Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [to-vb] that this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we right to think that this system , if system it can be called , is unsatisfactory ? |
| 2 | If we had n't heard so much about him from Robert , we 'd find it impossible to imagine that this bloke was anything but the most upright of citizens . ’ |
| 3 | I find it hard to believe that this amount would be likely to deter someone from participating in a tournament . |
| 4 | Nowhere in Thucydides ' account is it safe to think that this expression includes the Spartans , and in the operations in the Megarid the Corinthians , and only the Corinthians , are mentioned by name on the Peloponnesian side . |
| 5 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |