Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his splendid physique and proud , noble head his presence is such as to give him an instant advantage over any bowler , and he has rarely failed to put that advantage to use ; spinners in particular have suffered at his hands , but when he decides that he wants to score runs it is virtually impossible to bowl to him . |
| 2 | Yet with treaties , lack of protest is viewed as irrelevant ; the strong presumption that a State is not bound by a treaty which it has not accepted means that lack of response to a treaty communicated to it entails no acceptance . |
| 3 | This mean that as it has already applied to run that route it only now needs clearance from the British government . |
| 4 | However , by the time a foal has matured , it has usually come to accept that patting is some peculiar human aberration to indicate friendliness — and accepts it as such . |
| 5 | knows or has reasonable cause to believe that , because of the individual 's connection and position , it would be reasonable to expect him not to disclose that information save for the proper performance of his duties . |
| 6 | He never quite went on to the big scores but has now begun to put that right . |
| 7 | Thank God we have n't been bombed , and Theresa has n't had to put that gas mask on the baby . ’ |
| 8 | Well as Michael says , we 're not proud of the results er , and we 're not going to try and dress them up , Michael has n't tried to do that and I certainly do n't intend to . |
| 9 | Yet it seems quite certain that our direct ancestors were walking around on two feet with an upright posture like our own at least four million years ago and no creature in the non-human line of descent seems ever to have done that . |
| 10 | Of course the Bill will not sort out all the problems — it does not pretend to do that — but I wish it well in its passage through the House . |
| 11 | Everyone can see that Mr Kinnock is running very hard to win , straining every sinew ; but Mr Major , in comparison , does not appear to have that same , almost feral , competitive edge , that they want . |
| 12 | Will he also confirm that he does not intend to do that ? |
| 13 | Acknowledging the extent of social need in the elderly does not mean accepting that dependency irreversibly deepens with age , from mild to intense . |
| 14 | Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it . |
| 15 | The Bill does not attempt to address that aspect — and understandably so , because the problem must be dealt with in a short and concise way . |
| 16 | ‘ One does not have to visit that section of America to know that it is famous for women with your look . ’ |
| 17 | I am not interested in scoring cheap points in this debate about the underfunding of sport , but if sport is using underfunding as an excuse or justification for taking large amounts of money from the tobacco industry , the Government must address the question whether they should put more money into sport so that sport does not have to use that excuse . |
| 18 | Three years after the Act was passed , the hon. Lady still does not seem to understand that local management of schools funds the pupils and not the teachers . |
| 19 | That it is now compulsory to do so does not seem to increase that duty and , correspondingly , the plaintiff 's share in the responsibility for the damage he suffers . |
| 20 | Similarly if someone has left a certain amount to somebody and has added that the sum can quite easily be offset , since the beneficiary is his debtor on account of Gaius Seius ' estate ; yet the beneficiary does not wish to enter that estate but claims the trust : our emperor replied by rescript that he was claiming the trust against the intention of the testator , since in trusts the intention of the testator is particularly to be regarded and observed . |
| 21 | Andy does not like remembering that bit . |
| 22 | Apparently , it does not need to finance that from raising more tax . |
| 23 | If Mr Gorbachev really does now intend to take that step in his own country , his political revolution is about to become an economic one too . |
| 24 | He said the firm does n't expect to match that price but claims it will offer twice the performance at just under £5,000 . |
| 25 | ‘ You mean her chattering could cause someone else much trouble and he does n't want to risk that . ’ |
| 26 | Well I 'm sure he does n't want to do that . |
| 27 | However , timeshare does n't have to mean that . |
| 28 | The difference is he does n't need to do that to get it all in one go |
| 29 | I think maybe he 's just come to realize that |
| 30 | He 's always had to keep that bloody thing . |