Example sentences of "[that] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But I 'm sure that once she joins you in the pool she will find it easy enough to slip into the flow of things .
2 ‘ I wo n't know that until I meet her at lunchtime .
3 The dealer then approaches the arms manufacturers telling them that if they appoint him as their agent , he will get them a contract in return for a percentage of the value of the transaction , which could be as low as 3 per cent , or as high as 15 depending on how specialized is the equipment required .
4 ‘ Clients have to be — and are — aware that I 've got a young family and that if they ring me after 5pm there are likely to be children screaming for their tea in the background . ’
5 Is it certain that if we divide it in alternative ways , and attach a value to the parts in each case , the sum will always be the same ?
6 We only know that if we treat it in the right way it will enable us to do wonderful things .
7 Yes , it 's , it 's possibly worth mentioning on that as well that , in comparison with the supply based , I mean the existing system is demand based , which is silly , because we have to have fire stations there even if they never go out , if they go out twice a year , we still have to have a fire station in loco , but with the demand based model that 's illustrated in A C C based initiative , it 's based on existing supply , and this authority has a fairly frugal level of supply in comparison with some other authorities , so what happens is that if you apply it to existing supply then we come out quite badly .
8 well that 's what I say in all tablets and that if you take 'em for long you 'll become addictive to them
9 I think you 'll agree you 're in a much stronger position that if you left it for months , and then went back .
10 The point about the shop is that erm it sells things on a medieval theme and more specifically it has we have this undertaking that if you see it in the house , you can buy it in the shop .
11 ‘ HERE is the new Shorter Oxford Dictionary of which the first thing that can be said with confidence is that if you drop it on your foot you will never walk unaided again ’ — Commentator Bernard Levin .
12 They 've shown that if you run it at the right speed and stuff it 's one of the most effective methods of doing it and erm the ones we say are the nice little plate compactors which are the best thing , they are useless in comparative performance so
13 Now we 're fortunate with with this that if I turn it on it 's very quiet but if any of you had and I 'm sure Jeff you 've probably seen it where you get some older machines and the fan in there rattles like mad and there 's nothing worse than having that thing rattling all all the day .
14 I suppose I knew what your reaction would be , but thought in my arrogance that if I presented you with a fait accompli , the sale of the land , your money back , you 'd be so overwhelmed with gratitude that you 'd immediately fall into my arms . ’
15 It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once !
16 ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’
17 At the back of my mind I must have hoped that if I telephoned him in advance , Helmut would help in this way .
18 He knows that if he helps them in time of need , they will reciprocate without being asked .
19 The fabric was so delicate that if she wore it without a brassiere you could just see the outline of her nipples .
20 At first he was really quiet but I kinda changed that because I treated him like my brother by punching him ! ’
21 And I do that say that because I want you to be feel my commitment to what what we 're trying to do here .
22 I 'm pleased you think that because it gets me off the hook now .
23 I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK .
24 How we stumbled on this was that when we grew some of these algae at Plymouth with our colleagues there , we found that when we grew them at one temperature then these two molecules were present in a certain ratio but when we changed the water temperature then the er ratio changed .
25 And then you find that when they say it in the fourth year , they mean it and you begin to realize .
26 ‘ You realise that when you tell it like it is , they ham it up for you anyway . ’
27 ‘ You must have realised that when you summoned him to your hotel to break the news — ’
28 Or that avocado is the only fat-containing fruit and that when you order it with an oily dressing , or with prawns in mayonnaise dressing , you are ordering one of the most fattening first courses of all ?
29 Then , for the main course , she chose the steak-and-kidney pie , dripping gravy down her horrible blouse ( it 's the sort of blouse that when you see it in the shop you wonder how the shopkeeper intends to dispose of it because no one in their right mind would ever dream of swapping cash for it ) .
30 I swear to you that when I kissed you in Ib 's Club it was simply because I could n't resist the temptation .
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