Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [that] this " in BNC.

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1 But the government has just announced that this staff concerned with employment advice will move back into the Department of Employment , to ensure that their work is more integrated with that of the staff paying benefits to the unemployed .
2 Sadly the loco is showing its age , and the GC has always said that this final six months is a matter of gently does it .
3 The industry has always claimed that this was a purely technical decision without any political overtones .
4 The Leftist Unity party is , in effect , led and controlled by the Spanish Communist Party , but Mr Anguita has wisely realised that this new name is less dangerous . ’
5 Perhaps Paisiello hoped his ‘ Intermezzo ’ would achieve the fame equal to that of its predecessor ; in the event , confusion over names has often meant that this ‘ mark II ’ setting has been completely ignored .
6 It has now transpired that this money can not be guaranteed , and the estate may be sold instead to a private buyer .
7 Geoffrey Elton has consistently argued that this revolutionary new strategy was the brainchild of the recently appointed secretary to the privy council , Thomas Cromwell , who should thus be seen as the sole architect of the Henrician Reformation .
8 However , he has never stated that this was in fact the case .
9 He 'd always assumed that this was a piece of official terminology until one day he 'd asked what it meant , and found out that it stood for Another Fucking Drunk .
10 He 's keeping himself so busy , he 'd quite forgotten that this weekend is the 6th anniversary of the accident .
11 to see the family G P in Southwold I think that got things moving because I do n't they would have done anything , they 'd have just accepted that this is the end , you know , he 's gon na die in agony .
12 He noticed too that for the first time since he had arrived at the Cages there was a total silence , as if all the eagles , and all the imprisoned creatures thereabout had instinctively understood that this old eagle 's troubled painful words marked an end to a terrible life ; and perhaps in some strange way the beginning of something none dared hope might come to pass .
13 At Great Casterton I had suddenly discovered that this process held a hidden danger and that in the future this had to be avoided at all costs .
14 Under its constitution West Germany ( like Japan — see below ) could take no part in external military activities , and by Aug. 20 Chancellor Kohl had apparently accepted that this was a definitive barrier , the view of both Foreign Minister Genscher and Defence Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg ( both Free Democrats in Kohl 's Christian Democrat-led coalition ) .
15 Lucy had already decided that this would be the wisest course for her to take .
16 The Italian interior minister had already stipulated that this was the only way he could guarantee the security of the World Cup .
17 The Italian interior minister had already stipulated that this was the only way he could guarantee the security of the World Cup .
18 Sally-Anne had already checked that this was the only one of herself in the pile .
19 yes and I 've just verified that this witness agrees on that matter and that he has nothing to do with it , is that right ?
20 Liz had just announced that this conversation had convinced her , and she was going to get a hospital job of some sort , when Juliet suddenly remembered Nigel .
21 ‘ I 've already said that this was Dominic 's first appearance at a Circle function .
22 Henry had always assumed that this was due , on her part , to an entirely natural physical repugnance for him ; she moved away from him as one might move away from a bad smell or a dangerous horse .
23 He , after all , found her quite as repulsive as she found him and , as the two of them waltzed from oven to sink , from window to cutlery drawer , staring up , down , sideways , anywhere but at each other , Henry had always assumed that this was no more than the usual politesse of a failed English , suburban marriage .
24 I had always assumed that this sort of civilized dismay at barbarism was the monopoly of our cause .
25 I had always assumed that this song was either fictional or referred to events long ago , and Ricks ' talk contained nothing to contradict this .
26 Farrel had always thought that this was Ballater 's place .
27 He had quickly discovered that this was not the case ; the biggest problem facing gay people was the attitude of ‘ straight ’ people , and the difficulty of meeting others of like mind .
28 Well , we 've clearly seen that this is out in the open now and people are going to have to deal with it .
29 Madame Weber had clearly decided that this brilliant , if not particularly wealthy , young man would make an admirable son-in-law .
30 I had often felt that this smallholding would be an ideal place to live ; only a mile outside Darrowby , but secluded , and with this heart-lifting vista of river and fell .
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