Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 31 | it led me to think that players who come through the youth system should be ‘ guaranteed ’ a huge loyalty bonus after a certain period . |
| 32 | Turning to the volume 's introductory pages , I read some encouraging words that at once led me to hope that I might yet track down a few potential search areas that had not already received too much attention . |
| 33 | Wickenden , as purchasing director , is naturally reticent about details , but he led me to believe that smuggling nuts out of Turkey was an important activity , and that everyone except presumably the government , was satisfied with this arrangement . |
| 34 | Mr. T. has also said in an affidavit that ‘ there has never been anything whatsoever in [ Miss T. 's ] actions which led me to believe that she wished to become a Jehovah 's Witness . ’ |
| 35 | All this led me to believe that written approval was just a matter of time . |
| 36 | It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best . |
| 37 | And it got me thinking that there must be thousands of people up and down the country doing worthwhile things to protect our environment and wildlife who go unrecognised . |
| 38 | Yes , she was the first person who made me realise that acting was more than just speaking and doing . |
| 39 | It also made me realise that it was stupid to waste any part of what little time we all have left in silly sulks . |
| 40 | She interwove the Emmaus story into her talk , mentioning words such as ‘ companioning ’ , ‘ accompanying ’ — which made me realise that we are all here to help see one another to the heavenly Jerusalem : — the word meaning a place of peace — ‘ Jerushalom ’ . |
| 41 | It made me realise that other people have the same problems and it helped enormously to share with the other mums . |
| 42 | This incident made me realise that our careful descriptions of the relationship between dialect and Standard English might be misread , and so in the final Report I insisted that we should reiterate many times that all pupils should learn , and if necessary be explicitly taught , Standard English . |
| 43 | The survey also made me realise that it was not enough to have read about the early beginnings of any religion ; one needed to study it as a living faith and see the development of thought and interpretation . |
| 44 | But enquiries from two missionary friends already recruited as Kachin advisers made me realise that there would be little opportunity to influence policy and relationships . |
| 45 | This question made me realise that there must be lots of new knitters out there with electronic of Duomatic 80 machines who do not know this technique . |
| 46 | This sight made me realise that the herbicides not only caused the trees to lose their leaves , as I had heard , but also sometimes killed the entire tree . |
| 47 | ‘ It made me realise that people in showbusiness are really rather nasty , ’ she says . |
| 48 | ‘ My conversation with him this evening made me realise that he can be quite devious , and also that he has a rather cruel sense of humour . |
| 49 | ‘ Maybe it was seeing the Dawsons that made me realise that you ca n't lose something you never had . ’ |
| 50 | As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences . |
| 51 | This made me feel that Sorrel was still with us , and I 'm sure she was — in Bamba . |
| 52 | The therapist made me feel that my obsessions were not silly or trivial and , by implication , that I was n't either . |
| 53 | It must have been the totality of the situation that made me feel that heaven was very near and the invisible clearly seen . |
| 54 | ‘ Keith felt very , very sorry for David and he always made me feel that I was a real bastard . |
| 55 | In fact the aftermath of that fire , when so many people expressed resentment about the funding of the repairs , made me feel that they were . |
| 56 | The study of the Buddha made me feel that I was in the presence of a very great religious teacher , a man of great compassion , who diagnosed man 's original trouble as greed , desire , attachment , the escape from which was the treading of the Noble Eightfold Path . |
| 57 | ‘ They were really kind to me and they made me feel that they genuinely cared . ’ |
| 58 | He made me feel that my ideas and my interest were important to him . |
| 59 | The calm , thoughtful way she acknowledged them and talked them through with me made me feel that we had taken the first step towards friendship . |
| 60 | I 'll tell Sheila straightaway ’ made me feel that , at last , I 'd been able to give them some good news . |