Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] and that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kit Widdows admitted to a little gentle crusading taking place here , being convinced that people would be more likely to be encouraged to come to church when they saw people enacting something that had a meaning for them and that they obviously enjoyed doing rather than being approached by someone knocking on their door . |
| 2 | They were terrified that the Jewish authorities would come for them and that they would suffer the same fate as Jesus . |
| 3 | Ianthe smiled uneasily , feeling that some kind of guessing game was being played between them and that she ought to play her part by making a suggestion as to what the work could have been . |
| 4 | My mates think he 's too young for me and that I should find someone of my own age . |
| 5 | For how many years have we been told it 's tax payers ' money do you remember Maggie and the tax payers ' money , it 's like this animal somewhere called the tax payer but it came out of the wall as if we were n't one of them and that we had to look after the tax payers ' money . |
| 6 | Chebrikov was particularly scathing about the ‘ informal groups ’ that had been attracting public attention , warning that ‘ extremist elements ’ had worked their way into the leaderships of some of them and that they were encouraging them to engage in actions ‘ objectively against the interests of our society ’ . |
| 7 | Thinking she was free of him and that it might be possible to keep out of harm 's way until Peter returned , she hurried up the steps into the hall . |
| 8 | I could have held him tight and told him I was proud of him and that I loved him just for being there , but he would have struggled free . |
| 9 | In fact , it is a measure of his poverty both that he is unaware of it and that he can define himself only in negative terms . |
| 10 | I mean they do n't honestly care two hoots about people , if they can talk about the dreadful state the , the care of old people is in and all the rest of it and that it 's going to get worse , frightening old people . |
| 11 | as you said the steps of it and that you will come back with your recommendations and that . |
| 12 | Please pray that you 'll be with each one of us and that we 'll enjoy today with grandma and all the different things we 'll do . |
| 13 | ‘ Our coach John Monie has told Martin Crompton and myself that the scrum-half position is between the two of us and that he 'll decide on one in a month , ’ he revealed . |
| 14 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 15 | I always told your aunt it was too big for you and that you would never be able to manage it , but she never listened to me . " |
| 16 | ‘ But I knew in my heart that I would have no chance against them and that they would be merciless . |
| 17 | No matter what your chosen activity ( dance , aerobics , yoga , weight-lifting , tennis and so on ) there is a good chance that some class or club will be available near you and that you can join . |
| 18 | This time my reaction to the knowledge that in all probability cancer was back with me and that I had a dreaded secondary was quite different from my reaction on first being told of the disease six months earlier . |
| 19 | Mum said that as a Christian She was not going to write me a note when there was n't anything wrong with me and that I was to remember that we Christians are the light of the world . |
| 20 | I do not know whether this was associated with the fact that no one ever sought a tea meeting with me and that I was relieved of the obligation of conducting a rather spurious theological discussion on the basis of almost total ignorance . |
| 21 | Punch , will you ride to Bishopstow House forthwith and leave a message to the effect that Miss Abbott is here with me and that I will return her within the hour . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Honour your father and-mother ’ — which is the first commandment with a promise — ‘ that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth . ’ |
| 24 | He said that he had his boss with him and that they would not wait longer than eight . |
| 25 | He 'd had to walk on for quite a bit after that and it was quite late in the day when it occurred to him that the villagers had probably been just having a joke with him and that they would no doubt be feeling anxious by then and starting to worry . |
| 26 | What the Commission has to do now there is a new article in the Maastricht treaty is to ensure that its practice complies with it and that it does not encourage the drafting of legislation or the working out of projects on matters that can perfectly well be dealt with by member states , or even closer to the citizen , and that applies to English and French cheeses . |
| 27 | Happy May Day , and I 'm so sorry about the muddle with the draft I 've enquired at the head office of the Bank of Scotland , where I got it made out , and they seemed to think your Brno bank was being a bit dim , or perhaps even obstructionist , in telling you they could n't deal with it and that you 'd have to go to Prague to get it cashed . |
| 28 | The custom of marriage has gained strength , in the sense that more people are entering into it and that it seems to be considered a necessary prelude to having children . |
| 29 | Their spirits are with us and that we got to keep on going . |
| 30 | Did you not yourself say that our love must be holy ? ’ or when she pointed out that his ‘ lovely poems ’ would have been less lovely if she had not pro vided ‘ the unrest and storm that made them possible ’ : ‘ Beloved I will pray with my whole strength that suffering and temptation may be taken from you as they have been taken from me and that we may gain spiritual union stronger than earthly union could ever be . ’ |