Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wanted to wake up with him right there in the room and to turn to him and quote the next line of the film right back at him , to whisper it to him , make me almost believe that we are a pair of young lovers without any shame , and I do n't mean that in some tragedy queen way , but in order to say of Boy that truly I do think that it is a beauty like his that makes it all worth while , and I do feel that if we are fighting for anything , and if I was asked in a questionnaire what it was I was fighting for ( and believe me I do feel like I am fighting , more and more I think that ) , then I would answer , beauty . |
| 2 | I mean I personally think that we 've , that with that third session , looking at things , certain topics have come out |
| 3 | I do n't know if I can answer that to be absolutely honest I I mean I really feel that erm that would be reading too much into the decision that that our members took at that time . |
| 4 | But deep down you also knew that it could n't be so simple . |
| 5 | Where the Act applies a reasonableness test it generally provides that a party can not exclude or restrict liability " except in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss2 , 3 , 4 ) or that liability can be excluded or restricted " but only in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss6 , 7 ) . |
| 6 | let them sweetly dream that in Britain the great day has come at last . |
| 7 | First of all , let me just say that everything I am going to tell you is the complete and absolute truth . |
| 8 | ‘ First of all , let me just say that everything I am going to tell you is the complete and absolute truth . ’ |
| 9 | Er let me just say that aloud |
| 10 | right cos then you 're taking them away from the fact that you want other quotes right , they 'll say to you oh we were n't thinking of doing it actually until the winter , right and then you can say to them well let me just say that by placing your order in now we can put your installation in hand , right , basically at today 's prices , right , on an extended delivery , right , and you can still qualify for a special offer , right |
| 11 | Let me , let me just illustrate that in the case of sacking MacArthur and in the case of sending federal troops to Little Rock to des desegregate schools , the orders were readily carried out . |
| 12 | Okay , so let me just write that on the back , Monday to Friday and that 's nine to four thirty . |
| 13 | It was a green scarf but let me quickly say that it was bereft of religious significance . |
| 14 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 15 | A closer look at this challenge will be afforded in Chapter 5 but suffice it here to say that the military 's vested interest in the established planning system , long a fixed point on the compass , may be changing . |
| 16 | Suffice it here to say that this problem was finally dispensed with in 1833 , by banishing unc ( ! ) : |
| 17 | Suffice it here to say that there have emerged other groups of educationists who present alternative views . |
| 18 | Suffice it here to note that I do not mean that all religions are really saying the same thing ; that differences do not matter , that they all have basically the same origins , or fulfil the same functions . |
| 19 | To emphasize the " poetic " style of the passage , let us also observe that the schematic patterning is extensive on the phonological as well as on the syntactic level , for example in the alliterations and assonances of " feet … follow " , " hands … hold " , " alphabet … arch … aisle " , " lift … fall " . |
| 20 | Let us also suppose that you have found a hypnotherapist who is both reputable and someone with whom you feel compatible ( see p.23 ) . |
| 21 | But let us also remember that the opposition have an obligation to stay behind the off-side line . |
| 22 | But let us also remember that Baron Cuvier , perhaps the greatest protagonist of catastrophism in its earlier form , worked on the placid , untectonised sediments of Montmartre and the environs of Paris . |
| 23 | ‘ Let us cheerfully concede that the BBC is the voice of the nation as viewed from London , and provide for ITV 's viewers a perspective on the news the way it is seen from where they live . ’ |
| 24 | Meanwhile , so as not to break the thread of our story , let us just remark that any ‘ purpose ’ involved is internal to the agent or system and not that of a hidden hand . |
| 25 | Let us just accept that the inclusion of education within social policy is the consequence of a comparatively arbitrary decision by the author , and move on to look at the difficult problems that would have to be faced if we were to define social policy in terms of public expenditure which contributes to public welfare . |
| 26 | ‘ Let us just say that we expect this to be your only half-witted jape for the entire term . |
| 27 | Let us just say that we are dealing with pure conceptual models of types of social action . |
| 28 | The topic of metaphor is too broad to receive a detailed treatment here ; let us simply say that a metaphor induces the hearer ( or reader ) to view a thing , state of affairs , or whatever , as being like something else , by applying to the former linguistic expressions which are more normally employed in references to the latter . |
| 29 | For the moment let us simply note that natural history may have important ritual implications . |
| 30 | Let us further assume that the shares were and are worth only £50,000 . |