Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] that [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the people who built this temple have long since vanished , legend has it that during certain summer full moons the wild elephants arrive to roister amongst the ruins . |
| 2 | Local folklore has it that in prehistoric times men drove wild cattle to their deaths over Combe Scar and ate them where they fell at the foot of the crag ( cattle bones are reputed to have been found there ) . |
| 3 | The old cliché has it that in hard times pop culture goes soft , entertainment becomes more trivial , more ‘ escapist ’ . |
| 4 | By contrast , legend has it that in some cases , a single observation may result in a great discovery and here we 've got one or two examples . |
| 5 | Someone who gives this answer clearly takes it that in some cases it works , and we must not beg the question against him . |
| 6 | Later , the only Gentile writer in the New Testament tells us that on one occasion the disciples found Jesus praying and when he had finished they asked him , ‘ ’ Lord , teach us to pray . ’ |
| 7 | Although light is made up of waves , Planck 's quantum hypothesis tells us that in some ways it behaves as if it were composed of particles : it can be emitted or absorbed only in packets , or quanta . |
| 8 | Paul likewise informs us that on one occasion our Lord appeared to more than 500 believers at once ( 1 Cor. |
| 9 | ‘ It strikes me that in new clothes you could be highly presentable . |