Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am unaware of any biography in print , and it was for this reason that I wrote this brief account of the life of a truly great man of God . |
| 2 | I got this notion that I 'd some terrible disease – as if the Con was n't terrible enough – and everybody would catch it off me . |
| 3 | For David there is not really a lot more to tell except perhaps that I got some new teeth and as a result a few more pounds have been gained . |
| 4 | ‘ And it was only when we were tucked up in her freezing room in Charlotte Street that I got this strange feeling and I said , ‘ But you 're not Janet , are you ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I ( named ) , the undersigned , swear on oath that I collected two yellow bags containing waste material from a friend 's house at Grange , Co . |
| 6 | Justice demands that I stress one important point . |
| 7 | It was n't until the fourth hide was reached that I met that extraordinary bird , the red-necked phalarope . |
| 8 | The teachers soon started to realise that I had this huge fascination for birds . |
| 9 | Not that I had any particular reason for watching him ; I just liked doing it . |
| 10 | While my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) was speaking , I said that I challenged any Conservative Member of Parliament to spend just one week — I do not ask for longer — living on the money that so many of our constituents who are pensioners have to rely on — the state pension and income support . |
| 11 | There must be quite a number of readers who have had Uxbridge Cottage Pie at some time — and I obviously can not tell how the 1991 version compared with earlier versions — but I can say that I enjoyed this particular dish and that the taste and texture were very good . |
| 12 | Harvey insisted that I drink three gigantic martinis before he released the waiter . |
| 13 | Said Granada 's Controller of Sport Paul Doherty : ‘ I told the ITV lawyers that I consider this unfair restriction of trade and I want ITV as a body to challenge it in the courts . |
| 14 | However , I 've got to say to Congress , that I consider this particular resolution and this particular matter very serious indeed , and I do know in fact , that there are certainly delegates , who 're actually suffering today er from this particular er disease . |
| 15 | At least I can say that I do these old guys no real or lasting harm . |
| 16 | It 's just that I have such happy pictures in my mind of those times that pipes will always have nice associations for me . |
| 17 | The truth is that I have this slight problem with my jaw It gets sort of locked sometimes and I think in that picture I must have been trying to loosen it up . ’ |
| 18 | Now , erm I think I should make clear that I have some personal feelings on this , and I just want to say something very briefly about my neighbours , something I actually do n't agree with . |
| 19 | Of course I can be mistaken about the meanings of the words I use , but this will not show that I have any mistaken beliefs about my present sensory states . |
| 20 | Leapor 's poetry makes clear that she suffered many distressing lectures from her father , yet if the poet and her father had reached an understanding , indeed , if they intended to use the money from the subscription to buy their freehold and have security for their life together , Landry 's interpretation of this episode is simply captious . |
| 21 | She had made it clear to the woman that she had strong Nazi sympathies , and often attempted to talk about the war in the desert , but to no avail . |
| 22 | She would take lunch at Gravetye Manor near East Grinstead ( a 3 out of 5 in the Good Food Guide ) where Peter Herbert , its owner , would see to it that she had two poached eggs on Bovril toast and a good , old-fashioned pudding . |
| 23 | Perhaps she would brighten up now that she had another substantial amount of cash to spend . |
| 24 | But bit by bit , Wilson became aware that she had some small skill in the matter of keeping a boarding house and that her future , and her family 's , might indeed lie in that direction . |
| 25 | It was just assumed that she had some ulterior motive in coming here , and she was n't allowed to defend herself . |
| 26 | A week after Miss Halford was re-suspended the police authority announced that it was bringing further disciplinary charges against her , following allegations that she made abusive late-night telephone calls to Mr Sharples , another senior officer and two members of the authority . |
| 27 | This she protested against very strongly , on the ground that she had known many missed and some murdered who essayed to travel round that way in the night ; not that she thought such dark deeds as robbery would be perpetrated by any of the islanders , ‘ But you see , sir , the island is very near the sea , and all sorts of men are sailing round about , an ’ when they 've spent all their own earnings on drink , it 's hard to know what they 'll no' do to try and get more . ’ |
| 28 | She even considered a discreet retreat to her own lair , but recognised that she lacked such disinterested nobility . |
| 29 | The power in the sails lifted the yacht so that she left two long trails of dark blue in the spray . |
| 30 | Not that she supported any other party , but I gather the former deb failed to register in Westminster , where she has a Notting Hill flat . |