Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We called for some fish and chips to take back for all of us , but I was n't sure that I could eat them after seeing that documentary where they all had ulcers . |
| 2 | In spite of the fact that since the Clean Air Act of 1956 , pollution caused by smoke has been greatly reduced to the benefit of those who live in the cities , we must not fool ourselves into thinking that there is no longer any problem . |
| 3 | My Lords , I think I made it perfectly clear what I did mean er I did qualify it by saying that of course there are times when patients do have to wait on trolleys for diagnostic purposes , for observation and for other reasons er but once an admission has been agreed , then that patient should be admitted , that is our policy and that is what we 're working towards . |
| 4 | I shall confine myself to mentioning that under the present Government NHS spending has increased as a proportion of gross domestic product . |
| 5 | However , I shall confine myself to believing that it was an unintentional consequence . |
| 6 | I have examined this vocabulary elsewhere ( 1981 ) and will here confine myself to noting that the range and elaboration of emotional and mental terms is relatively limited . |
| 7 | Erm right , well we 've got the lights down , we 'll perhaps er use some of the slides er later , but er if I can just introduce myself by saying that some of you will already know Chris , this is the er nature of our business . |
| 8 | Yet his expressed preference for the worship of the formless does not prevent him from recognizing that God is personal to those who need to feel his presence and embodied to those who desire to experience his touch . |
| 9 | Besides , I want to protect the remains of my privacy ; I do n't want to appear cold-hearted or stubborn ; but I know that when I try to make my life give me its answers to how I have come to my current concerns , I ca n't do it without feeling that I am on the edge of a dangerous fiction of self-description . |
| 10 | It does prevent us from assuming that students are being educated because they are at a university , irrespective of what their studies are . |
| 11 | Do n't let me fool you into thinking that all the third category bureau are bad , some develop into excellent typesetting houses with none of the pre-conceptions of the old brigade , it 's just the majority who are dodgy . |
| 12 | ‘ I do — but it does n't keep me from hoping that some morning you 'll come bouncing into the kitchen with a smile on your face — ’ |
| 13 | However , even on the view that the plaintiff must be the target , no malice or spite is required : apart from the protection of the trade disputes legislation the tort would be committed by a trade union officer calling his members out on strike and he can not defend himself by arguing that his purpose was the increase of his members ' wages : unlike the tort of conspiracy , no predominant purpose to injure the plaintiff is required . |
| 14 | I was shattered , but how could I defend myself by explaining that his hitherto unsuspected mistress had just rung me up to spill the beans ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff 's default ; or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major , or the act of God ; but as nothing of this sort exists here , it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient . |
| 16 | And Amabel could not stop herself from thinking that this dreadful , dirty town must surely be to blame , that if Gemma had been less stubborn about remaining here , in this dark old manor , standing cheek-by-jowl with the brewery and the foundry and those hundreds and hundreds of unwashed , unlettered people who worked in them , then this tragedy would not have occurred . |
| 17 | If the adventurers can trick him into believing that , for example , his Master is in danger and they are here to help , then Gerd will be very eager to assist them , and he does know his way around the dungeons rather well . |
| 18 | This had been a cruel blow , but it would n't stop her from ensuring that justice was done . |
| 19 | You will think me discourteous , but perhaps I may excuse myself by explaining that it is the discourtesy of grief . ’ |
| 20 | But that should not stop us from recognising that things are very much better in the '90s than they were in the '70s . |
| 21 | I am sure you will join me in hoping that the pundits have got it right . |
| 22 | Rather like a spoilt child , he can force you into feeling that his survival depends on your constant presence and care . |
| 23 | I may unnerve you by saying that many of us err in this . |
| 24 | I will further provoke him by saying that anchor-man is a most fitting name for his role in the relay team . |
| 25 | Do n't take it for granted that they 'll be OK . |
| 26 | A young wife may assume that her husband will come shopping with her and he may take it for granted that she will stay at home while he goes to the local football match , or plays golf with the boys . |
| 27 | Yet can we really take it for granted that parents are so utterly changeless in their behaviour and attitudes to their children ? |
| 28 | A reminder that he should not take it for granted that he would in time succeed to England , Normandy and Anjou ? |
| 29 | Do not take it for granted that Accounts will be paying up the way you want or that suppliers will stay with you if they do n't get paid on time . |
| 30 | Cutting a whole sequence of further corners I shall now take it for granted that the total process by which we habitually segment and classify the things in the external world and recognize them as belonging to species entities originates in an introspective self-awareness that " I " can be distinguished from " my body " . |