Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [that] you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | He had intended to learn French and had brought with him a set of books asserting that you could teach yourself French in two weeks , but he did n't open them . |
2 | She remembered an American Indian saying that you should n't condemn a man until you had walked a mile in his shoes . |
3 | I am not for one moment suggesting that you could do such a thing yourself because I think you would do it with more style and use a magnum of champagne . |
4 | If they are addressed to your job or you personally , always reply personally , if necessary with an immediate acknowledgement saying that you will investigate . |
5 | That the , that the erm , right , erm , you can go back a fair ways earlier and already find people thinking that you can be transported from one body to another , or even from one species to another . |
6 | I can just remember in the so-called heady days of the early nineteen eighties the then Prime Minister saying that you would make Britain a great trading and a great economic nation once again . |
7 | And then the official on the airport saying that you could n't carry out your Beatrix Potter books or your dolls ? |