Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I will grant you that it beats filing for the Inland Revenue , it is a suitcase existence and no matter how glamorous the location of the meeting we very rarely see beyond the airport , the hotel and the stadium . |
| 2 | You can convince yourself that it satisfies the conditions 1 … 4 . |
| 3 | I can only assure you that it does help , sometimes . |
| 4 | ( If it appears to be too gross and simple to the library and information professional , I can assure you that it has already proved to be too complex for many busy executives to take the time to grasp ! ) |
| 5 | This is a sovereign Parliament , and it can decide anything that it likes . |
| 6 | Very occasionally she would come and tell me that it had been left so immaculate that she 'd had almost nothing to do and instead would remove some of the dust in the melin for us . |
| 7 | The writing on a carton of orange juice may tell you that it contains a certain amount of vitamin C — but did you know that the vitamin C content starts to decrease from the moment the carton is opened ? |
| 8 | I am a Windows fan , and can tell you that it runs applications at a rate of knots most folks just are n't accustomed to . |
| 9 | The garage foreman , appearing with your broken crankshaft or back axle , will tell you that it has ‘ crystallized ’ . |
| 10 | If it makes you feel any happier , I will tell you that it did not cost me as much as a bouquet of flowers would have done . |
| 11 | Others will tell you that it showed cricket 's ability to absorb change , an ability it now has another chance to demonstrate . |
| 12 | She could n't tell him that it had aroused her ; that the smarting of her breasts and belly and buttocks had combined to generate an absurd pleasure ; that the gentle scourging of her flesh had stimulated a tide of salaciousness ; that she was enjoying it . |
| 13 | And Sarah Morey would tell her that it did n't matter , though on any other day she would have been irritable at the delay . |
| 14 | Discussing a book on Dostoevsky , he remarks that while the author has much of interest to say about The Idiot ‘ she does not quite persuade one that it comes off , indeed she does not really try , because like many scholars today she is more concerned with showing how the thing works than with judging if it works well . ’ |
| 15 | The derivation of the word ‘ fact ’ can indeed remind us that it means something constructed rather than just observed . |
| 16 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |