Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] that [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt honoured by the kindness of one or two of your congregation , who happen to be members of the committee , in having written to assure me that I would receive a speedy and unanimous Call , if I would only consent to accept it . |
| 2 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 3 | I want you to promise me that you will keep your intelligence as alive and as visible as your beauty . ’ |
| 4 | I wrote to Mrs. X to inform her that I would take her case up with Ministers at the Ministry of Defence . |
| 5 | So we might be able to swing something that we can work Saturday and Sunday . |
| 6 | In 864 a royal assembly at Pîtres near Rouen dealt with the problem ( without indicating how widespread it was ) of migrant wage-workers in vineyards : clearly some landlords were short of labour at least at harvest-time , and to persuade such migrants to return to their original farms were willing to reassure them that they could keep their earnings . |
| 7 | However , once you have safely navigated the Full Moon on the 14th — and managed to reassure someone that you 'd love them even if they did n't have a bean — then the remainder of this month should be magic time . |
| 8 | Armies would leave Lebanon this way in the future , firing into its hinterland to persuade themselves that they could abuse their tormentors to the end . |
| 9 | Sometimes she thought from the way he seemed to watch her that he might like her too but he had never said anything and Sally was beginning to be afraid he never would . |
| 10 | Make sure the children succeed : set out to convince them that they can spell , not that they ca n't . |
| 11 | I 've got to have something that I can mark , to the representative marks that show your , your ability and how much you 've put into it . |
| 12 | I could n't tell you how , but it I , cos you 'd , I do n't want nothing , but when I did , I 'd got ta use my ingenuity to get something that I could get one or two or a dozen or ten off , you know what I mean , and I got ta make it and a lot of times I made it out of wood which was easily er you know treated . |
| 13 | However , he did know that he nearly died at the time of his peritonitis operation , and so it was easy to convince him that it would take quite a time before he was really strong again . |
| 14 | She might feel compelled to attack him physically at any moment and he was alarming enough to convince her that he would lift her in the air , shake her like a rag doll and toss her over a crag . |
| 15 | Actually I was so anxious to have him that I would have said anything — but I did put my marriage first , I made that choice , and although it meant I had many , many years of frustration as an actress , I 'm not sorry I made that choice . |
| 16 | No party presents the electorate with explicit choices between widely desired ends ; they generally seek to convince it that they can bring a little more of everything that is wanted . |
| 17 | To try to convince us that anyone can use a computer within 5 minutes , Amstrad put big , brightly coloured keys on it . |
| 18 | He notes that Lawrence Olivier would repeat his lines again and again until he had so trained his tongue muscles to say them that he could perform effortlessly ( p. 154 ) . |
| 19 | One of the most difficult things for modern parents is to remind ourselves that we must maintain a life of our own . |
| 20 | I am telling you about this … to remind you that one can try to give an impression of anguish without aiming straight at the historic Garden of Gethsemane |
| 21 | O=only the the only thing was that you had n't got enough room to display everything that you could stock , is n't it . |
| 22 | What I was if any other matter comes into light before it comes in we do n't do anything about it and that 's why I would oppose that because of this because one it 's not necessary to move something that we would look at it and sit back and after the inspector reports . |
| 23 | Dejection was again with her next morning , pressing heavily to remind her that she would face another day of visualising Doreen riding knee to knee beside Silas . |
| 24 | He is at pains to assure us that he will do so We are privileged to share in these Machiavellian plans ( the word ‘ reach ’ has such connotations : ‘ overreach ’ is when the Machiavel attempts too much ) , and we see them fulfilled in the brilliant wooing scene that follows . |
| 25 | Inset downlights into the top of the openings to light anything that you might care to place in these openings — a plant perhaps , flowers , an interesting object — and you will instantly dramatize the space . |
| 26 | Er we need to tell them that we 'll take the balance of the first year 's payment through er er on proof , when we when they 've got their proof on on the desk we will take the next the balance of the first year 's payment through a banker 's order . |
| 27 | ‘ I have written to the chairmen of all the big banks to tell them that we will run a campaign to urge all students to boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme . |
| 28 | Close friends and family — those who really care about you — will be happy to comply but you must remember to tell them that you would like them to indicate what they think are your weaknesses as well as your strengths or they will simply say nice things about you . |
| 29 | I think he came to tell me that we should go to Ireland and that we would be OK . ’ |
| 30 | She said , ‘ I think you 're trying to tell me that I should remember something of this . ’ |