Example sentences of "[pers pn] that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He brushed up my biochemistry , informing me that the long chain fences of fat molecules are antipodean in scale set beside the dry stone walls of mere proteins , and that he himself had it as an ambition to contrive that his entire body should be sheathed in one enormous fat molecule . |
| 2 | It seems to me that the graded-test system will simply carry out these functions more efficiently than the system of GCSE , followed by A levels or one of the range of non-school practical certificate tests . |
| 3 | My staff tell me that the elderly people have sort of taken to it like a duck to water almost . |
| 4 | ‘ My wife has informed me that the two boys who attacked you stole your handbag . ’ |
| 5 | AN OLD gentleman once told me that the two things that caused the greatest rural rows were the Church and fox-hunting . |
| 6 | Later , the knowledge filtered through to me that the two ruffians — escaped prisoners like myself , without a doubt — had attacked me solely on account of my fire . |
| 7 | The Minister will find it difficult to convince me that the new employers ' priority will be to match the existing and future pension rights of STG employees . |
| 8 | The Minister will find it difficult to convince me that the new employers ' priority will be to match the existing and future pension rights of STG employees . |
| 9 | It seems to me that the new settlement if my analysis is correct can only be in one of those two areas , which does n't seem to me to be a very sensible way of proceeding . |
| 10 | It seems to me that the New Testament says very clearly that many people came to Jesus asking for a sign and he pointed to himself . |
| 11 | But in a case where the discussion begins with the fact that the description of the goods by which they were sold points to one particular purpose only , it seems to me that the first requirement of the subsection is satisfied … |
| 12 | If he had told me that the first half was going to be crap , I would n't have bothered to watch it in the first place . |
| 13 | ‘ Y-you asked me that the first time we met . ’ |
| 14 | Erm with without a new settlement erm that that was indeed the the impression that erm I was left with as well , and what what we 've sought to do in in the evidence that we 've we 've put before you is to take the nine seven , nine thousand seven hundred figure in Greater York , and and er s based on the data supplied by the County Council to demonstrate that that actually when one looks at outstanding commitments erm with planning permission , identified the sites er without planning permission , those those that are allocated in local plans , making suitable allowances for small sites erm windfall sites and conversion , erm the the residual figure that is left in Greater York , which I calculate to be eight thousand six hundred and thirty seven , once one has taken away completions , which I think is an agreed figure between nineteen ninety one and nineteen ninety three of one thousand and sixty three , that erm , those existing commitments , and the sites likely to come forward , ma virtually match the figure for the outstanding housing requirement , so so one is left with a view that erm from from the data that 's put in front of us that there is n't a residue of that size to accommodate , although I accept that there may well be a residue of some sort , erm and it seems to me that the established Greater York erm framework , er is is the process by which that is distributed around the counties along the lines that the discussion 's proceeded this morning . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | However , it seems to me that the chief problem is that the guys are playing the new laws with the old mentality . |
| 17 | He even informs me that the correct expression , à la Viz , is ‘ the drummer out of Cud ’ . |
| 18 | My mother taught me that the female body is something to be ashamed of . |
| 19 | He told me that the central finger always goes first , followed by the ring finger and then , if you 're lucky , the index . |
| 20 | I said then that it seemed to me that the Consolidated Fund Bill would provide an opportunity to debate it — possibly at some length . |
| 21 | However , Daphne told me that the tall spikes of flowers , resembling yellow lupins , last better if stem-rotting bacteria can be kept at bay . |
| 22 | It seems to me that the successful professionals make their money not be selling their wares , but by selling their skills — by writing books , running courses , making videos , holding seminars and giving demonstrations — in short , by teaching others how to do it . |
| 23 | BELVILLE : If you can convince me that the hated parson has had no encouragement from you I will offer you the following proposals . |
| 24 | By the way , I 've just been glancing through my fixture list , and it seems to me that the real test of our recent good form will come in December/early January . |
| 25 | I was always a sensitive child , but he beat it out of me , taught me that the only way to make your way in life is by standing up and fighting for what you want . |
| 26 | He concluded : ‘ It seems to me that the only purpose the FBI has in proposing such a law would be so that it can make telephone taps without the cooperation of the telephone company … in other words , what they are asking for is the ability to make warrant-less taps . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ A friend told me that the only adjective that describes the British is ‘ opaque ’ . |
| 28 | It seems to me that the only waste is not to recycle it . |
| 29 | But now you tell me that the only reason you went to bed with me was because you thought you could up the stakes to marriage . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I had little hope of re-employment , and so it seemed to me that the only thing to do was to set up in business , ’ he explains . |