Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early 1960s Dr Beeching , the chairman of the railways , had cut out some of the most unprofitable rail lines and the fear was that I would do the same . |
| 2 | No , I do not think that I shall make the same mistake again . |
| 3 | I suppose that I shall say the same thing to my family when the time comes . |
| 4 | I thought that I could do the same in sprinting . |
| 5 | I day-dreamed that I could do the same and we would sit together unashamed in the afternoon sun . |
| 6 | ‘ She told me she always put the most beautiful girls next to Bernard when setting the table for a party , and that I should do the same , because you want to give the best to the man you love . ’ |
| 7 | It was gratifying to know that she could feel the same as him . |
| 8 | She was n't sure that she could offer the same kind of commitment in return , or that she wanted so much responsibility . |
| 9 | Conscious that she must make the most of these last weeks , and grateful for all the happiness and love which she had enjoyed in childhood , she was nevertheless eager for the days to pass and for the news to come that João had arrived from Lisbon to collect his bride . |
| 10 | Being able to tile or overlap windows within applications is a nice convenience but have you ever wished that you could do the same thing with separate applications on the desktop ? |
| 11 | Is there any danger that erm that it could happen more , er that you could have the same happening say in Flats as a similar thing happening say in erm more middle class areas , such as , yet erm there being more risk of of it of it of erm parents losing the child , say in some areas such as Flats , and yet in , |
| 12 | He tried to tell himself that it did n't matter , that you could find the same situation all over the West End ; back in the long-lost days of sweetness and light he could remember taking his wife to a performance of Jesus Christ , Superstar when it had gone through so many cast changes that no-one was even bothering to count , and what a bunch of wankers they 'd been . |
| 13 | The irony is that you can create the same look for a tenner down the market . |
| 14 | The amazing thing about memory is that you can use the same hooks for a multitude of lists without ending up in confusion . |
| 15 | Explain the problem if you must as a difference in approach to the job ; if you denigrate a previous boss the interviewer will assume that you will do the same thing next time around . |
| 16 | We are certain that you will feel the same and we want you to try a Goblin Steamatic with a special money back guarantee . |
| 17 | Ca n't we at least suppose that we might have the same experience on the Sun ? ’ |
| 18 | Ca n't we at least suppose that we might have the same experience on the Sun ? ’ |
| 19 | He says that it has been the foundation of Europe 's post-war success , the implication being that we must adopt the same system in Britain if we are to become a modern , prosperous nation . |
| 20 | I said to Ruth that we should do the same . |
| 21 | I say that we should do the same , if need be . ’ |
| 22 | A developing industry in South Shropshire is tourism , and the County Council is concerned that we should make the most of it . |
| 23 | Now it so happens that we can make the same substitution of forms in an otherwise completely different sentence , producing an exactly parallel change of meaning : |
| 24 | It is surprising how often we forget that we can do the same with video . |
| 25 | As scientific courses proliferated , so this aspect became more prominent ; the people working in particular sciences came to expect of each other that they would speak the same language , and gaps between physicists , chemists , biologists , geologists and so on increased . |
| 26 | As soon as the opportunity presented itself , the likelihood was that they would show the same determination to seize the nobility 's land that they had displayed in 1905 . |
| 27 | They were terrified that the Jewish authorities would come for them and that they would suffer the same fate as Jesus . |
| 28 | When recruited , black soldiers were informed by colonial officials that they would receive the same training , equipment , and pay as other British troops , they were also led to believe that there were possibilities for promotion . |
| 29 | Obviously most of them had them marked or had their name on them , so that they would have the same er the same set of tools every day . |
| 30 | It may not have occurred to them that they could do the same when viewing video by themselves . |