Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This provided us with an opportunity to investigate the whales to see if we could discover anything about them that might explain why they had beached themselves . |
| 2 | What is it about them that makes them stand out from the rest ? |
| 3 | There is a mystic , psychic quality about them that is pleasantly disturbing , and often one of them will gently take my hand and gaze steadily into my eyes as if willing me better and I feel sort of honoured to be welcomed into their society . |
| 4 | What is it about them that dissatisfies you ? |
| 5 | What is it about them that speaks to you , that calls forth such a strong response that at the end you feel satisfied , nourished , as though something new had taken place ? |
| 6 | Can you say what it is about them that threatens you ? |
| 7 | There is furthermore an atmosphere of harshness and unrest about them that makes one realize how much closer to the spirit of Cézanne Braque 's contemporary work is . |
| 8 | There 's something about them that makes me want to see them glazed with passion — ’ |
| 9 | You would n't have to worry about them that 'd solve the struggle , trouble er you got them off the |
| 10 | I 'm not shuffling them , I 'm just running through them that one |
| 11 | But so graphically did her words convey her love and concern for them that , reading it aloud , both were reduced to tears . |
| 12 | Some visually handicapped children will overcome their difficulties so well that they are indistinguishable from their fully sighted classmates , but the effort needed may have a cost for them that is not always appreciated . |
| 13 | They could have discharged themselves at any time , but they were destitute and the best was done for them that was possible in the circumstances . |
| 14 | ‘ I had to sell my share in Moffat Engineering , which lost me my chance to drive for them that year … ’ |
| 15 | Is meet for them that would be taken wise : |
| 16 | They had really tired of each other and it had become a struggle between them that was slow to surface until the Diamond Dogs tour because a lot of things happened on that tour that they were both very unhappy about . |
| 17 | Were things so bad between them that she just had to disappear ? ’ |
| 18 | An impressive feature of the early post-war Palace sides was the triumvirate of Alderson in goal , Little and Ernie Rhodes at full-back , and those who watched them play for the Palace will tell you of an understanding between them that bordered on the uncanny . |
| 19 | So it is the capacity to mobilise both of these resources and switch smoothly between them that seems to be the hallmark of effective creative production . |
| 20 | Today , if we pose the difficult question of the relation of poststructuralism to postmodernism , one distinction between them that might be drawn would be that whereas postmodernism seems to include the problematic of the place of Western culture in relation to non-Western cultures , poststructuralism as a category seems not to imply such a perspective . |
| 21 | So little had been released from that tight grip , and there was so little natural affinity between them that , for all the hours they had spent in this room together , they remained strangers to one another . |
| 22 | ‘ My heart misgave me when I saw his livery at Parfois , for Isambard is close and confidential with him , and sure they had some business between them that bodes us no good here in Wales . ’ |
| 23 | A recent visit to the Festival of Photoreportage was the first time that Tony had met other members of the group , ‘ Some of them I did n't know and for me that was the wondrous part of being at Perpignan . ’ |
| 24 | Certainly not the radiant glow of confidence and success , or it sure as hell would n't have worked for me that Saturday round at Ramillies Drive . |
| 25 | I do n't know about you , but for me that discovery was an overwhelming experience which brought tears . |
| 26 | Pulled between the conflicting impulses , I ought to resist the craving which dulls the awareness which moves me to abstain , because for me that is a causally necessary condition of obeying ‘ Face the fact that you might get cancer ’ . |
| 27 | At least I do n't think so , ’ I told her , but she just smiled and told me she had no further use for me that day and to call the next day which was to be a school holiday . |
| 28 | For me that was vindication for the disagreements I 'd had with Sydney Newman and Donald Wilson , both of whom saw the music and titles after they 'd been done and said they did n't like them . |
| 29 | James never did anything for me that way , Chrissy , never once . |
| 30 | And if you ever have word for me that may bear fruit , come and ask entry to me wherever I am . |