Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined .
2 It is the responsibility of the clinical teacher to ensure that everyone understands her role and the important part she plays in nurse education .
3 Anyway , please could you thank GEORGE most sincerely for his endeavours — the fact that everyone pulls their weight up there ensures the place runs at minimal cost to all users .
4 It wants to make sure that everyone knows what harassment is , that harassment will not be tolerated and that there is a procedure for dealing with the problem .
5 Among adults , the ideal is that everyone treats each other as an autonomous equal , and that everyone performs their material and ritual obligations to the community .
6 ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’
7 It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me !
8 But you who knew me , pass on these words : that I squandered my youth for my country , that while the ship was fighting I kept to my post up in the cross trees and , when she sank-I went down with her . ’ ’
9 What happens when ‘ he ’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ?
10 It 's not so much that , it 's that I prefer my cooking to your cooking .
11 I told her at once that I knew her secret , and made her promise not to send or receive any more letters .
12 And she thought , a little aggrieved : I do think Clelia might have told me , how could she assume that I knew her mother 's maiden name ?
13 I remember thinking that I knew what painting was about at last . ’
14 Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third .
15 ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’
16 We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently .
17 If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day .
18 The bat flitted so low that I saw its silhouette for a brief moment against the Milky Way .
19 None of my previous assistants has ever suggested that I change my style of management , and I can assure you that I have no intention of starting now .
20 But she avoided my lips , so that I brushed her cheek , and as I tried to find her mouth she said , ‘ No , Kit .
21 In the same way that I doubt your power of judgement .
22 It was during this visit that I realized what people must have gone through simply to immigrate to the United States .
23 He seems to have known enough about ordinary medicine — and perhaps still have had the contacts within the profession — to make sure that I got my inoculations and injections at the correct times in my life , despite my official non-existence as far as the National Health Service is concerned .
24 I got back to work , by which I mean that I got my papers and notes out , and then sat looking at them for what seemed like a dreary lifetime , and was really probably only twenty minutes .
25 I felt like murmuring the verses about Judas going out and hanging himself , and that he should go and do likewise , but Benjamin looked so quietly pleased with himself that I bit my tongue .
26 It was from there that I began my efforts to enquire into the operation of the judicial system in the area .
27 It is now time , however , that I eat my words .
28 So splendid that I declare my godchild is an absolute motto . ’
29 he suggested , in short , that I vacate his premises
30 You will think that I hate my husband .
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