Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [that] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And everyone agreed that the swinging couple had a ball at the London nightclub . |
| 2 | Everyone agrees that the unprecedented growth in the economies of the Western world in the past 40 years owes as much to trade as to technological progress . |
| 3 | Hoffman 's face has never been very expressive ( sometimes his rabbit stare makes me think that the great Maureen Stapleton has spawned an emotionally retarded.son ) , but he has always been able to get our empathy . ’ |
| 4 | What makes me laugh that the Labour party always say oh interest rates in , sorry the tax rates in this |
| 5 | Everyone thinks that an English Rose complexion is nice but I 'd love to have olive skin . |
| 6 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 7 | He wants everyone to know that the Welsh selectors were right to prefer him to Colin Stephens for the game against Scotland . |
| 8 | He listens to me explaining that the front door was unlocked . |
| 9 | It was a mixed class and the students … regular in attendance and conscientious about the work for the class … . although the amount varied , one student produced some written work every week , two or three others did eight or nine papers … enough was produced for me to know that a real interest was being taken in the class . |
| 10 | But even if we agree this order tonight none of those issues will actually be clearly resolved er , there is a temptation and I regret that the honourable member for Southend succumbed to this , there 's a temptation to blem blame the French and the French government for this present state of uncertainty . |
| 11 | ‘ I regret that the legal advice then given to the House was not correct . ’ |
| 12 | I regret that the legal advice then given to the House was not correct … |
| 13 | I repeat that the European Community money should be for the benefit of coal communities , and we very much regret that the European Commission has not released the funds . |
| 14 | You may , sir , the rather believe me when I declare that the only man I could honour more than another is the gentleman who of all others seeks my everlasting dishonour . |
| 15 | Well we were taken up to the standby boat which is I mean every vessel in the North Sea , every rig and installation has a boat that circles it , non stop , twenty four hours a day and I mean that The standby boat on Piper I mean it was the the two inflatable boats off it that picked everybody up , and most folk up , and one of them was lost , they lost two of the crew off that . |
| 16 | ‘ I mean that the only reason I keep your brother on is because he 's an absolute wizard with engines . ’ |
| 17 | By correctly distinguish I mean that the correct phrase must be the only phrase with a certain score , and it must have the highest score . |
| 18 | Then some creatures emerged from it , through an opening I had n't noticed , and I realized that the other heap was a dwelling . |
| 19 | I realized that the mysterious man had told someone to watch me , and this was a message from his spy . |
| 20 | But soon I realized that the old man was blind . |
| 21 | And then I realized that the little cup she 'd brought with her out of the sea , and gave to me for Adam — that little cup could be none other than Undry . ’ |
| 22 | I could not have had a better send off , and I realized that the public battles had played only a marginal part in it . |
| 23 | Since OCLC already have records from Missouri and New York Botanic Garden Libraries , I realised that a large proportion of our records would therefore already be in the OCLC system , and buying-in existing data is much cheaper than creating it as new records . |
| 24 | Eventually , I realised that the only side to match the As are the Js . |
| 25 | ‘ I was in New Zealand , watching the rugby league students ’ world tournament , when I realised that the 15-a-side game did not have an equivalent competition . |
| 26 | Coz I realised that the poor boy had a problem |
| 27 | I was surprised to see them up in the tall grasses , instead of moving along the exposed bank , but I realised that the rising river level had forced them up . |
| 28 | But what he did come to recognise was the inadequacy of existing literature : ‘ I realised that the main writers on history and statistics at the time had done very little research and were relying on a few books . |
| 29 | I had applied for an Adjournment debate on this subject , but I realised that the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) had a prior right , representing as he does the NLVA . |
| 30 | In Chapter Three I argued that a postmodernist culture that foregrounded ‘ desire ’ signalled somehow a renunciation of signification . |