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 . |