Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] that [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs .
2 ‘ Of course , I realise that as far as you 're concerned I ca n't possibly hope to fill my predecessor 's shoes , but I do happen to be very good at my job . ’
3 Oh yes , oh yes yes erm and I 'm on about er on about , for one thing , but you 'd be surprised er it 's the biggest and most elaborate trade of any in the world , locks and keys , I say that very firmly because er there 's no limit , there 's no extent and you , there might be required anything and as I say er I er I had these locks for the asylums and that , you know and er I thought I mentioned it before , I made fifty fifty locks all different and I had to number them and keep a record of them and er I had a , you had the keys on a wire , numbered one up to fifty and they was for big , big asylums , you know what I mean and er they could go in one ward , I 'm on about places where they 'd have twenty or thirty people , you know and er there 's only one bloke could get in there .
4 Er I I emphasize that very quickly because a lot of people have been involved in all sorts of sales environments and market places erm still have their traditional habits .
5 Says , that 'll be the day erm I says that really well and she says actually Bernard , she says I remember .
6 But I hope that as soon as possible we can with the various approvals and that the money will be found because I would suggest , without the speed reducing measures , this scheme will be a complete waste of money .
7 ’ Speaking for myself , I read that very broadly as giving the judge who makes a residence order the jurisdiction to attach conditions , or directions which I think are very much the same thing , as to how the children should be cared for and where they should be once the residence order has been made .
8 I consider that as far as they were concerned Mr. Winterbone appeared to them to be perfectly clear and lucid and that , as was said , he seemed to know what he was doing .
9 I replied that as far as I was concerned his terms and conditions of employment were best used as a rectal implant preferably without benefit of anaesthetic , which roused him to suggest that perhaps the whole matter would best be served by being turned over to the florid authority of Her Majesty 's Judiciary , via PC Plod , or at the very least to some banal tribunal vested with the right to dilly-dally over contretemps between master and servant .
10 I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live .
11 ‘ Do n't be so soft , mam , he 's not one of us , I know that as well as you do . ’
12 MAKING money is all about timing and I reckon that as far as mortgage rates are concerned we are within a whisker of hitting the bottom .
13 I think that so far as possible we need to be able to encourage the civic authorities to take whatever is the appropriate interest .
14 I think that so far as we 've got .
15 I think that very often where Bentham and Beccaria differ in detail this is traceable to Beccaria 's conviction that what may be done in the name of utility should be limited by consideration of what befits the dignity of man .
16 So , I think that in the opinion of Miller the family was the most important thing for B. and should have been for Eddie and all parents , but the priority for Catherine was her own life and I think that as far as Miller is concerned she is right , because she has a whole future ahead of her while B. and Eddie have settled down .
17 You say that so far as you 're concerned , it 's all right for children to learn if in fact they 're enjoying it and if in fact they want to and they 're not being coerced .
18 You say that so far as you 're concerned , it 's all right for children to learn if in fact they 're enjoying it and if in fact they want to and they 're not being coerced .
19 You know that as well as I do , after the Beach Bombings . ’
20 Though , of course , you know that as well as I do !
21 Kate ca n't abide wasters , you know that as well as I do .
22 You know that as well as I do .
23 And you know that as well as I do . ’
24 the real politics of it is that those labels are attached , and you know that as well as I do .
25 You know that as well as I do and those people do n't seem to be given the encouragement to move on to another profession .
26 You know that perfectly well and so will they . ’
27 ‘ I think you believe that more strongly than I do , ’ said Beuno .
28 She knew that as surely as she knew she would never get to the rave in Woodham Woods .
29 And now that he 'd escaped from that awful prison , come he would , she knew that as certainly as she knew daylight would follow darkness .
30 We noticed that quite often if people ate the sandwich they left the cake , or vice versa , so when we used to collect the trays from them we would take whatever was left .
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