Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pron] [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found that I put them back into their correct order with ease and , for the first and last time , achieved some distinction in the marking . |
| 2 | The Lieutenant recommended that we bring her to you , as she was carrying this . ’ |
| 3 | MMC recommended that we improve our market intelligence particularly on market share analysis by product and service . |
| 4 | One in 10 of you bravely admitted that you wish you 'd married a different man , but your main concern is still to try and make things work . |
| 5 | This may be out of order but , er , personal experience is that the , er , non-executive directors who were involved in the compensation made a recommendation that , er Michael 's salary be higher erm , than he in fact a agreed with , he requested that we lower it and in fact that was what was done . |
| 6 | Hari gestured that he follow her through the door into the small back yard and from there into the small workshop . |
| 7 | Now if I was a cadre and I received that I think I would be thinking right erm if I really want to be at the forefront of this that 's the policy that I want to promote erm and if the peasants in my area are not demanding this and not achieving this well we , I , I ca n't be seen not to be going it , I 've got ta go with this . |
| 8 | Her letter — her distress call — begged that someone do something quickly . |
| 9 | What what we must n't do with Honey and Munnford is just take things at face value because what Honey and Munnford did is they actually carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they decided that I mean they carried out interviews with er lots of people thousand and they had a general study where they carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they said was that in particular with the reflector a l some , some scores are naturally higher than others and that what we ca n't do is just sort of look at these and say well this is the highest score , therefore I 'm much more of a , of a reflector than I have of , I am of the other three , all we actually need to do is compare our scores against the general norms . |
| 10 | But a remnant of caution urged that she tone it down , after all , Lucy … |
| 11 | I merely meant that I love you too much to refuse you anything — only I 'm probably an idiot to admit it ! ’ |
| 12 | But the inner reformation demanded that we abandon our old earth-bound modes of perception and Hilton uses the metaphor of the pilgrimage to depict this process . |
| 13 | I remember a tenants ' association was set up and they demanded that we meet them . |
| 14 | TASK 7 demanded that they express their personal feelings in relation to the experience of being ignored or bored . |
| 15 | ‘ Probably not , ’ Luke answered flatly , ‘ but I would have thought that your pride demanded that you correct my error . ’ |
| 16 | A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Oct. 10 rejected a proposal made by the Dalai Lama in a speech in the USA on Oct. 9 to return to Tibet for the first time since 1959 , and demanded that he abandon his support for Tibetan independence . |
| 17 | Carla sent him a lawyer 's letter , demanded that he pay her £500 and write a grovelling letter , which she now has framed . |
| 18 | There , as they looked out over the River Thames , he ordered a meal and demanded that she tell him her life story . |
| 19 | Sue insisted that we take her telephone number and told us that we should feel able to ring her at any time , day or night , with any problem , however trivial it seemed . |
| 20 | It was water-logged , half-buried in the sand , and surprisingly heavy but she insisted that we bring it back to the car with us . |
| 21 | In 1985 , when Japanese chip makers last started slashing prices , America 's government insisted that they raise them in order to protect the ( virtually non-existent ) American DRAM industry . |
| 22 | When the illicit treat was over Richard insisted that they find their benefactor , now at work in the hot , wasp-infested interior of the raspberry cage , and thank him . |
| 23 | They have given each guest a limited-edition Disney sweatshirt and insisted that they wear it to gain entry to the gala performance . |
| 24 | Whenever I did succeed in preparing a family meal , I insisted that everyone eat whatever was placed on her/his plate . |
| 25 | Miss Logan would not allow the Kurd to bandage Miss Fergusson ; she accepted pieces of his shirt for the purpose , but then insisted that he turn his back . |
| 26 | Insisted that he respect my confidence as a patient . |
| 27 | Sir John did not demur but insisted that he join us . |
| 28 | The detective had told him that Alexander Atkins and his companion insisted that he meet them on Boxing Night as they would have definite instructions for him . |
| 29 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |
| 30 | The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink . |