Example sentences of "[vb base] that [pers pn] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not , I suggest that he withdraws his reference to AMMA . |
| 2 | Well you 've heard the senior prosecutor say that she knows nothing , she |
| 3 | Some say that it helps them to study , but do n't accept that . |
| 4 | Well its supporters say that it 's it 's justified on the grounds of democracy . |
| 5 | Newcomers to CAD say that it has its own jargon . |
| 6 | If , however , your answer is specific ( e.g. ‘ She has a temper tantrum when I insist that she obeys me , for example when I tell her to eat up her breakfast ’ ) then an effective procedure can be worked out . |
| 7 | And so the telegram was sent , a come-uppance which deserves quotation as an act that may have saved the world from early extinction by sheer megalomania : ‘ I deeply regret that it becomes my duty as president and Commander-in-Chief of the United States military forces to replace you as Supreme Commander , Allied Powers ; Commander-in-Chief , United Nations Command ; Commander-in-Chief , Far East ; and Commanding General , U. S. Army Far East . |
| 8 | The disadvantages placed on the industry mean that it costs our farmers 5p a dozen more to produce eggs . |
| 9 | ‘ If he has not come round , we will put the TV on anyway and hope that it brings him out of it . |
| 10 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
| 11 | I sincerely hope that he retains his position . |
| 12 | I just hope that he believes what he sees , that you do n't become too obvious and make him realize that he 's being set up . ’ |
| 13 | I do not romanticise agony as a virtue , nor imagine that it makes me superior . |
| 14 | The art deco style brasserie attracts discerning customers from the Bourse stock exchange at lunchtime and theatregoers in the evening who ensure that it keeps its standards high . |
| 15 | FACING PAGE When taking your dog to the ‘ great outdoors ’ such as here , at the Chiricahua National Monument , Arizona — ensure that it relieves itself well away from footpaths and picnic areas . |
| 16 | ‘ I am very happy with the way I am playing but I accept that he believes he should be England 's fly-half . |
| 17 | While this distinction is obviously important to Poulantzas , it is not immediately clear that it helps him to unite structures and class practices as he intends . |
| 18 | People who will say to other people I know Jesus I know that he loves us , I know that he forgives us , I know that he is risen from the dead , and that the good news is that we will also rise from our own deaths . |
| 19 | ‘ But surely you know that he prefers me ? ’ |
| 20 | People who will say to other people I know Jesus I know that he loves us , I know that he forgives us , I know that he is risen from the dead , and that the good news is that we will also rise from our own deaths . |
| 21 | Do n't be a Chocolate Teapot , melting away when the heat 's turned up at school ; stand up for God and know that he loves you enough to help you through each day , however hot it gets . |
| 22 | I only know that she has your love , and that she is a very lucky woman . ’ |
| 23 | He said : ‘ When we play like that it makes me wonder why we are in the wrong half of the table . |
| 24 | The magazine folded and we all got drunk on Bulgarian wine and I made a speech about going out to penetrate the government and cut the arteries of the police state right at its heart — you need Bulgarian wine to say things like that it makes me faint to think of it now . |
| 25 | Remember that he says he then , in his fright at what he had done , went to peer at his victim , and found that he had struck down the wrong man . |
| 26 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 27 | Some students find that it helps them to make a brief précis of the situation , though you should n't waste too much time in writing out points which you already have set down in front of you . |
| 28 | A people without religion will in the end find that it has nothing to live for . |
| 29 | I just feel that it tells me nothing about them . ’ |
| 30 | I feel that it shows itself in the contrast between the child 's — we 're talking about children for the moment , although obviously there are dyslexic adults — it shows itself in the contrast between the person 's ability to express him or herself in words and their ability to put it down on paper and to read it off paper , and it 's this contrast which often arouses one 's suspicions that there might be some problem and , having gone into it a little , we find that it stems from a failure of the sensory motor system — the brain is n't processing the information it 's receiving through the ear and eye . |