Example sentences of "to [pron] [that] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The size and cost of a present day Olympic complex suggests to me that both the summer and winter games should now have permanent , internationally-funded homes . |
| 2 | She finally admitted to herself that even the risk of another snub was preferable to her growing anxiety about what lay ahead . |
| 3 | But then it occurred to him that perhaps the joke was Nicola 's and not Blufton 's at all , some invention to impress her boss and ensure her succession to Jane Pargeter 's job . |
| 4 | It occurred to us that either the gap between the rich and the poor had become much wider than anyone had ever imagined and that these people had not a clue about our reality or else their campaigns were a deliberate conspiracy to cover up the real cause of our appalling health record . |
| 5 | The criminal classes are so close to us that even the policeman can see them . |