Example sentences of "to [pers pn] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The misery of these people was indescribable when it seemed to them that all their efforts would be cancelled by war between their country and Germany . |
| 2 | like you sell , you sell that back to them that that pays the man 's wages that is doing it ! |
| 3 | They are doubly attracted when it is clear to them that any movement will be all one way , and where all they have to do is to bide their time and wait for the inevitable profits . |
| 4 | It has n't occurred to them that some people might actually have to survive on any money they 're given . ’ |
| 5 | Hamer USA told me when I spoke to them that this is a custom option and not featured on the standard Sunburst models . |
| 6 | The Oral Replacement Workers had not explained to them that this would be the case , ie. that the lobon-gur solution only treats the dehydration and malnutrition resulting from diarrhoea rather than the purging itself . |
| 7 | I 'm afraid they feel rather frustrated when it is made clear to them that this is far from the case , ’ he added drily . |
| 8 | Seems it never occurred to them that this applies to both engineers . |
| 9 | What was happening to them that this awareness had reached such a pitch in so short a time ? |
| 10 | Nevertheless , despite the necessity to protect children from being misled by the stories of ‘ heaven ’ and miracles , it should be made quite clear to them that most of the stories of good works attributed to the people involved are most likely to be true , and as these people are believed to have done much more good than most , they have been given a place in the windows of the churches and in paintings and elsewhere . |
| 11 | It seemed strange to me that many dead Germans we had come across in the built-up areas after leaving the landing beaches yesterday morning had no boots on , some were even minus socks . |
| 12 | I HAVE listened with great interest to those voices who do n't want the ‘ South African tour rebels ' ’ ban to be lifted , and it is clear to me that many of them are not expressing these views out of a sense of justice or respect for the millions of blacks still suffering in South Africa . |
| 13 | It seems to me that many of the people involved in our industry have a fundamental lack of understanding of the needs and preoccupations of the modern child , and there are far too many groups , circles , committees and working parties which we seem to form in endless pursuit of the Holy Grail of better children 's bookselling . |
| 14 | It seemed to me that each person living in a house needed his or her special place , a sort of perch . |
| 15 | Whatever they like bottom of the River Trent if you like but it would be very going off the subject and I 've only got a minute or two to spare but what someone pointed out to me that terrible monstrosity outside the Theatre Royal subway and every time I pass I fume inwardly . |
| 16 | There are many fine performances of Sibelius No. 1 on the market , but it seems to me that two really stand out : the recently re-issued VPO/Maazel on the Decca ( part of a desirably all seven symphonies on ) , and the EMI BPO/Karajan ( also mid-price the Karelia Suite on ) . |
| 17 | Khrushchev explicitly stated to me that one of his reasons for suspending tests was because he had studied the effect of the CND on the British public . |
| 18 | I was asked once if it seemed real to me that one day I would be lifeless inside it . |
| 19 | Now I do n't know much about running gags from books previous that I ai n't been in , but it seemed to me that one of them was toting a 7.62 M134 General Electric Minigun , which in my books generally spells schadenfreude . |
| 20 | ‘ It occurs to me that one of the cleverest things about Operation Eagle was the way Colonel Steiner and his men were transported to England . ’ |
| 21 | At the annual meeting , the annual meeting last year in the institute , it was obvious to me that one of the major concerns of people in this town was policing and police presence and I think the joint effort that we 've put forward , and I must mention as well since he 's , we 've worked very well together , the police liaison office has been running extremely well I feel , the number of calls have gone up since we started . |
| 22 | It was quite clear to me that 260,000 people would be reduced very substantially and that for every person who was made redundant in British Steel , seven people were affected — another three in the family , plus the people serving that family in the shops and in other ways . |
| 23 | On the contrary , it seems to me that such a drastic gesture would fit well with your character . |
| 24 | It is strange to me that such an obviously deep and , in my opinion , very moving , impressive poem can revolve round a mechanical , modern and brash object and almost devalue nature while putting on the personal and human mask that it does . |
| 25 | It seemed to me that all surfers aspired to the condition of divinity . |
| 26 | I occurred to me that all the pleasure of snooker comes either in anticipation or retrospect . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , it seems strange to me that all my friends do n't want to join me . |
| 28 | It seems to me that all that we would be doing would be substituting one area for another in effect in terms of where that development is attracted from . |
| 29 | It seems to me that all of us in this chamber have at one time or another , wanted to actually spend money erm it comes programme of committees , I do n't think it 's behoved upon me at the moment to transgress on what programme committees are actually er but to predict exactly where they will want their expenditure to go but I do know is that there is a huge backlog of member generated aspirations in terms of the environmental improvements , traffic calming facilities , particulary which I suspect were actually generated mildly in excess of the figures which we have before us tonight which is why we clearly leave open that further bids against capital can be made in the course of the next three years , erm which will be assessed against the overall financial position of the council and I think the council much more than that . |
| 30 | You know , it 's got a hundred and twenty eight thousand pension schemes , papers are gon na flood through the door and annual reports and that sort of thing and it seems to me that all of Goods th the way that this , this pension regulator is deemed to act is that he 's expecting the auditors and the actuaries to whistle blow and |