Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Now you have told me that sixteen years ago you retired to Sussex for a quiet life . |
| 3 | He had also told me that any German who came his way would ‘ get it , ’ so I felt I must do likewise in hospital . |
| 4 | My recent visit has convinced me that that kind of solution is now dead . |
| 5 | ‘ meticulous experiments have convinced me that this ratio ( 1:100 ) between the quantity of diluent and that of the medicine being dynamized is far too low to develop the medicinal substance properly and to a high degree with a large number of succussions unless force is used … |
| 6 | Mr Charkin 's research — difficult because of the very large number of publishers in the business , most unquoted — has shown him that average profits are usually less than 5% of turnover . |
| 7 | Corbett grinned back ; a Welshman had once told him that each person has an aura about him , be it good or evil , which goes out to other people . |
| 8 | Actually , he admitted in private that Sir Isidore Salmon had told him that continued support of the British Union of Fascists would mean the withdrawal of all Lyons 's advertisements from the Daily Mail , as well as any other financial inconveniences which could be arranged . |
| 9 | I have told him that COED CYMRU can have eight pages , provided he can raise a minimum of £1,000 to cover its production costs . |
| 10 | Mr Slade 's extensive breeding programme within his flock of 400 pedigree ewes has convinced him that terminal sires do not have to be ‘ big and long ’ . |
| 11 | Minch had taught him that neither feeling was useful to an eagle unless it was controlled . |
| 12 | He was trying , insanely , to preserve everyone in this family in just the state in which he had first encountered them , when they had given him that delightful sense of secure , harmonious , integrated living . |
| 13 | What was even more satisfying was knowing that she had given him that same lesson , not once but twice , this morning when she 'd stunned him by agreeing to see his grandmother on her own time , and last night , when she 'd turned away his advances , and never mind all that pretence about his not being interested . |
| 14 | I have in my memory a feeling that we had satisfied ourselves that international law would be obeyed . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Has n't it struck you that Jumbo Jardine 's loose tongue operates in two ways ? |
| 16 | Adam had warned her that one stretch near to the coast had a dubious reputation for flooding , but she did not let that worry her . |
| 17 | ‘ He will be nursing a secret desire to try to make amends , even though everyone has reassured him that these things happen . |
| 18 | She still could n't quite believe it was Eleanor who had sent her that poisonous letter , Eleanor who had destroyed her clothes and personal belongings . |
| 19 | Commentators claimed that Mubarak was enraged and embarrassed by Iraq 's invasion , after he had announced in late July [ see p. 37632 above ] that Saddam had assured him that Iraqi forces would not move into Kuwait . |
| 20 | The aircraft are safely hangared and the technicians have assured themselves that those cowboy pilots have n't damaged any of their babies . |
| 21 | Understandably they have warned us that this generosity can not continue and 1987 is a crisis year . |