Example sentences of "[verb] that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking into those calm , assured faces in this odd setting I felt a stab of the futile longing to communicate that Alan Moorehead described on meeting a family of gorillas . |
| 2 | World Communications Year ( WCY ) began in January , The United Nations , whose brainchild the year is , has largely failed to communicate that WCY is happening at all , let alone why it is needed . |
| 3 | It transpired that Gilbert , always a joker , had said that I was fourteen ; I was , in fact , twenty-three . |
| 4 | But it then transpired that BOC was also interested in taking over the firm by buying the remaining 70 per cent of the shares . |
| 5 | It transpired that Ojomoh 's family owned a house in Clapham . |
| 6 | It transpired that Peter Carrington and his Foreign Office team of Humphrey Atkins and Richard Luce had all resigned , and a little later it was announced that Francis Pym was to take over as Foreign Secretary . |
| 7 | Because it transpired that Galileo had not mentioned the 1616 prohibition when applying for his license , Urban felt betrayed on several counts . |
| 8 | His wife had disapproved of this development at first — he suspected that she had paired off Damien and Clare in her mind — but when it transpired that Mark had been baptized a Catholic , and when he started to go to Mass again , she had become favourably disposed to the idea of their going out together . |
| 9 | Although the maternal recommendation was that Jane should see a psychiatrist or a priest , it transpired that Jane felt she had turned the corner simply by spilling out her innermost thoughts to her mother . |
| 10 | It then transpired that Arkle , under no pressure , had beaten the course record for the distance by no less than eleven seconds . |
| 11 | It later transpired that Macmillan claimed that he had deliberately delayed answering questions in the Commons in order to give time to withdraw MI6 agents from East Europe . |
| 12 | It transpired that Clive had received no formal sexual education and had learned almost everything he knew about sex from Companions and sex magazines . |
| 13 | Anyway , ’ he went on , ‘ I made some further enquiries and it transpired that Len had been convicted on a drink-driving offence and had lost his driving licence . |
| 14 | It transpired that Medlock 's patent was badly drafted and the case hinged on the degree of hydration of the arsenic acid reagent used . |
| 15 | It transpired that Hannah was well capable of coping with this sudden celebrity status , displaying a curiously ingenuous confidence as in later months she met people ranging from royalty to hard-nosed journalists , and completely disarmed them all . |
| 16 | She cast a quick look towards the bar ; praying that Rune would soon return and save her from his mischievous lover . |
| 17 | ‘ We are praying that Peter pulls through . |
| 18 | Maura was praying that Terry was not about . |
| 19 | HOW Hearts must be praying that Airdrie do them a favour and finish in the bottom two of the Premier Division this season . |
| 20 | She sank down , hugging her sides , praying that Tom , Amos and Oseri would n't suddenly appear from behind a boulder or a fold in the hillside . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ We ask the public to join us in praying that God will bring comfort and strength to the Prince and Princess . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm praying that God will give me the strength to put up with this chap , spouting his everlasting Socialist claptrap . ’ |
| 23 | BLACKBURN fans , back on bread and water after a spectacular diet , are praying that Kenny Dalglish 's expertise and Jack Walker 's cheque-book will be adequate insurance against a prolonged recession . |
| 24 | Each knelt in her partitioned alcove , commending heart and soul to God and praying that Satan , who wandered around like a lion seeking his prey , did not harm their bodies or souls that night . |
| 25 | Now American politicians are starting to worry that Japan 's keiretsu syndrome may be creeping into America . |
| 26 | We had begun to worry that Ramses was a deaf mute . |
| 27 | Anne was excited and happy about the baby , but she began to worry that John might be killed before the child was born . |
| 28 | Many a time I had wished that Frank and Salome were not so upwardly mobile and were back slumming it in Stuart Street . |
| 29 | She was still distressed and could have wished that Mr. Crowther had waited a little longer before telling her about her inheritance , when the sadness and regret she felt about Aunt Alicia 's death was not so overpowering . |
| 30 | In this he not only antagonised Calvinists by describing the doctrine of Predestination as cruel and unjust , but even appeared to his friends to be contradicting St Paul and St Augustine in denying that Adam 's original sin was transferred to his descendants . |