Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] that [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to say that at this point everything changed : I stopped dieting , bingeing , fasting and taking laxatives and being obsessed with food . |
| 2 | I would like to say that in these days of environmental awareness and so on , that is a kind of harking back to times when there was a mid-winter feast |
| 3 | But for the present it will suffice to say that on this matter Lanfranc , no less than Anselm , would seem to have been content to rely on the tradition of the Canterbury monks , supported by documents which gave historical support to the testimony of the living word . |
| 4 | What a marvellous constitution she must have to remember that after all she 'd been through ! |
| 5 | ( b ) One might wish to argue that in both cases the accused was not dishonest towards the shop . |
| 6 | We do not wish to change that in any way , shape or form , but we are anxious about the word ‘ acceptability ’ later in the Clause' [ A local authority shall not promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship ] . |
| 7 | ‘ If you 're going to stay with us , Antony , you 'll have to learn that in this household we do n't pay all that much attention to the courtesies . |
| 8 | Having said this , and without wishing to appear a persistent critic , I do have to say that in some key respects the new proposals have yet to provide a satisfactory framework for the securitisation of assets . |
| 9 | Let me hasten to say that in many schools , particularly in the West Riding , fine education took place , but far from it helping to increase drama in schools , it had the reverse effect for two reasons : ( 1 ) it appeared once more to be something that could only be handled by a specialist — this time a P.E . |