Example sentences of "[v-ing] that they [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He even embellished the story in a flood of fluent German , explaining that they had captured the British truck and had had a hard time of it at the front . |
| 2 | At this point , the Orange leadership began to retreat , suggesting that they had made their point with the church parade and calling on the Portadown loyalists not to break the law . |
| 3 | Mr. Philipson addressed an impassioned argument that it would be quite wrong for the court to vary the injunction at the behest of the defendants , seeing that they had flouted Morland J. 's order , as a result of which the documents had come into the hands of the Federal Reserve Board , who had in turn passed the information to the Bank of England ; and that it would be the antithesis of justice that the consequence of this misconduct should be the discharge of the very injunction which had been designed to protect the plaintiffs from these consequences . |
| 4 | The Sergeant and the Constable had continued on for two steps through the door towards their senior officer without realising that they had left Jimmy behind . |
| 5 | I remember waking up and reaching down automatically and realising that they had shaved me which was my biggest shock . |
| 6 | Two men talked their way into the home of two elderly sisters , pretending that they had come on behalf of neighbours to cut down trees in the garden . |
| 7 | What has happened is a swings-and-roundabouts operation , whereby last year pensioners received more than the cost of living that they had incurred , whereas this year they will receive less . |
| 8 | Joseph and the other anti-treaty chiefs now struck their lodges and left the council grounds , believing that they had refuted Lawyer 's right to speak for them . |
| 9 | THE Tory politicians have talked about the need for action on the drift-netting problem but achieved nothing for , as is par for Westminster course , when they say something they delude themselves into believing that they have done something . |
| 10 | She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once . |
| 11 | An army spokesman pointed out to journalists that the men were being held under anti-terrorist legislation and added that they had already been interrogated and had been ‘ singing like birds ’ , a phrase from the criminal underworld implying that they had confessed to crimes . |
| 12 | Prolonged recordings have recently confirmed that constipation predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients have significantly fewer high amplitude propagated contractions than controls , implying that they have impaired colonic propulsive activity . |
| 13 | ‘ They 'll come back , ’ I said comfortingly to the girls , who were lamenting that they had forgotten to bring a camera . |
| 14 | The then Interior Minister , Badr , on Dec. 21 accused religious extremists of having committed over 100 crimes of arson against shops and property , and attacks on mosques and churches , adding that they had turned some 25 mosques " into dens from which to launch their attacks against national security " . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't you want to know about the children 's clothes ? ’ she asked , adding that they had looked rather sweet . |
| 16 | For example , the percentage reporting that they had had a cold or flu in the previous month showed little change with age . |
| 17 | England 's players had a lazy rest day today , many of them reporting that they felt drained by playing in the heat and humidity of the first three days . |
| 18 | ‘ Many people are reporting that they have changed their eating habits . |
| 19 | It was over , and some were complaining that they had missed it . |
| 20 | Besides , there have been so many opportunities for growth in countries that do not require local equity sharing that they have had little incentive to try to build businesses in those countries that do . |
| 21 | Members of staff inform the peer review committee of their teaching responsibilities and of any educational research , staff development courses , or local or national initiatives on teaching that they have attended . |
| 22 | However , the statistics seriously underestimate the incidence of rape , since the majority of women do not report cases to the police , considering that they have faced quite enough distress without taking such a case through the courts . |
| 23 | Many headhunters themselves accept that some candidates are justified in considering that they have had a raw deal . |
| 24 | But we have n't got a crystal ball , we do n't know what 's going on , unless you tell us cos we are relying on members of the public telling us things , saying that they 've witnessed things what you saw . |
| 25 | Yes I think that probably this had been er very wise in this er in so I 'm not saying that they 've helped us or anything but they 've kept the middle of the line and erm In the beginning when things were beginning to whatsit er the inspector sent two policemen down here and asked me would I ask the lads not to do any damage to property and all this , and that and said , Right there 's a lodge tonight and I shall ask them I shall tell them to do that . |
| 26 | There 's this thing from the Bradford and Bingley saying that they 've amalgamated with somebody and erm they 're not publishing their interest rates at the usual times , I do n't think it 's anything world-shattering . |
| 27 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 28 | Yeah , buy it in innocence and if it 's been robbed the police confiscate off you you get a piece of paper saying that they 've got it , and that 's it you 've you 've got nothing ! |
| 29 | We , we had a letter from the International Secretarium in August or September I think saying that they 'd changed the law and all prisoners of a certain category should have been released and our prisoners were amongst , our prisoner was amongst that list , but erm , they did n't say that they have n't got any definite news whether he had been or not , about the release . |
| 30 | European observers were reported as saying that they had witnessed no serious problems during voting but did not comment on the claim of fraud after the close of stations . |