Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] that [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , we the wise , to quote Erving Goffman ( 1963 ) are allowed increasing manpower to pursue the cannabis/hallucinogenic using folk devil and to present the incompetent and the inept from the hippie element to the courts and the public for their solace ; and to assure them that drug taking is being stamped out . |
| 2 | Legend has it that Tax Exempt Special Savings Accounts ( Tessas ) originated in 1990 eve-of-Budget , back-of-an-envelope doodlings made up by John Major when he was Chancellor . |
| 3 | She had not even phoned them that morning to explain her absence . |
| 4 | ‘ We also told them that failure to act would help swell the ranks of paramilitary organisations . |
| 5 | To do with her whatever nerves they cause them that cause itching . |
| 6 | At least five tragic scenarios had gone through my head by the time he told me that Dad had died . |
| 7 | Well I told you that Fenwicks had and they were cheaper than |
| 8 | You know , give us a chance to get into the play and get comfortable on our feet and we 'll have a go , well , Johnson does n't give you that option does he ? |
| 9 | Mark could hardly believe his ears when , two days before the EPC meeting , Muldoon told him that Nate wanted him to fly out to Istanbul right away . |
| 10 | Sho , show her that bed show her your bedroom ay ? |
| 11 | She joked that she would only make money fifty years after she was dead , and he told her that money did not matter . |
| 12 | Gran told her that mum had to go into hospital because she was hysterical ! ! |
| 13 | ‘ But Mother went scarlet when the boss 's wife told me what a nice suit I was wearing , and I told her that Mother had spent nearly all night making it . ’ |
| 14 | A few Opposition Members told us that smoking costs the national health service £437 million a year . |
| 15 | A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed … |
| 16 | Because you did not meet the deadline and you 've just told me that deadline means the day I said I wanted it . |
| 17 | It has surprised me that Monsieur has not spoken out before now . ’ |
| 18 | But my experiences in Guatemala , where the government has murdered tens of thousands for taking the tiniest steps towards development , have convinced me that non-violence does not always work , and that it is arrogant and dangerous to insist on such methods . |
| 19 | Since Catholic schools require Catholic teachers to staff them that obligation extends , by implication , to maintaining adequate teacher training resources . |
| 20 | I should have told you that snot comes out of your nose ? ’ |
| 21 | Mother Benedicta had told him that Topaz loved him . |
| 22 | This showed us that integration saves time and duplication , and makes the programme more interesting for the students . |
| 23 | Well the reality is of course that Clare has already told us that internment did n't work the last time , it was badly done the last time . |
| 24 | A Saga Holidays spokeswoman has told us that Saga contracted rooms with the Roman Hotel a year ago for this season . |
| 25 | No doubt age-old instincts tell them that altitude gives a measure of protection , but often the fact that a site commands good views seems a positive recommendation , as if a distant prospect of fields or farmyard is in itself an aid to production . |
| 26 | Well , pass me that pie labelled ‘ humble ’ , Mr Shopkeeper , I was wrong . |
| 27 | if they just bring one , I shall say well I 've got choice then to say well is this this week 's or last week 's , now I do n't want to give them that opportunity to say well she 's worrying about one week 's wages , I mean Jan could love that and that 's given him chance to bring er , whereas if it pops through the door , or he comes |
| 28 | But his experiences of street life in Hackney and his boxing ventures in Bethnal Green taught him that blackness presented him with a unique set of problems . |
| 29 | I had to do it that way did n't I ? |
| 30 | But at least two years because it would take us that time to furnish the house . |