Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'm always joking that such a coupling would sell 20 copies , and 10 of them would be bought by my mother . |
| 32 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 33 | and I 'm certainly show that few of us have grown any wiser in the intervening decade . |
| 34 | Finally on this aspect of the matter , I was not persuaded that any of the defendants was unable to prevent the nuisance . |
| 35 | Yeah erm oh well looks like we 're nearly drifting towards the end , again as I , as I say I 'm , I 'm , I 'm fairly , pretty happy with the questions erm you know er going back to what I was saying earlier I was just thinking that some of them might be more f easily phrased as non directional statements and you have the , you know , kind of have the words in the scales yeah right , good , so yeah |
| 36 | ‘ I was just thinking that this is a most unexpected setting to find the Midnight Raider in . ’ |
| 37 | So I was just saying that this year it would be hopefully everybody will go through it . |
| 38 | I was also charmed that one lady called me Rosemary Clooney ! |
| 39 | I was soon to learn that those closest to the Princess considered those sentiments to be a grotesque parody of the truth . |
| 40 | There was so little space in the car and I was so cramped that one of the policemen lifted me bodily out on to the road . |
| 41 | And in Bosnia-Herzegovina journalists continue to work in circumstances which are so threatening that most foreign correspondents covering the conflict have fled . |
| 42 | Its being so means that more than usual demands must be made on available resources , whether human or material . |
| 43 | Which is not to say that such diseases are more common in this country or that the cases are more florid or medically interesting , simply that , for historical reasons , the delivery of both diagnosis and treatment is better than elsewhere . |
| 44 | Which is not to say that popular humour in the States is particularly nice : in recent years there has been a great demand for in-your-face racist , ethnic and misogynist stuff , as typified on the respectable side by Jackie Mason and on the unholy by Andrew Dice Clay . |
| 45 | There is no one solution to sociology 's empirical reference , no clear idea as to whether there ever could be , no one canonical method for all sociological research , and no one conception of data : data are whatever a researcher can make useful for meeting his/her research objectives , aims or problems , which is not to say that just any old thing will do . |
| 46 | Which is not to say that old-fashioned , blue-chip brands do not continue to pull in the plaudits . |
| 47 | There can therefore be little doubt that , in general , sexual assaults constitute a substantially more serious form of harm than mere property offences — which is not to deny that some forms of theft or destruction of property can be more serious than some minor sexual assaults . |
| 48 | But dumb animals are incapable of considering themselves in this light ; which is not to imply that human beings always do , only that they can normally be expected to if required . |
| 49 | ‘ Now if anything be certain it is this , that where there are general words in a later Act capable of reasonable and sensible application without extending them to subjects specifically dealt with by earlier legislation , you are not to hold that earlier and special legislation indirectly repealed , altered , or derogated from merely by force of such general words , without any indication of a particular intention to do so . |
| 50 | And then just as you were about to eat that another six people turned up so there were twelve altogether and you 'd have to shar share that |
| 51 | She was also told that some of the creatures and vegetation on the planet were not real , but the product of a Nicaean corporation . |
| 52 | But it could not have happened to anyone else , she was almost forgetting that this had not been exactly a freak accident in the way that everyone thought . |
| 53 | Tawell , who was deeply affronted that such a respectable businessman should be arrested on such a charge , exclaimed that he had never heard of Sara Hart , nor of Salt Hill , and he had definitely never been there . |
| 54 | It is important also to note that we are not implying that any major catastrophe will occur should the stress level continue to rise so high that the glass spills over . |
| 55 | We are not assuming that refining margins will improve significantly in the near future . |
| 56 | In saying that the scientific/industrial paradigm is giving way and that something new is taking its place , we are not suggesting that economic activity will cease . |
| 57 | We are not arguing that either is necessarily an illegitimate exercise , only that it is significant that these things are done in the name of urban regeneration . |
| 58 | We are not told that these are part of a continuing ritual , but we are encouraged to treat them as such by the similarity present in the three meetings which are connected with each other further by the Shakespearian language applied to each . |
| 59 | We are not claiming that personal leadership is all important but rather that Mrs Thatcher 's personality and policies enabled her to take advantage of the constellation of events and ideas . |
| 60 | We are not asking that all existing barriers be changed , only that when new barriers are put in , that they conform to a standard which allows cyclists to pass without having to dismount or , if carrying panniers , to lift the cycle over the obstruction . |