Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He threw himself down on the bed with his head on my stomach , groaning , and between the groans saying that he would be a good husband in future , he honestly would , he adored me , he was very ashamed and only hoped I could forgive him . |
| 2 | On 22 June , 136 German divisions with 3,000 tanks invaded the USSR , the Germans believing that the quality of their war machine would defeat the Russian masses . |
| 3 | In October Mr. Johnson , the resident surgeon and secretary of Bedford Infirmary , wrote to the guardians saying that a special meeting of the governors of the infirmary would be held to consider the exclusion of smallpox patients from the Fever Hospital ( which had been established there in 1847 ) . |
| 4 | Professor von Hayek , a luminary much admired by the Prime Minister , writes to The Times suggesting that if attacks are made against the forces in the Falklands , Britain should retaliate on the Argentine mainland . |
| 5 | Public and press opinion turned against the whole concept , with Queen Victoria pronouncing it ‘ objectionable ’ and The Times declaring that ‘ the silver streak is our safety ’ . |
| 6 | The press reacted in familiar manner , with The Times observing that it was ‘ becoming unsafe for a man to traverse certain parts of London at night ’ . |
| 7 | Do not forget , however , to include a clause in the rules stating that the sponsor will take the copyright of all entries . |
| 8 | One of these was Piccadilly Circus , the authors observing that : ‘ here the architectural setting becomes a major consideration , although this must not preclude a satisfactory traffic solution ’ ( para. 32 ) — an almost prophetic comment , bearing in mind the events relating to Piccadilly in the 1960s ( see p. 168 ) . |
| 9 | The the reconciliations suggesting that it was n't a good stock take . |
| 10 | And er I always remember the lawyer who was acting on behalf of the union er said to these blacklegs , How would it be possible for you to see it though your window who was throwing the bricks seeing that the windows are so black and filthy you ca n't see the curtains that 's hanging up from the outside ? |
| 11 | On September 21 , 1945 , he wrote to the defendants saying that rent must be paid at the full rate and claiming that arrears amounting to £7,916 were due . |
| 12 | If you learn to keep your emotions in check until you are all back in the dressing-room , then at least you will leave the punters thinking that they have seen a professional band who might not be quite ready for a week at the Hammersmith Odeon . |
| 13 | Right now then that 's dealt with all the matters arising that I 've got down . |
| 14 | from the Conservatives saying that they believed in nursery education . |
| 15 | Several of them thereupon left their carriages and placed their heads on the rails vowing that , rather than allow another train to pass by they would sacrifice their lives . |
| 16 | But they must still rely on the banks satisfying that demand by lending more — and the banks may not oblige . |
| 17 | This acts as a commitment payment and demonstrates the seriousness of the vendors confirming that it is not their intention just to test the water and withdraw . |
| 18 | The Commission expressed concern at the figures showing that the unassisted lay person was at a disadvantage : |
| 19 | Mr. Greenway : Has my right Hon. Friend seen the figures showing that at least one third of our churches and cathedrals have been vandalised by fire or in other ways in the past year ? |
| 20 | Most of the surveys showing that unemployed people are less healthy than the employed are cross-sectional in nature ( comparing different people at the same time , rather than following the changes in people 's lives over a period of time ) . |
| 21 | Intense negotiations continued , with the generators believing that they had the upper hand because of the Government 's tight timetable and their insistence that they should not have to sign contracts before seeing the white paper . |
| 22 | Peter Farrier , then hospital administrator , refuted the allegations commenting that the article contained ‘ many untruths , gross distortions of fact and lack of understanding of the care of the severely mentally ill ’ . |
| 23 | I 've cut the ropes that bind me to the shore , she thought , and sinking down onto the arm of Meredith 's chair she listened , smiling , to one of the pirates confiding that when he was in town he consulted the same dentist as dear Johnny . |
| 24 | This would not end the wars , but it would in effect be a declaration from the Israelis announcing that whilst they intend to fight to keep the disputed territory , they are nevertheless admitting that their right to it is no different from that of anyone else , and until the world produces some better way than fighting , this is how they will-operate . |
| 25 | They are a result of the auditors saying that the accounts must be prudent . |
| 26 | Well my pal and myself we took these two girls and we sat in the middle of the Temperance Hall and he said come on let's sit over on the balcony he says and put up my clothes by the radiator he says it 's been raining he says and it will dry them , so we moved , and exactly from were we moved was where the women got killed , just candelabra dropped on her and er when it happened the fella on the stage the comedian was singing , a hundred years from now you wo n't be here , and I wo n't be here and from the corner of my eye I could see something gradually dropping like one of these candelabras and I thought hello that 's part of the act you know , it was just gradually coming down and all of a sudden , whooosh and the roof came straight in oh and I do n't know sure I 'd I , everything went dark of course I mean it was all in blacked-out all the chairs were loose , so as the folks wended their way towards the exit doors they took the chairs with them , so they politely threw them back in the crowd that stood in the hall so you were dodging chairs as well as trying to get out , where we were , where we were seated the firemen were hacking at the windows thinking that it was a fire because all the dust had gone up in the air and the reflection of the light from the market I suppose and that would give the appearance of smoke , and he was , I said to this fireman I said there 's no fire , he says , he says there is I said there 's no fire in here , anyway we eventually got out but I took these girls back home to and I really , it was , properly unnerved us both and as we came on that old tram we were , we thought you know everything seemed to sort of upset us and when I got far more upset on the Sunday morning when I went to have a look at it , the whole roof had come right in , but there were fifty people got injured you know and about , oh there was one lady killed . |
| 27 | Subsequently , because low priced petrol came onto the market the appellants wrote to all of their dealers , including the respondents saying that they would not insist on the implementation of the resale price maintenance clause . |
| 28 | Their confidence in providing care within this framework averaged 4 on the same scale , all but three of the doctors indicating that this method of care interfaced well with their primary health care practice . |
| 29 | Mr Roh and his alliance of squabbling factions are worried by stories in the newspapers hinting that officials in the government 's security organisations are jockeying for power . |
| 30 | Some weeks later there were headlines in the newspapers saying that I threatened to resign . |