Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendants had previously sent the shop manager a letter instructing him that these shoes were not to leave the shop without the label first being removed . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been seen around London lately with both John D. Hansom and Roderick Luckey , and rumour has it that both men want to marry you . |
| 3 | Maori tradition has it that these words were spoken by chief Ngatoroirangi when he first arrived in New Zealand from Polynesia in the great Arawa canoe : I arrive where unknown earth is under my feet ; I arrive where a new sky is above me . |
| 4 | It worries us that many farmers appear to be paid for doing nothing . |
| 5 | I was impressed by a deluge of letters from the Masons which assured me that both men were entirely innocent of importing cannabis as the police alleged . |
| 6 | He told them that many children learned more slowly . |
| 7 | When he did appear through the darkness , he was in a foul mood , and told them that several bombs had failed to explode . |
| 8 | But out of earshot of the boss , one of the workers told me that two campers had been mauled only the previous week . |
| 9 | Only a few girls told me that these matters were ever discussed within their families . |
| 10 | Mickey Spielberg , Disney 's chief imagineer , told me that some adjustments have been made for the European park , especially in the type of catering provided . |
| 11 | Crossing the worse danger zones was like some horrible game of ‘ Last Across ’ ; they told you that forty cuistots had got across safely since the last casualty ; you waited for the explosion , then staggered frantically over the open space , knowing that if you were No. 41 the next shell probably had your name on it . |
| 12 | Let me show you that all men are n't as cruel and immature as your retarded merchant banker . |
| 13 | Sentencing Harris , Lord Sutherland , told him that attempted murders involving such lethal weapons were becoming far too prevalent . |
| 14 | Louise told him that young children were n't allowed in the front of cars . |
| 15 | Covering her impatience , she told him that some keys similar to MacQuillan 's desk keys had been found and Ruby had been trying to divine from them the identity of their owner . |
| 16 | I think he favours an intimate setting , but , ’ and Simone laughed , ‘ I told him that engaged women only favour intimate settings when it 's with their fiancé . |
| 17 | The latter commented on the air raid and that he never expected to see soldiers guarding the tunnel , especially inside the tunnel for a second time , it having been guarded during World War I. The foreman told him that three soldiers had been killed near the spot that Mr Myer had been in the recess the previous night , they had apparently been run down by a train just inside the tunnel mouth . |
| 18 | Her instinct told her that atavistic attitudes , once so popular under John Major 's predecessor , might not now be the thing . |
| 19 | The provisional government 's relief and rehabilitation commissioner Yilma Kasaye told her that 7,000,000 Ethiopians were affected by drought and famine . |
| 20 | And she claims her GP even told her that any defects the baby might have would be minor and easily put right . |
| 21 | They told us that many customers would be ready to pay £30 more for a washing machine , say , to get it from someone who would have the payments collected weekly from their homes , simply because that fitted into the pattern of their normal use of credit . |
| 22 | His pride in being able to cook three hot meals a day for two of us , on just one litre of meths in six days , was shattered when one pensioner told us that two weeks was more her time scale for such a luxurious amount of fuel . |
| 23 | Spencer told us of the people who had been to the Chapel to see what he was doing — and told us that several generals had been there . |
| 24 | DESPITE the family rows and marriage break-ups , and the noticeable gaps in the ranks of her party guests , the 92-year-old Queen Mum 's tranquil smile and familiar wave told us that some things are unchanging . |
| 25 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Professionals told us that these matches can only enhance the appeal of the game . |
| 27 | Nobody told us that these pesticides were being used , they just sprayed away , put the fruit and veg on sale — and we bought it in all innocence . ’ |
| 28 | This is n't the first Selecta Fiat , the concept has been used on Unos for some years and Fiat assures me that these automatics are dramatically improved from the older designs still used by other manufacturers . |
| 29 | One of the guerrillas invites him to drink wine , and in no time he is completely drunk , and has told them that some lorries loaded with ammunition are coming up the road , to help in the campaign to wipe out the guerrillas . |
| 30 | Now you have told me that sixteen years ago you retired to Sussex for a quiet life . |