Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You refuse to accept that I knew nothing about the drugs . |
| 2 | I THOUGHT Joe Hyam would like to know that we changed our menu four months ago to the fixed-price system . |
| 3 | She needed to know that you loved her ; so you told her all about the new drugs she could get from the Arcturans , or the huge advances in radiation treatment since rho mesons had been discovered . |
| 4 | It was vaguely insulting to know that he treated her as casually as he would have treated any stranger with whom he found himself forced to share a house . |
| 5 | She did n't want to feel this attraction , and did n't want to know that he felt it too . |
| 6 | It had n't taken her long to discover that they had nothing whatsoever in common . |
| 7 | ‘ Fired — dismissed , ’ she offered a couple of alternatives — only to find that he found her first offering of more interest . |
| 8 | She 'd been ashamed to find that she found it such exhausting work , especially without the broad shoulders of Ross to lean on . |
| 9 | The committee is very pleased with attendances ‘ this term ’ , which seems to indicate that we got it right … at least some of the time . |
| 10 | She tried to smile , attempting to indicate that she knew it was n't his fault , that he had n't known what he was doing . |
| 11 | He was amused to observe that she forced herself to be a blank when she picked up the bowl of pus and blood . |
| 12 | He could not have been kinder nor taken more trouble to see that we enjoyed ourselves . |
| 13 | To go out and glean then , would be an acknowledgement for everybody to see that they had nothing . |
| 14 | Grumble as they might about the Masai 's unbudging attachment to their traditional ways , many administrators , particularly in the later years , came to see that it had its advantages . |
| 15 | Expecting to find a look of mockery on his face , she was disconcerted to see that it held nothing of the sort . |
| 16 | She got up at night to look at her asleep , to see that she lacked nothing . |
| 17 | So she watched him closely , and she tried to read the signs , and when he seemed to be wanting something special she did her best to see that he got it . |
| 18 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 19 | Roper said : ‘ Good luck , old boy , ’ and I was surprised to see that he meant it . |
| 20 | I was therefore surprised to see that he excluded his own name from the list . |
| 21 | You loved her very much , but I am interested to see that you saw yourself as having sex , not making love . |
| 22 | Whenever possible he had been forcing the lords of Aquitaine to acknowledge that they held their " honours " , their counties , viscounties and other seigneuries , not as independent lordships but as fiefs , for which they owed the Duke homage . |
| 23 | He was born Femão de Magalhães , and the Portuguese — ‘ he is ours ’ , they insist — rarely care to acknowledge that he renounced his citizenship after a row , pledged his allegiance to King Charles I — later to become the Emperor Charles V — and was given a new name : Hernando de Magallanes . |
| 24 | Even the Scottish National party has been forced to acknowledge that it hitched its colours to a vote loser . |
| 25 | In 110 we find straightforward confession : Yet in the same sentence we find specious self-excuses : ‘ but , by all above ’ , — this unusual oath , calling the heavens to witness , is an anticipatory give-away — Well , the disbelieving reader will say , to claim that you betrayed your partner merely to test your love for him , which has supposedly been increased by the experiment — this is to add insult to injury . |
| 26 | It was nicely presented , moreover , and since I had n't taken any eating irons with me I am pleased to report that nobody asked me to cup my hands together to take my Cottage Pie a la Toulon ? |
| 27 | I 'm unashamed to report that I enjoyed it a lot , and I 'm sure I would have loved it as a child . |
| 28 | With some reluctance , for this generation was not free of sexual solidarity , Tim had to agree that he knew what she meant . |
| 29 | I seem to remember that I unburdened myself to you , a while back . ’ |
| 30 | In the normal course of her work at Coronation Hospital , she would never come into such personal contact with a man as important as Dr Greene , and she would have to remember that he wanted her to recognise this fact while she was Faye Hamilton 's nurse . |