Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] that it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 She said she had seen the programme and wondered if it had spoiled anything for me , but I was able to reassure her that it had improved my life .
2 The waiter brought the champagne and thumped it around in a bucket of ice to persuade us that it had n't come out of the refrigerator .
3 To build up a shop 's reputation in the public eye ( ie to make customers more aware of the shop and the goods it offers , and to convince them that it provides good value and good service )
4 Well as we approach the end of 1991 , I 'm sure I do n't need to remind you that it has been a very difficult year .
5 Evan loved to tell you that it began with a minor domestic row .
6 I am here to tell you that it does .
7 Once you have received the mail message to tell you that it has ‘ Scanned OKay ’ , you can re-use Option 1.3.2 to enter the configuration file module .
8 " Miss Adeane , " he murmured , somewhere above her , " if this pose of the sacrificial victim is intended to impress me , I ought to warn you that it does not . "
9 ‘ It does n't seem to bother you that it has n't been altogether successful so far . ’
10 They refused to allow him to examine his sister 's file except to show him that it contained a photograph of her .
11 She wrinkled her nose in irritation , wishing that her father had had the foresight to warn her that it had not been fully completed , instead of waving her on her way with a cheery remark about how the change would do her good .
12 Her lips parted to tell him that it did , but hesitation seemed to have become a periodic tendency , afflicting her like hiccoughs .
13 And yet all our common sense ought to tell us that it does n't always have to be chips with everything and meat with every meal .
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