Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can easily understand this if we assume that dialect A is ‘ standard SBE ’ , and dialect B is ‘ Cockney ’ . |
| 2 | ( Parent : ‘ Can you think of anything that might go wrong if we adopt that course of action ? ’ ) |
| 3 | But we would be even more foolish if we imagined that modernity is neutral territory : it is enemy territory — as the world , for Christians , has always been . |
| 4 | I was a witness and so on you see and down below and the sergeant said to me , the sergeant came up and said to me , you 'll have to be careful because he said that boy , he was sitting there with his mother , poor woman , all in black and er the em the boy 's employer had got a solicitor on his behalf , you see , and I said well I can only speak through and say what happened , that 's all I can do and er , so of course when I went into the witness box this man came and er asked me all sorts of questions . |
| 5 | the female hormones and predisposition to cellulite becomes even clearer when you consider that oestrogen is also instrumental in controlling fluid retention and this in itself is the crux of the cellulite problem . |
| 6 | I was slightly alarmed when we got that copy of the Tipton Times , and there was a fire inside it , begging people to come forward for the er |
| 7 | However , I 'd be dishonest if I pretended that life would suddenly become rosy again . |
| 8 | I got muddled because I thought that teacher , it 's just a psychology . |
| 9 | Further consideration is to be given to this topic , but it was agreed that it would be generally more helpful if we understand that family services , were not necessarily for those with families , but a celebration of the whole church . |
| 10 | He had been Prime Minister for nearly seven years in all when he produced that judgement . |
| 11 | ‘ Or , at least it is n't so long as we avoid that bit of road . ’ |
| 12 | While I came to the Arctic when I realized that climbing , my first love , was losing its appeal , Tony was born to the area , loving it , one might believe , even before he saw his first photograph of it . |
| 13 | Totally competent in his mind and lucid when he made that decision ? |
| 14 | Watching the traffic and the rain swallow up the departing taxi , the Captain wondered how the man stayed so thin if he ate that way every day . |
| 15 | I mention him in particular because he understood that opera concerns those ecstatic moments when a man or a woman has to use a means of expression other than the spoken word . |
| 16 | ‘ It was the same when he got that job on a building site and was sacked after a few days , although they said there was nothing wrong with his work . |
| 17 | ‘ Ooh , lovely , ’ she said , ‘ but it 'd be nice if you stripped that door . ’ |
| 18 | But er it was only u until I left the school cos I was only a matter of eight when I left that school so er I was n't in a it was n't in any progressive sort of style then I mean we wer it was more rudiments of education that we were taught and er |
| 19 | That sounds fun if you like that kind of thing . |
| 20 | Oh , yes , I suppose he is handsome if you like that sort of thing , but … ’ |
| 21 | Sir , it is alright if I do that art quiz , while I 'm waiting to print off my work ? |