Example sentences of "[pers pn] [subord] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 At one point I almost lost them until I realized that the Sierra had pulled into a garage for gas .
2 They 're OK , we guess , which does n't say much for them until you realise that thousands of their guitar-laden brethren are desperately striving to funk up and freak out and end up sounding merely like a 15th rate version of something that was once quite good .
3 Clotilde will never marry me if she learns that I have been a … friend of Irene Adler .
4 ‘ You will forgive me if I insist that I understand Mrs Frere better than you do yourself .
5 Many systems and many faces may have changed over the last year or two and I do n't imagine you would believe me if I said that none of these changes had saddened me but , in a changing market-place , the basics have n't changed and the most basic precept of all is that there are no healthy banks where there are no health customers to sustain them .
6 ‘ And forgive me if I ask that we do not sleep together tonight — and maybe for a while — until Philippe is home …
7 I know Shanti 's first mother will forgive me if I say that when our little girl first came , she was in a very disturbed state .
8 Nobody will blame me if I say that in the circumstances I became very uneasy .
9 The hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I say that he has the same problem with me that I have with the Whips Office .
10 I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will forgive me if I say that the Treasury , as always , seems to have made rather heavy weather of this matter .
11 The regulator , whose task has been laid down by Parliament , is perfectly entitled to come to me if he thinks that his powers are not enough .
12 This confused me until I realised that the more shadowy the figure of the ex then the greater her power , because no-one can compete with a phantom .
13 With almost half the present team threatening to retire at the end of the season — and who can blame them if it means that they go out on a high note — this was excellent news .
14 She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess .
15 MAS will advise you if they consider that your requirements might at an early stage unnecessarily make it more difficult to find suitable targets .
16 But I said , I will take all this from you if I hear that you are playing at being the important person .
17 Now if you cast your mind back to when we started the er discussion I did say I would talk about refer erm recommendations to you if you felt that this meeting had been of some benefit to yourself
18 Aye , right I do n't know if you if you feel that the wee chat we 've had is any good but , because we do n't want to chat along too long
19 Erm this gives an average over say a five year period of about a hundred and forty nine dwellings per annum , if you if you divide that by the household er estimate of something like two point five household size , which is the current sort of level in Cleveland .
20 Where larger amounts are concerned , the employer will need to become involved but this should not deter you if you believe that the purchase of free-standing AVCs is in your best long-term interest .
21 The doctor may withhold all or part of the report from you if he thinks that it would be in your interest , or that of others , to do so .
22 The doctor may withhold all or part of the report from you if he thinks that it would be in your interest , or that of others , to do so .
23 They come to you because they think that you can stop it and save them .
24 Fareda , I 'd like to come back to you because you said that you had quite a bit of information from people currently in Kuwait .
25 No Elsie I did not really believe that but my heart was pounding I can tell you when they pulled that net in .
26 " He probably took the trouble to find out as much as possible about you when he knew that you were a candidate for the job here .
27 when you when you knew that he 'd got you by the short and curlies ?
28 Again I agree with you when you say that equality of husband and wife is an absolute necessity to the well-being of the family … .
29 ‘ Of course , we must believe you when you say that you did n't change Mrs Hampton into a wolf , ’ said Clovis politely .
30 I BELIEVE you when you say that date rape was , and in all probability still is , a fact of life for many women .
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