Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] [to-vb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The honourable member has been on to say that his mother was upset about her appearance here , not least because she felt it was invading her privacy . |
| 2 | ‘ What I 'm trying to do is not to revive that , but to use the conventions in a modern context ; flexible , fluid symbols , which can be read in numerous ways . ’ |
| 3 | She broke off , caught unawares having been about to reveal that her sister had told her . |
| 4 | What I was going to suggest then , Chairman , in the light of , in a sense a change of , a change of thought by me over the Christmas period , in a way it 's probably best it happened , is to ask if we could , because I 'm , I 'm keen that , this kind of different kind of strategy , there is a , there is a member ownership of the strategy , rather than just put something to you , that you would then have to , you know you , you have the paper in front of you , it 's a thirty page document , and you decided is actually to suggest that you have actually a , a , a member group of , of , of a few members , perhaps three or four members , erm , to actually work with me on this , in the development of that strategy , so there was actually a member involvement , because it 's straying more into the political field . |
| 5 | To ask how a piece of machinery worked was not to deny that each part had been designed with a function in mind . |
| 6 | Some fans have been on to say that calling for the manager 's dismissal is not the answer . |