Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |
| 2 | I 'll feel that I 've lost a good friend . |
| 3 | Or ‘ I had a binge last night and I 've no excuse , except that I 've got a terrible hangover this morning and I 'll try again tomorrow . ’ |
| 4 | Erm what I 'm doing basically is er putting on as many exhibitions as I can using the centre 's name and making sure that I 've got a good amount of my work in there , although I do n't push anybody else out . |
| 5 | Yeah it 's like with me , I mean of course do n't forget that I 've got a good two hundred pounds to come on about the fifth of December from the British Legion 's savings . |
| 6 | ‘ Clients have to be — and are — aware that I 've got a young family and that if they ring me after 5pm there are likely to be children screaming for their tea in the background . ’ |
| 7 | It 's not wa with a microphone it 's just that I 've got a little socket for a microphone . |
| 8 | I thought that I 'd created a new directory but I did n't . |
| 9 | I thought , I 'd like him to think that I 'd improved a little bit . |
| 10 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 11 | I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section . |
| 12 | It was from little hints such as this , undoubtedly consciously dropped , that I began to build a fuller appreciation of what Mr Broadhurst really was . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend . |
| 14 | A problem I have which I hope you can solve is that I wish to build a ammeter to test alternator outputs . |
| 15 | It is with the greatest pleasure that I wish to throw a large bouquet in their direction . |
| 16 | I needed to be reassured that I had reached a hospitable culture … |
| 17 | A feeling that I had run a terrible risk and now everything was going to be all right . |
| 18 | It was the first time that I had run a 60 metres in years and I improved my personal best to 6.63 seconds , which I was pleased with — but not so happy , obviously , to lose to Lincoln by one-hundredth of a second . |
| 19 | As the years passed I discovered that I had developed a special school ‘ personality ’ which was a distortion of myself . |
| 20 | I told him that I had heard a great deal about his sister . |
| 21 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 22 | It was clear long afterwards that I had suffered a serious mental shock . |
| 23 | When I dared to go to the scales I discovered that I had lost a further ten pounds in five days . |
| 24 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 25 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 26 | I had decided that I had to have a partial confidant at the school . |
| 27 | I should mention that I had bought a few items of clothing that morning , before the trial began . |
| 28 | It was in the summer , some six months after I had arrived in Paris , that I determined to earn a little money . |
| 29 | However , it was because of the dismissive attitude to Gaelic displayed in an earlier letter by Dave Reckord that I decided to do a little leg-pulling . |
| 30 | At this point , someone might rightly argue : ‘ I happen to live on earth , and it is here that I want to have a happy marriage ! ’ |