Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] that [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There is nothing that the dog could do that could express the difference between the two thoughts : ‘ My master is at the door ’ and ‘ I am thinking that my master is at the door ’ .
2 ‘ I have to find the money myself and they told me that the wackier the ideas , the better the response so I am hoping that my ideas come off . ’
3 If I am warned that my weight makes it highly likely that I will suffer health problems in hot climates , the probability of my being ill is reduced if I do either one of two things — lose weight and/or avoid the tropics , Thus , I have some choice about my life .
4 ‘ Yes , madam , ’ he said at last , ‘ I am granting that his conducting of himself is not what might be expected .
5 But as I run my bath , I am reminded that my self has a physical outline .
6 He came out with some good one-liners , though I 'm told that his agent employs a script-writer to cobble up these spontaneous flashes of wit . ’
7 I 'm saying that his face is big .
8 It is likely to be , even , that two mental events are not of the same type on two occasions when I give a more explicit description of my experience , perhaps that I was thinking that my daughter is a quick thinker .
9 I was hoping that my indecision might somehow communicate itself to The Fat Controller .
10 Mum said that as a Christian She was not going to write me a note when there was n't anything wrong with me and that I was to remember that we Christians are the light of the world .
11 I was to learn that her English always tended to deteriorate when her emotions took hold .
12 ‘ Eventually , I was told that their letter had gone to an ‘ unknown address ’ .
13 I was told that my chances now have been greatly reduced of ever having my own family .
14 Were n't , although erm I was told that my father died of that so that er , I should do you mind
15 I was told that your Earl Siward had the army of Alba immobilised in the south , and expected to overwhelm it .
16 In a subsequent phone conversation I was told that your response had been favourable , provided BWB were not involved in any expenses being incurred .
17 fucking , fucking crap and as I was saying that my voice broke and I walked off and I started crying
18 Because I was joking I 'd said to her erm about er , you know my daddy right is er you know , th right , you know mum and daddy lived in Edinburgh and I was saying that my daddy was about the fees in erm Gleneagles , my daddy 's er , a member of Gleneagles
19 If you are hoping that your proposals will be adopted by senior management you will need to ensure that your report anticipates their possible reactions .
20 If you are told that your employment is to end immediately , but that you will be paid salary for your notice period , that will fall within the former category .
21 So if you are told that your baby is lactase deficient after some routine tests , you should be prepared to question the diagnosis and ask your doctor to help you investigate the possibility of food sensitivity , as described in the following section .
22 However , if this is not possible , and you are informed that your project needs planning permission , then a number of environmental issues may have to be considered .
23 Children are n't that stupid if you 're implying that my son would do that .
24 the bottom line is , is , is , is it not , that erm , er you 're suggesting that your clients legal obligations to third party policy holders should be met by other names at , I mean that 's the bottom line is n't it ?
25 You 're suggesting that our son remains a bastard ? ’
26 ‘ And you 're saying that our space is like that too ? ’
27 You 're saying that your system works as of , M one and everything from N one forward you need to keep .
28 Lucy cut in , ‘ You 're forgetting that her husband looked upon it as her home and that he saw fit to make sure she had the right to live in it .
29 This might be sensible if you were advised that your claim would be better presented in the formal atmosphere of the civil courts , or that your wrongful dismissal claim is so much more substantial that it will lead almost inevitably to a settlement of the lesser , unfair dismissal claim .
30 But you know you were saying that your fridge was fifteen years old , that one .
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