Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] that [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One symptomatic phenomenon was revealed in my own research in Leicester for an Open University television programme , when I found that many teachers of English were unwilling to come to terms with the interest and creative potential of Asian students in English language , literature and drama . |
| 2 | And I believed that this world of darkness and changing images went on without a break , as unceasingly as the other less real one outside , wherever outside was , and by some unlikely philanthropic gesture of the city corporation was allowed to co-exist and be connected by the little dark doors with dark portholes . |
| 3 | What is more , the journey via New York and Los Angeles included a first leg of the marathon journey on a British Airways Concorde , where I enjoyed that extraordinary experience of arriving in Manhattan — thanks to the five hours time difference — more than an hour before the 10.30 am departure time from Heathrow . |
| 4 | ’ He gave a sob , ‘ and she went rattling down the stairs to her room the way she always did and then I heard that awful sort of slither and Bunty 's scream … ’ |
| 5 | Yes , that 's when I felt that huge surge of relief and happiness . |
| 6 | I said that three quarters of the total number of international passengers are expected to interchange at King 's Cross with London Underground and other BR services . |
| 7 | Suddenly she realised that another pair of hands was piling rugs on and a pair of feet treading them down . |
| 8 | Adrienne Ring announced that she has taken over as Chairman of the Publicity Sub-Committee and she asked that all dates of rallies etc be sent to the office as soon as possible . |
| 9 | During the May to August breeding season , she found that three quarters of perch nests along a 150-metre-long stretch of the stream were parasitised by schools of minnows ; during the same period , she only once saw a minnow laying its eggs away from a perch nest . |
| 10 | She was absolutely terrified of creating her own image in case she found that some expanse of water found its way into the picture . |
| 11 | Now that 's a bit of a surprise to you in the sense that you believed that ten percent of the population owned eighty percent of the land and therefore this , this kind of erm a a attack on , on the rich was happening through the May the fourth directive , that would 've produced enough to bring everybody up to a reasonable middle peasant status . |
| 12 | She hated that demonic air of self-assurance that went with him . |
| 13 | From beneath the brim of her hat , she watched that devastating transformation of his face , creased in genuine amusement , and felt her stomach tighten in reaction . |
| 14 | She knew that these sort of wonders do pop up in the world from time to time , but only once or twice in a hundred years . |
| 15 | She announced that the first meeting of the Friends will be held on 13th November ( further details in the Calendar ) , and she stressed that all members of staff will be particularly welcome at all Friends meetings . |
| 16 | It almost broke her heart when she saw that darting look of imitation cross his face as she brought him bad news . |
| 17 | " Dear Miss Adeane , " and once again she saw that unpleasant gleam of white teeth against his dark face . |
| 18 | The grey eyes flicked over her again , and she felt that familiar tensing of her body . |
| 19 | She felt that familiar wave of nausea wash through her . |
| 20 | She gave that infectious gurgle of laughter , and his eyes warmed . |
| 21 | She said that two Daughters of Charity are going to Romania to set up a training programme for nursing staff and care assistants . |
| 22 | She said that three quarters of the world 's population live in conditions where high or extreme human suffering is the rule , rather than the exception . |
| 23 | For example , Christine Horton ( 1989 ) told the conference she regretted that many aspects of policing had a symbolic role which were not conducive to quantitative measures and were difficult to present with absolute objectivity . |
| 24 | Footway beside Flood Bank , Gubberford Lane : In a letter dated 24th May 1990 you said that this area of loose stone would be tarmacadamed ‘ in the near future ’ ! |
| 25 | Beth looked forward to the birth of their child ; with Richard growing so fast , she missed that special feeling of holding a small warm being in her arms . |
| 26 | She suspected that some aspects of rural life would be lost for ever but at the same time she could see that much was gained . |
| 27 | Like Evans and colleagues , we found that new cases of gonorrhoea in all men and in homosexual men showed an increase in 1988–90 . |
| 28 | If Glu-Ser-Gln-Glu did indeed correspond to the minimal DNA-PK phosphorylation site , we reasoned that this region of c-Jun might serve as a phosphorylation site when placed in the context of another protein . |
| 29 | Now , the reason we particularly were interested in this was that from the questionnaire we already were beginning to get back some information , and we discovered that eighty-six percent of people had seen their G P in the previous year , and maybe if we could introduce them to the age-well project at some point during that contact , we would be able to achieve something . |
| 30 | Vincent-Jones continues : ‘ We decided that some sort of celebration would not be out of order on the occasion of this remarkable escape . |