Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Y-you asked me that the first time we met . ’ |
| 2 | When dealing with previous Bills affecting the armed services , the Minister and his colleagues have always sought to assure me that the armed forces are keenly aware of the need to treat complainers — irrespective of age — in a sympathetic manner . |
| 3 | It amazes me that the fine for moving a seat reservation card is actually more that the one for pulling the communication cord . |
| 4 | I write to inform you that the above appeal is to be heard on |
| 5 | IF IT worries you that the national survey on sexual habits is not going to take place , you could take comfort from the thought that it probably wo n't make a vast amount of difference in the long run . |
| 6 | Legend has it that the once-rounded peaks had their tops lopped off by a supernatural force to make a flat-topped bed and table for St Columba when he visited the island in AD585 . |
| 7 | Yes , it 's pricey , but it is still a fairly exclusive instrument ( though rumour has it that the Japanese will be issuing their ‘ 51 Reissue some time in the future ) . |
| 8 | Popular idiom has it that the four themes are very imperfectly combined in the family : ‘ children ruin a marriage ’ , ‘ sex and family life simply do n't go together ’ , and so forth . |
| 9 | Orientalising wisdom has it that the rural masses know nothing about politics and are satisfied with the new commodity economy generated by the privatisation of land . |
| 10 | Rumour has it that the new product will have two inferfaces — the familiar character-based screen and a GUI lookalike , with button bars and WYSIWYG editing . |
| 11 | Why … well pit talk has it that the reigning world champion Ayrton Senna might just be signing for the team next season … if he comes will Nigel go … what 's his future … this is what he told Central South … |
| 12 | Tradition has it that the first fenoderee was actually a handsome prince from the proud fairy tribe of the Ferrishyn . |
| 13 | Popular mythology among mothers has it that the first child is always the most ‘ difficult ’ , and it is easy to see why this should be so . |
| 14 | Legend has it that the first ‘ teddy bear ’ was created for him after an unsuccessful hunting trip . |
| 15 | And rumour has it that the big-name band will be outrageous rockers Guns N' Roses . |
| 16 | Built by William the Conqueror in thanks for his victory over King Harold — legend has it that the high altar marks spot where Harold died from an arrow through his eye . |
| 17 | Rumour has it that The High had all been living separate musical lives — Andy in particular having just split with the Stone Roses — when they met in Manchester 's Hacienda club , and decided to put a new band together … |
| 18 | Western Province are in the same boat , and rumour has it that the little general , Dawie Snyman , will replace Hannie Bekker this season . |
| 19 | As things turned out , it was probably just as well that I was brought gently back to earth by Beryl , who from one of the Trust 's head offices masterminds the working holidays with military precision , advised me that the only available option was a 21-plus Acorn Project at Clumber park in Nottinghamshire . |
| 20 | Prefaced by an ‘ urgent remonstrance ’ to the gentlemen of England , warning them that the young Queen Victoria 's announcement of her intention to marry Prince Albert may lead to great numbers of her female subjects taking a similar nuptial initiative owing to Leap Year of 1840 ( traditionally a woman could make a proposal of marriage only in a leap year ) . |
| 21 | I told them that the grand piano was two feet too short and DeFries said , ‘ Cancel the gig — no gig . ’ |
| 22 | He told them that the educational psychologist was very good and really knew the children . |
| 23 | The following Spring , a still shaken Khrushchev called a group of writers to his dacha outside Moscow and told them that the Hungarian rising could have been avoided if a few writers had been shot in time . |
| 24 | Eddy himself lives in Oxford , and this morning he told me that the final piece of his Formula One jigsaw fell into place recently with a major sponsorship deal from soft drink manufacturers , Seven Up . |
| 25 | He told me that the sacred water was bottled and sold to Irishmen all over the world for its healing powers . |
| 26 | As I stumbled along , she told me that the present appearance of the castle was in part the creation of the hotel people , who had joined two separate buildings together . |
| 27 | However , Daphne told me that the tall spikes of flowers , resembling yellow lupins , last better if stem-rotting bacteria can be kept at bay . |
| 28 | He told me that the central finger always goes first , followed by the ring finger and then , if you 're lucky , the index . |
| 29 | He told me that the first three days were an agony , thirst being the greatest torture , then slowly the body reversed its patterns and you got used to it . |
| 30 | I had arranged to meet them at Salima 's house , but when I got there she told me that the other two were at Ruksana 's place . |