Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [that] " in BNC.
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1 | If he had , he would have heard me say that it was for the Attorney-General to enforce the law , not the Government . |
2 | They came together with control engineer Dave Smith to look at this particular problem but , as their work progressed , their recently acquired quality training made them realise that a Corrective Action Team was needed to look at the wider question . |
3 | ‘ Our people saw that the Sterling plant was quite different from other plants , ’ Anthony recalled , ‘ and it made them appreciate that because our product was going into a pharmaceutical process , quality is absolutely critical . ’ |
4 | For example , ‘ I forgive you for being so patronising towards me ’ would make them feel that they were having their sins confessed to them . |
5 | And first for the Combers , we will bring them down From eight groats a score unto half a crown , If at all they murmur , and say t is too small , We bid them choose whether they will work at all ; We 'll make them believe that trading is bad ; We care not a pin , though they are ne'er so sad . |
6 | ‘ If you can make me understand that , I stand a better chance of helping to get you the money to find it , ’ Waldegrave said . |
7 | I mean , it did make me realize that for large parts of a drama lesson when the kids were supposed to be working on their own they were n't probably doing an awful lot . |
8 | Yes , she was the first person who made me realise that acting was more than just speaking and doing . |
9 | It also made me realise that it was stupid to waste any part of what little time we all have left in silly sulks . |
10 | 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 ’ . |
11 | It made me realise that other people have the same problems and it helped enormously to share with the other mums . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | ‘ It made me realise that people in showbusiness are really rather nasty , ’ she says . |
18 | ‘ 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 . |
19 | ‘ Maybe it was seeing the Dawsons that made me realise that you ca n't lose something you never had . ’ |
20 | 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 . |
21 | This made me feel that Sorrel was still with us , and I 'm sure she was — in Bamba . |
22 | The therapist made me feel that my obsessions were not silly or trivial and , by implication , that I was n't either . |
23 | It must have been the totality of the situation that made me feel that heaven was very near and the invisible clearly seen . |
24 | ‘ Keith felt very , very sorry for David and he always made me feel that I was a real bastard . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | ‘ They were really kind to me and they made me feel that they genuinely cared . ’ |
28 | He made me feel that my ideas and my interest were important to him . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | I 'll tell Sheila straightaway ’ made me feel that , at last , I 'd been able to give them some good news . |