Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] that [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 Increasingly I find that this kind of exchange — this candour , this reciprocity — is one of the things that keeps me trundling along .
32 I suppose that simple precept from that old foreman stood me in good stead for thirty odd years , until now . ’
33 I suppose that some trace of a previously used chemical was still in the tube which had not been properly cleaned .
34 The success of the TEC movement is the result of an unprecedented partnership between business leaders and the Government across the country — I note that sedentary observation of the hon. Member for Worsley ( Mr. Lewis ) , which no doubt represents the Labour party 's true attitude to training and enterprise councils .
35 I feel that some sort of ceremony of blessing of the place may be in order , now that the remains have been given a proper burial , and I have asked for his opinion .
36 Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound .
37 Yes , that 's when I felt that huge surge of relief and happiness .
38 And I doubt that this time around Arab public opinion will separate the action of Western governments so clearly from Western peoples as they seemed able to do after Suez .
39 I agree that one benefit of the patients charter and , indeed , of the reforms will be the greater availability of information .
40 I agree that patient work by the Royal Ulster Constabulary , supported by the other security forces , is the key to these endeavours .
41 The law firms within it have been competing very strongly with each other , there are six extremely good law firms in Leeds and their I think that that experience in competition over the last few years will stand them in very good stead .
42 And I think that that degree of , that loss of local knowledge could be very serious .
43 erm I think that some sort of offer ought to be made .
44 What I have to say really , is that most of those premises present very little risk at all , and , and I think that any change in the implementation of fire safety legislation should be based in prioritization .
45 well we always had entertained friends but we 'd never been in a position to put them up so that erm most of our friendly visits were from people who did n't live very far from us , it meant that families , nieces , nephews etcetera were difficult to accommodate because they had to sleep on a couch or a settee in the living room with all its diff difficulties , especially when it meant in the morning for breakfast you had to get them up and dressed before you could start thinking about breakfast , and I think that those sort of things are things that er people ought to take into consideration when thinking about new housing .
46 I think that this kind of objection rests upon a false way of thinking about the information that the input system provides .
47 And I think that this kind of contradiction really struck me even as this fifteen year old .
48 If , however , an estate agent in England says , ’ I think that this street of properties is worth £35,000 , or £45,000 or £58,000 ’ and it is just on the borderline between bands , who will get the benefit of the doubt ?
49 I think that this argument about objectivity is nonsense .
50 I reach that sorry conclusion after years of involvement in one environmental organisation or another , and I defend such a position for two reasons .
51 However you came by it , I need that gutsy bravery of yours to get us out of here . ’
52 Then I notice that this creature in front of me , allegedly my loin fruit , but dressed more like a senior member of Hezbollah , is wearing earphones and tapping a toe to some unheard tune .
53 When I held that tiny baby in my arms it was so hard to believe that something so beautiful could come from such a sordid act .
54 ‘ But they always end up the same — I see that terrible expression on Len 's face as he fell — then I hear the thud as he hits the floor — then I wake up in a cold sweat .
55 On the outskirts of Plzeň I see that bizarre mixture of heavy industrial plant and allotments which is so characteristic of almost every major East European city .
56 And the day before his weakness waxed great , he ordered the gates of the town to be shut , and went to the Church of St. Peter ; and there the Bishop Don Hieronymo being present , and all the clergy who were in Valencia , and the knights and honourable men and honourable dames , as many as the Church could hold , the Cid Ruydiez stood up , and made a full noble preaching , showing that no man whatsoever , however honourable or fortunate they may be in this world , can escape death ; to which , said he , I am now full near ; and since ye know that this body of mine hath never yet been conquered , nor put to shame , I beseech ye let not this befall it at the end , for the good fortune of man is only accomplished at his end .
57 ‘ If you mean that crummy flat of yours , no . ’
58 Jessica said : ‘ If you mean that old guff about the Orangemen .
59 ‘ You remember … ’ she would say coquettishly , ‘ when you made that awful fuss about the trousers … ’
60 I mean did you , do you think that that kind of feeling that kind of solidarity spread beyond er if there was any news filtering through about another engineering factory in dispute or whatever ?
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