Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For her sister 's sake Fabia kept smiling , though her heart failed her that this lady — be she wife , housekeeper or both — knew no English . |
| 2 | That 'll be perfectly all right — Rose was out of her mind buying you that ridiculous creation anyway , far too low cut and tight in the bust . ’ |
| 3 | His hair was almost black , heavy and smoothly groomed , swept back from a face that was icily cold , only the long , humorous-looking mouth telling her that this hostility was solely for her benefit and not some natural mannerism . |
| 4 | His pride in being able to cook three hot meals a day for two of us , on just one litre of meths in six days , was shattered when one pensioner told us that two weeks was more her time scale for such a luxurious amount of fuel . |
| 5 | DESPITE the family rows and marriage break-ups , and the noticeable gaps in the ranks of her party guests , the 92-year-old Queen Mum 's tranquil smile and familiar wave told us that some things are unchanging . |
| 6 | Tod warns her that such talk is sinful . |
| 7 | The co-ordinator told me that many people who had come to therapy groups for anxieties or depressions were now volunteer workers . |
| 8 | Indeed , general relativity tells us that any agency put in to oppose gravity must have energy . |
| 9 | That 's a conditional gift divorce makes it that that gift is revoked but she may still survive therefore the condition would apply and therefore the subsequent er provisions that you 've made in a will do n't apply because they can only apply if the wife survives twenty eight days but that 's ignored ! |
| 10 | ‘ No need to remind her that this room is virtually a hospital ward now . ’ |
| 11 | This was not the moment to tell him that six people had to put money into a building society for every borrower who took it out , and some of the six must read the paper . |
| 12 | British Rail tell us that this evening 's Banbury to London Paddington train which was due to leave Banbury at three minutes past seven has been cancelled , otherwise I 've no problems to report on the local trains or buses . . |
| 13 | Her friend told me that this baby wants for nothing , it is the best dressed baby In the neighbourhood . |
| 14 | Her triumphant smile told me that this time Jessica 's husband had excelled himself . |
| 15 | The Director General , before considering a complaint , may require the complainant to satisfy him that alternative methods of dealing with the matter have been tried and found inadequate . |
| 16 | I phoned the kennel owner to inform her that British Rail insisted the dog wear a muzzle and that I would pay her back if she 'd buy one . |
| 17 | But the wisdom of age told me that this parabola of promise would not be maintained indefinitely , but would peak and then decline . |
| 18 | The latter commented on the air raid and that he never expected to see soldiers guarding the tunnel , especially inside the tunnel for a second time , it having been guarded during World War I. The foreman told him that three soldiers had been killed near the spot that Mr Myer had been in the recess the previous night , they had apparently been run down by a train just inside the tunnel mouth . |
| 19 | Her instinct told her that atavistic attitudes , once so popular under John Major 's predecessor , might not now be the thing . |
| 20 | ‘ My experience tells me that few teams have come from outside the top five after Christmas and won the League . |
| 21 | Experience tells us that many people who take up jogging , cycling , and other aerobic routines often sustain injuries , or simply give up after a short time . |
| 22 | Officials refused to indicate the exact origin of the material but did say that " experience tells us that this kind of material comes from Eastern Europe " . |
| 23 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 24 | The present owner of the rectory told me that one thing people notice when they go round the garden is that there are now no garage doors . |
| 25 | His experience of the committee-managed Union convinced him that personal guidance was the safest way to run any enterprise . |
| 26 | ‘ Her courageous vigil reminds them that one day the atrocities of the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( the junta ) will be only a gruesome memory . ’ |
| 27 | The defendants had previously sent the shop manager a letter instructing him that these shoes were not to leave the shop without the label first being removed . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've been seen around London lately with both John D. Hansom and Roderick Luckey , and rumour has it that both men want to marry you . |
| 29 | Barbara Sewart , for instance , has angina and of course her doctor told her that this diet was particularly suitable for her . |
| 30 | But nothing you can point to in your present situation tells you that this situation is not one in which you are mistaken . |