Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It allows them to promote the false claim that the blacks are not fit to run South Africa when clearly they are still at each other 's throats . |
| 2 | It has been almost impossible for them to acquire the artistic infrastructure that should surround those works so that they can be seen in the right scholarship context . |
| 3 | Adjustment to their customers ' needs compelled them to establish an international presence that had hitherto been unnecessary . |
| 4 | As a Scottish lawyer , may I make the simple point that the Lord Advocate looked carefully at the question of a prosecution for culpable homicide ? |
| 5 | May I make the further suggestion that when it is all over on 9 April we get the right hon. Gentleman a new job — a walk-on part in a re-run of ’ Crossroads ’ or as a substitute for Ken Barlow . |
| 6 | You propose a new wheeze to help farmers ; I cite a specific nonsense that will result . |
| 7 | I despise the sinister bacchanalia that marked ‘ Guernica ’ 's last night in the annexe to the Prado , the orgy of explosions , the slow cavalcade , the deployment of the military to escort ‘ Guernica ’ 's coffin from its mausoleum of the Prado annexe , the Casón del Buen Retiro , to the fish tank of the Reina Sofía [ MNCARS ] . |
| 8 | I made a mental note that I must n't say anything to annoy my prim secretary , at least until after she 'd agreed to help with the business the next evening . |
| 9 | It was the first time I 'd seen anyone in labour and I made a silent vow that when I was married I was n't going to have any babies if this was how you had to suffer . |
| 10 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 11 | I made the same mistake that I make , year after year . |
| 12 | Everyone , I 'm sure , has a ‘ little black dress ’ type of pattern , by which I mean a perennial favourite that gets made up in different yarns and colours over the years for various celebrations , parties and so on . |
| 13 | I mean a real belief that I have the word ‘ tiger ’ or ‘ leopard ’ or whatever . |
| 14 | I mean the only thing that an appeal fund like that should do is to give the widows and dependents of the the dead of the platform , it should give them immediate money to tide them over until they get their compensation which they need . |
| 15 | I mean the other assumption that I did n't make until we were well into the thing was that this , the , the Friends Provident policy is actually the mortgage policy |
| 16 | but it 's also linked , I mean the other thing that I 've got at the back of my mind , is a kind of nightmare , is that when we were talking about the Festival around about March that you know , we spoke to Ingy er you know as a group and then that was all fine and we kept er going along and then , and then there was that sort of dreadful phone call I had from Linda along the lines as I 'm not sure if I 've got any describers |
| 17 | As a group I mean the other thing that surprised me a bit , I , I spoke to Ken yesterday and said , how did you receive ? |
| 18 | and , and sort of when can we have a script you know and you write it down and take thirty per cent of it , or whatever you know , erm , I mean the other thing that Alex has drawn er |
| 19 | I mean the one thing that Neil Webb can do , as you say he he 's missed a lot of football he played against our Reserves Thursday night , but the one thing he can do if he get an opportunity he can produce a telling ball . |
| 20 | I mean the one thing that has happened in recent times , and I do n't like prophecies so , I do n't wish to be a part of one , let's be clear about that , I 'm doing this as an analyst . |
| 21 | Lili looked at her squarely , and for a moment I entertained a mad hope that she would deny this , would announce that my engagement was a travesty and a cruelty , would say that she was going to take me away and teach me how to dress or to dance . |
| 22 | There was a spring in my step and when Craig Brewster played a nice through ball into the box , my old legs managed to carry me there and I got a second goal that I did n't expect . ’ |
| 23 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 24 | I got the distinct impression that ‘ no deals for hostages ’ was a hollow posture that sounded tough but which really served to free the Thatcher government from the bother of exerting the influence it could , through diplomacy and trade . |
| 25 | I got the distinct impression that he was n't actually too keen on slowing down so I could get out , let alone stop . |
| 26 | Strangely , never once did they mention the mysteries of Selkirk 's and Ruthven 's deaths ; I got the distinct impression that both of them were relieved by what they heard . |
| 27 | I may be wrong , but I got the distinct impression that Melanie did n't think too highly of Carol . |
| 28 | I hate the white substance that oozes from bacon when I cook it . |
| 29 | In the book I found a Spanish proverb that runs , No se ganó Zamora en una hora — ‘ Zamora is n't reached in an hour ’ , which is the equivalent of our ‘ Rome was n't built in a day ’ . |
| 30 | In the Bishop Museum in Honolulu , I found the sixteen-foot board that George Freeth used to ride . |