishable unless subjected to sophisticated tests , react differently to precisely the same amount of stress .
16 You prove to me that it gives just the very impression I desired .
17 I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 .
18 You show them that it does n't work .
19 His deep , deep penetration of her came when they could hold back no longer , when the sensuality had swollen so painfully inside them that it cried out for release .
20 When he satisfied himself that it had n't , he turned to Larsen .
21 now more nearly resembled an M and a Q. The evidence was disappearing before their very eyes and , once it was gone , Harry was not sure he could convince even himself that it had ever been there .
22 He tried to tell himself that it did n't matter , that you could find the same situation all over the West End ; back in the long-lost days of sweetness and light he could remember taking his wife to a performance of Jesus Christ , Superstar when it had gone through so many cast changes that no-one was even bothering to count , and what a bunch of wankers they 'd been .
23 I mean , the side bits look nice heavier cos it 's it gives you that it goes up that way .
24 ( And before you shudder at the thought , may I , as someone who has been on the receiving end , assure you that it does not hurt .
25 " Miss Adeane , " he murmured , somewhere above her , " if this pose of the sacrificial victim is intended to impress me , I ought to warn you that it does not . "
26 At the time you enter a Deed of Covenant , the covenant should be capable of lasting for more than 3 years , and there should be the intention by you that it does so .
27 which does n't actually do anything except tell you that it got there .
28 Now he told me , that night we got so drunk , that it was because of you that it had n't happened .
29 It is difficult to describe exactly , but I assure you that it works wonderfully when you are drawing .
30 If it makes you feel any happier , I will tell you that it did not cost me as much as a bouquet of flowers would have done .
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