Example sentences of "that [indef pn] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's proof that someone 's issued a book to you , yeah . |
| 2 | Climbing the steps through the central arch to the altar-like plinth , I see that someone has left a pot of red begonias . |
| 3 | If we are pretty sure that someone has had a heart attack though , we 'll whistle up the RAF helicopter to get the casualty straight to the hospital . |
| 4 | We must assume that someone wants to see a recording , otherwise there was no point in recording it in the first place . |
| 5 | It may sound strange to be pleased to discover that one has made a mistake , but it is , in fact , one of the most exciting things for a social scientist to discover — one really feels that one has found out something that went beyond what one might have expected through ‘ common sense ’ reasoning ! |
| 6 | The overriding problem is that unlike most criminal acts where one knows clearly that one has committed a crime , one can often only know one has published obscene or indecent material at the very end of a prosecution . |
| 7 | Having successfully manoeuvred an inoffensive farewell , one discovers that one has left a book in the room . |