Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he looked up the light was pearly and the sky a blue so tender he could hardly take his eyes off it , with the result that on several occasions he collided with people coming the other way . |
| 2 | I am often asked what makes a good day for bolting rabbits , bearing in mind that on some occasions they will readily leave the ground regardless of surface conditions , whereas at other times — often under what appear to be favourable conditions — they just can not be budged . |
| 3 | I 'd be interested to hear anyone 's opinion on this subject , but do bear in mind that in any case we almost always mention construction materials , talk about frets and pickups , in addition to commenting on nut width and fingerboard radius during the course of a review . |
| 4 | The " I am lay " is a very old ritual that in other countries you can only read about in history books . " |
| 5 | We suggested in the last chapter that in some situations you might think about producing a lecture on video instead of recording it as it happens . |
| 6 | But what is of greater Baldwin significance is the clear indication that at this stage he had developed little of the pervading antipathy to wards Lloyd George which was to be the making of his own career . |
| 7 | However , the facts of this case do illustrate the injustice which could arise if Miss Marshall is correct in the admirable submissions which she has advanced on behalf of the landlord , to the effect that in this case he was entitled to resort to self-help . |
| 8 | As a price for his reduction of the rebels , Louis forced from the very reluctant abbot the recognition that in temporal matters he was subject to the decision of the royal court . |
| 9 | The master took the opportunity to complain further to the Board that on several occasions he had drawn the medical officer 's attention to an inmate , William Sabey , who was at times a danger to others and had attempted to stab the labour master . |
| 10 | He removed them when he first came since they would not shut because , as old Mr Abbott the gardener explained , ‘ not once but twice Mr Betjeman reversed out of the garage without opening the doors , and when charged with stupidity , made the excuse that on both occasions he was wearing a sou'wester . ’ |
| 11 | But as I became more acquainted with this set and stopped rushing from impossible passage to impossible passage , hoping against hope that at some point he would lose his balance and tumble like a second-rate trapeze artist off his swing , I was unwittingly dragged in to a more sinister , melancholic side to his playing . |
| 12 | It seems to be a matter of ordinary experience that in such circumstances we do accept the psychological fact as sufficient reason for making a choice and for retrospectively judging it right or wrong . |
| 13 | It is nonetheless evident from her poetry that at different times she was visited by aspiring poets and dramatists . |
| 14 | I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else . |
| 15 | IBM Corp shares saluted the imminent departure of John Akers with a jump of $3.25 at $52.125 at the opening the day after the company accompanied news that it was cutting its quarterly dividend only 55% with the announcement that within 90 days it would have a new chief executive . |
| 16 | But for me , all the time , it is a reminder that for 49 years it replaced wedding anniversary celebrations , and the memory of all those bonfires on the way to Bournemouth on a drizzly November afternoon , all those years ago . |
| 17 | It looks rather splendid , but it attracted so much attention that after two days she took it all out . |
| 18 | He had a strange sensation that for many minutes he had been holding his breath , though he could n't of course have been doing that . |
| 19 | But he is soon forced to the conclusion that in this case it is impossible to keep the aesthetic side entirely apart from the biographical . |
| 20 | The Armstrongs were a lawless lot , paying little more allegiance to Scotland than they did to England , for they straddled the borderline ; so they were not to be trusted , but Johnstone and Jardine assured the Regent that on this occasion they would not cause trouble , for although they would care nothing about Balliol one way or the other , they hated Dacre , who as English Middle March Warden had recently hanged some of their people . |
| 21 | Flaubert does not build up his characters , as did Balzac , by objective , external description ; in fact , so careless is he of their outward appearance that on one occasion he gives Emma brown eyes ( 14 ) ; on another deep black eyes ( 15 ) ; and on another blue eyes ( 16 ) . |
| 22 | Whereupon he made a further defensive remark that in any event it was now too late to effect any alterations . |
| 23 | Mr Justice Connell 's inquiry , set up by the Jockey Club , refused to accept Mr Evans ' evidence that on both occasions he waved his flag to signal to the riders that the race had been stopped . |
| 24 | Mr Justice Connell 's inquiry , set up by the Jockey Club , refused to accept Mr Evans 's evidence that on both occasions he waved his flag to signal to the riders that the race had been stopped . |
| 25 | Mr Justice Connell 's inquiry , set up by the Jockey Club , refused to accept Mr Evans ' evidence that on both occasions he waved his flag to signal to the riders that the race had been stopped . |
| 26 | Constable Laurie gave evidence that on 5th August he entered at the back door of 149 Chatham Street , that he received from her 1/9d. , and that she received from him a betting slip . |
| 27 | If there were not this evidence that at this point he is only hazily in command of what he is doing , we might ask — though to no purpose , I think — whether Eleanor 's fiddling of her uncle into the see of Canterbury is presented to us for our approval , or the reverse . |
| 28 | Their manager , John King , said his players were so high on publicity that before this match he had to pull them down from the ceiling . |
| 29 | But there 's a moral argument that at some point you 're not paying them enough to live on . |
| 30 | She had the feeling that at any second he might get up and walk around her , judging her from all angles in much the same manner as one assessed the points of a horse , and she lifted her chin , staring at him coolly . |