Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 for what you 're doing or you might even find that it 's been left in reverse and you go all the way from here to Glasgow in reverse .
2 You 've never loved anyone or you could n't say that , ’ she exclaimed .
3 He or she may also suspect that the manager has far greater access to a lot of useful information .
4 And if a journalist able to do you any kind of legitimate favour he or she will certainly feel that you owe him or her one in return ; this debt may be called in when you are least able to be informative .
5 It is certainly a procedure where one could well argue that the potential for serious abuse is endemic and inherent rather than isolated and , with due care , preventable .
6 Or they may simply find that their headaches become more frequent and more painful .
7 The person who acts like a chicken or conducts an orchestra for the stage hypnotist may be play acting , or he may genuinely feel that it is the hypnotist , not himself , who is taking responsibility for his actions .
8 The question then arises , ‘ Would this fear be there if the individual concerned knew for absolute certainty that no-one will ever know that he is guilty ? ’ .
9 Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor .
10 There is something so immovable , so enduring — yet I am perfectly aware that one day he will fall down — so mysterious about my old mate that although I ca n't say that I actually feel a surge of energy , I do feel some sort of ‘ reward ’ .
11 I think from time to time , little bits of the Government do work reasonably well , and do respond reasonably well to county council and local authority initiatives , and although I could n't pretend that a hundred and , that twenty- five thousand pounds is going to solve the unemployment problem in Wiltshire , nor indeed solve the problem being created by the run- down of defence industry , nevertheless , I think credit should be given where credit 's due .
12 I promise not to offend again , although I can not promise that I will keep the promise . ’
13 In this book , I describe and explain these activities and although I can not claim that this is a comprehensive guide to parties — such a task would be virtually impossible ! — I do know that , if you follow my advice , your children and their friends will have a really enjoyable time !
14 I was only three-and-a-half when I saw the Zeppelin , although I can not claim that it kindled any positive interest in flying .
15 to be honest because erm it 's and that I wo n't say that there 's a criticism of this particular project which I supported at the time but I think that in future we do need to plan our projects and and there are people in the in the town that are prepared to work , perhaps need a bit of organizing , we need to think about how that might happen , but we must n't first reaction go to professional or semiprofessional help .
16 Yeah because if I work it out I 'll just know that i it made so and so but I wo n't know that it gave off that I 'll just remember that it made like zinc chloride or something I wo n't remember
17 He argued that I can not know that my diary is in the ( closed ) bottom drawer of my desk unless I have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable ; we can suppose , perhaps , that my relevant experience is that I remember having put the diary there five minutes ago and that I do not remember having touched the drawer since , together with my general knowledge of the consistent behaviour of the experienced world .
18 He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing .
19 I put the seed of doubt into Steve 's mind about the fact that I could not say that er bearings could be guaranteed P five at that price .
20 But when I did so , the words I uttered for the record were that I could not accept that the proper constitutional practices , as I understood them , were being observed .
21 I told the Cabinet that I could not accept that the traditional basis for collective responsibility had been established .
22 The same is true of the altogether exceptional recording , which held my concentration so effortlessly that I could hardly believe that nearly a whole hour had passed when I emerged elated at the other end .
23 Now with regard to that I 'd rather feel that were gon na be called on before then , because of the rumours about our own hospital .
24 So I ca n't say that I know where your mother is or why she left . ’
25 There is no indigenous Welsh wheel in the Welsh Folk Museum so I would certainly feel that your wheel came from the Bristol builders .
26 ‘ You ca n't have any real scruples about our supposed affair or we would n't be working for you , so I can only assume that you 're making this personal attack for the sheer hell of it , because you once got a kick out of disapproving of me — despising me — and you 're trying to recapture the thrill of it all . ’
27 Some say I play down the ‘ grinding toil ’ that is an unavoidable part of it all , so I will not deny that this year it was done by a very small corps of loyal people , several from without the congregation .
28 This is not the place to show the history of this misinterpretation , so I will merely suggest that discussions of the play ought to start from the beginning , as Shakespeare did , with the presence of Iago .
29 It can also be used on top of an electric blanket although you 'll soon discover that because of the natural thermal qualities of lambswool fleece you 'll be using your electric blanket much less .
30 ‘ As you wish , although you can hardly imagine that Jones would mind if he did find out .
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