Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When something goes wrong , I find the quickest way to make matters worse is to launch in with my own fury , or insist that they repair the damage MY way . |
| 2 | Even if you are resorting to it out of nervousness or fear that you have bad breath it will create a very negative impression on the interviewer . |
| 3 | We expect , or say that we expect , that individuals will be appointed to social offices of all kinds in their individual capacity and on the basis of their individual merit . |
| 4 | If , when you do , the neighbours think you are being anti-social explain or say that you have a passion for climbing roses or clematis , or make some other excuse if you wish to be polite . |
| 5 | Even making allowances for these factors , a person might be insulted if the actor makes it plain by his words or conduct that he holds in contempt those ( including the victim ) who do not share his point of view . |
| 6 | She did n't see any place or object that she recognised . |
| 7 | The qualities that are disapproved of are ones they do n't think they have , or consider that they keep under control . |
| 8 | These eagles would not know what a zoo was , or believe that he had escaped from one in a place where no eagles lived naturally . |
| 9 | You do n't want to be the one who tells your boss that er a production line has broken down again or y'know that they 've failed to meet their sales targets for the third month running , whatever it is , okay ? |
| 10 | Erm but I intend to er contact them again and say to them , Well you know I 'm still here and should you hit problems or find that you 've just lost one of your erm staff who were providing the kind of services that I do , do n't forget that I 'm still here . |
| 11 | If you allow more than one or two days to elapse you may either lose your nerve , or find that you have missed your opportunity , or you might give the prospective employer the impression that you are not really interested . |
| 12 | And used to happen twice a year and erm sometimes somebody 'd remember my birthday or find that I had my birthday or and at Christmas time we used to get some money . |
| 13 | If we find or feel that we have n't got sufficient information to make a proper recommendation as seems likely than again we will report accordingly but there are implications obviously on that . |
| 14 | One of the commonest letters of complaint or query that we receive covers the topic of out-of-date test kits . |
| 15 | If this conviction arises through my preaching , it is frequently through some phrase or thrust that I had not intended . |
| 16 | Calling all pensioners … with a message from welfare officer Sheila Redmond : ‘ If any retired employees are in need of advice or help that they think I could offer , they only have to ‘ phone me on . ’ |
| 17 | The next time you start your machine it will still show the lag or lead that it did before you tried to correct it . |
| 18 | You may need to spell them out or check that they have been understood . |
| 19 | Somebody once said that if angelism , sharing the gospel was one beggar telling another beggar about bread , where it could be found and undoubtedly when he was saying that he was thinking of that story that account that we had read to us earlier from the second book of kings , chapter seven , and I 'd like us to er turn back to us for a few moments this morning and perhaps draw some lessons for ourselves Sometimes as Christians its very easier for us to say what sins are , and we can see other people 's failings , you do n't have to be a Christian to do that of course , plenty of other people can do that , they see the failings of other people , they see the wrong doing they do , they see their wickedness their , their waywardness , whatever words we want to use to describe it , and we say well that is sin , perhaps for most of us this morning we could make er a list a , a , a tabulate a table of sins and we might say well they are worse sins and there are lesser sins and I would I suppose by and large there would be a fairly reasonable consensus of opinion regarding what was sins and what were not sins . |
| 20 | Now we used to clean the bottom up cos used to be a big boiler in the dredger and erm we used to close down every six weeks , which they used to call blow the boiler down , that mean that they open the valve and the heat used to take all the water into the river , so er , that used to be blown down Friday night , come Saturday morning we 'd start at six o'clock and chip all the fur off inside the boiler , cos the boiler was made with all and what we call the crown , that used to be the two furnaces , cos they 're double the big boiler were a double furnace and we had to chip all that fur off them , well it used to take us now from six o'clock in the morning or say seven when we got there had to go down the tug and er go down the tug and erm , then we go aboard and strip off . |
| 21 | And it seems to me that this Policy E two is not in line with with strategic guidance and if you 're not if you 're having that are there some special circumstances that mean that you have to explain particularly what it is that you you have to do . |
| 22 | According to dozens of villagers , journalists , and workers for the opposition candidate , the journalist grandson of Mahatma Gandhi , Mr Rajmohan Gandhi , who is no relation to the incumbent Prime Minister , there have been scores of such incidents in Amethi in systematic attacks that suggest that they have had sanction from higher authority . |
| 23 | I can do no more here than say that I believe that they illuminate some of the processes whereby females come to wish to disassociate themselves from mathematics and other scientific and/or technical activities . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
| 25 | But if , as seems increasingly likely , Mr Clinton will soon tell Congress and the public that American fighting men will have to be sent to Bosnia , he will have to do better than say that he has thought things over carefully . |
| 26 | I do not romanticise agony as a virtue , nor imagine that it makes me superior . |
| 27 | ‘ Aye , ‘ t is more than time that she made herself useful . |
| 28 | In order to demonstrate the accountability for policies there is a need to develop quantitative measures that demonstrate that they have been carried out efficiently and effectively . |
| 29 | On the other hand , I know that at least some people must have read it because each day I get a pile of letters about my book , many asking questions or making detailed comments that indicate that they have read it , even if they do not understand all of it . |
| 30 | The bedding is cut by a set of conjugate minor normal faults striking east-west that indicate that there has been vertical shortening and/or north-south extension in the plane of the bedding . |