Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What will give you that extra bite of interest is something like — and here I stop and open my indexed notebook of Victoriana ( and I advise you to keep a similar book for your chosen period ) and I find under " B " : boiled mutton on the sideboard for breakfast . |
| 2 | Let me show you that all men are n't as cruel and immature as your retarded merchant banker . |
| 3 | Gary says : In gliding , disabled people can do everything that other people can do . |
| 4 | If the salesperson is convinced that the objection is the major stumbling block to the sale , he can gain commitment from the buyer by saying : ‘ If I can convince you that this model is the most economical in its class , will you buy it ? ’ |
| 5 | to , to , I mean when I first had the er plaster off , which was for ten days it was , I could not believe it that these fingers were not going but I 'm told that that 's quite usual . |
| 6 | Can we believe anything that Conservative Ministers say ? |
| 7 | ‘ As I was saying , Christina , I can assure you that Tropical Island Interiors will take all the worry and stress out of furnishing Crystal Springs Hotel . ’ |
| 8 | I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment ! |
| 9 | I can assure you that any information given during the interview will be treated in the strictest confidence . |
| 10 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 11 | ( I can assure you that this book was not written straight through from beginning to end ! ) |
| 12 | I can assure him that fair play is what he has got in this case . |
| 13 | It need not surprise anybody that Victorian cities were unhealthy places . |
| 14 | Should it surprise us that this tale from the East Midlands should be taken into a largely religious anthology produced in the West Midlands ? |
| 15 | Further to the query by Mr P. Ridgley of Oldham regarding copal varnish ( WW/June 91/p.557 ) , we would inform you that copal varnishes were manufactured from fossilised resins , mainly obtained from the Congo . |
| 16 | His career with us ended abruptly when he incurred a nasty knee injury in the game at Watford in the last day of 1938 and was unable to play again that season , so that there are still fans at Selhurst Park who will tell you that that loss cost Palace the single promotion place to Division |
| 17 | ‘ As to that machine paying for itself , let me tell you that one side of one tube alone has thirty-nine thousand rivets to be inserted . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't let anyone ever tell you that fat folk do n't feel the cold just as much as you skinny ones . |
| 19 | I ca n't tell you that this keyboard is the best you 'll ever buy , because its feel may not suit you at all , but if you take that and the monitor aside , and specify totally different units that do suit you , then the system box wo n't let you down . |
| 20 | I can , I can tell you that this morning that the pothole is not only there it 's full of water so you ca n't actually see it , but , the point is it 's Doctor Watson 's Lane |
| 21 | Or you may return to where you bought an item and the assistant ( who served you last time ) will tell you that this shop has never stocked whatever it is . |
| 22 | I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire . |
| 23 | And I will tell you that some time next week what was the scope of it is . |
| 24 | As your needs change and you grow , your inner teacher may tell you that some points need changing on your tape . |
| 25 | Any journalist will tell you that British rugby union players , with two or three beguiling exceptions , are hardest to get anything out of worth printing . |
| 26 | Any journalist will tell you that British rugby union players , with two or three beguiling exceptions , are hardest to get anything out of worth printing . |
| 27 | ‘ You ca n't just ignore everything that medical science has taught us . ’ |
| 28 | You ca n't falsely tell him that criminal proceedings will be taken as a result of non-payment . |
| 29 | Thirdly I can tell him that eighty percent of prescribed items are now free of charge compared with sixty percent in nineteen seventy nine . |
| 30 | I can also tell him that urban aid of £9.7 million has been made available over the years for homelessness projects in Scotland . |