Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I criticise them for refusing to accept that they made a mistake and for refusing to take any action to put matters right , when it was patently obvious that everything was going disastrously wrong . |
| 2 | It one thing to accept that she had no future with Harry and quite another to force her heart to give up hope , to stop loving him . |
| 3 | ‘ The trouble was , Len himself refused to accept that he had a problem , ’ said Martin . |
| 4 | And he refuses to accept that he has a bad boy reputation which goes before him with officials . |
| 5 | On top of your fear , anger and guilt , you have to accept that you have no control over what happens next . |
| 6 | Responsibility for those who deliver the education service requires people to feel and to know that they have a professional responsibility and can be trusted to discharge that . |
| 7 | In spite of all this secrecy , I happen to know that it takes the form of a humorous catalogue of my supposed states of mind , arranged from one to ten like the Beaufort Scale . |
| 8 | After that claim it is good to know that it has a — precision quartz movement ’ that rotates the hour , minute and second discs . |
| 9 | She was flying , just within the still pocket of air , but enough to know that she had the power . |
| 10 | You need to know what you 've got , not precisely the solicitor does n't want to know that you 've a house and three insurances and two bank accounts and a building society . |
| 11 | I had been in the armed forces long enough to know that you waited a long time for everything and I saw no reason why a dental appointment should be any different , |
| 12 | You may find the competitive element useful for stirring you on to greater efforts , and you will certainly find it reassuring to know that you share a common problem and that there is not something intrinsically wrong with you . |
| 13 | They will want to know that you have a safe , warm place for children to play , and that your kitchen and toilet facilities are adequate . |
| 14 | To know that he knew the truth at last . |
| 15 | I only mentioned it because I want you to know that I realise the problems we 're facing — and that I 've got plans to put us back on our feet . |
| 16 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 17 | Arriving at the edge of the quay , Fitzroy Maclean attempted to inflate it , only to discover that it had a puncture . |
| 18 | If , as naïve young hunters , they attacked a brightly coloured prey , bit it and started to chew it , only to discover that it had a foul taste or a poisonous secretion , they would probably remember it for the rest of their lives . |
| 19 | She had chosen the hotel for its low prices rather than its almost non-existent amenities , so she was rather surprised to find that they had a maid at all . |
| 20 | He was interested to find that they shared the same distrust , perhaps the same revulsion . |
| 21 | The second and for this thesis the more interesting suggestion is that in an otherwise normal driving situation a driver may report ‘ waking up ’ to find that they have no recollection of having driven some previous part of the journey , despite the fact that they completed relatively complex manoeuvres during the period . |
| 22 | We 've heard of a small baby who chewed through a gift and swallowed a battery , and of a granny who bought one of those talking baby dolls for her favourite grandaughter , only to find that it had a vocabulary of four-letter words . |
| 23 | We know this because sometimes we may use a word which we ourselves consider innocuous , only to find that it produces a strong emotional response in someone else . |
| 24 | Many women have seen a new and demanding career at midlife as their way to satisfaction , only to find that it becomes a prime cause of problems for their husband . |
| 25 | I blinked and looked up at her face again , to find that it held an icy glare . |
| 26 | AMERICA expects to wake up two days from now to find that it has a new President . |
| 27 | He was beginning to find that he enjoyed the big offworlder 's company , and it was amazing how many things they had in common . |
| 28 | The other members began to find that he gave the faculty coherence and a sense of purpose . |
| 29 | She expects him to be an untidy swimmer , but is irritated to find that he has a smooth powerful crawl which takes him through the water swiftly and seriously . |
| 30 | How many cards have you spent hours punching out , only to find that you have a mistake and need to go back and stick tape over some holes to avoid the mistake being knitted . |