Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the point that I heard him make in Brighton . |
| 2 | ‘ Except that I heard you threaten to . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It was just that I heard it call so I knew there must be one about . ’ |
| 4 | I recall vividly one member of the aristocracy who was in such a state about being interviewed on TV that he insisted that I help him go through a half bottle of whisky first . |
| 5 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I said I was subject to them , not that I let them rule me ! ’ |
| 7 | May I remind you that I let you go ? |
| 8 | ‘ Meaning that I let you kiss me once I realised that was your intention , because I too thought that it would serve a purpose and stop Terry Lewis making any more waves . |
| 9 | ‘ If you had n't known before , it must surely have occurred to you then , that it was a measure of my besottedness that I let you get away with it . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you . |
| 11 | ‘ What I mean to say , ’ replied Robert , ‘ is that I feel I need to know where I stand . ’ |
| 12 | Terry , whose gentleness of heart so melted my own that I helped him sell his newspapers outside factories , on picket lines and outside East End tube stations at seven-thirty in the morning , was encouraging . |
| 13 | His anger matched her own , then outgrew it so that she felt her breath catch in dismay as she saw the expression on his coldly furious face . |
| 14 | The rampant desire she glimpsed in his eyes was so clear and so fierce that she felt her breath catch in her throat . |
| 15 | Deborah is confident and outspoken and had mentioned to me that she felt her sense of herself as ‘ not bad-looking ’ , and her lack of any real anxieties about her weight or body was largely due to her mother . |
| 16 | ‘ Will you be going to Somerset too ? ’ she asked and it was with a sense of relief that she saw him shake his head . |
| 17 | But , because she knew nothing of the business , I insisted that she let me handle things . |
| 18 | She was so exhausted that she let me help her without protesting , and finally we sat down together near the fire with our cups of tea . |
| 19 | I think it means like if you saw that boy do something , the police , you , you take out a sworn affidavit that you saw him do that and , I think it 's a legal document , look it up , it 's |
| 20 | I 'll give you my home telephone number , and if you do n't find them until after I 've returned , and you 're not successful in persuading Suzie to go back to England , all I ask is that you let me know where I can contact her . |
| 21 | If there is still no news in the morning , I recommend that you let me supply a professional bodyguard and review your personal security . ’ |
| 22 | And not the least wonderful thing is that you let me follow my star , and encourage me and help me ; so many women would n't . |
| 23 | But just er , you know , clarify my thinking on it , what exactly is it that you feel you want to think about ? |
| 24 | It can be anything that you feel you know . |
| 25 | If sun-bathing makes you feel good , it 's got more to do with the fact that you feel you look good , and that you 've allowed yourself to unwind . |
| 26 | At which point you can complete any other bits of the work that you feel you need to . |
| 27 | that you see they have created the jobs ! |
| 28 | Everything that you see you laugh at , you 're lucky he always sets you up |
| 29 | No we 've had er because this was erm a , a , a of erm concern here that we felt you know what 's gon na happen after the twelve months and I 'm pretty sure we had a circular round that said we would get two hundred pounds a week . |
| 30 | After all , if those two boys had died , it would have been on our consciences that we saw them get into difficulty and did nothing . |