Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb base] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just that I prefer the other rooms . ’ |
| 2 | I admit that I prefer the longer film , but that may be because I saw it first . |
| 3 | I know it 's a bit of tenuous link but there we are — other than that I 've no great claims to knowing any Leeds players |
| 4 | Tell her that I hope the next time I come to stay she wo n't have such a huge fire in the Blue Room . ’ |
| 5 | When filling small cracks , I 've found that I get a smooth finish , which requires little or no sanding , of I roll over the crack with a paint roller a few times , while the filler is still damp . , . |
| 6 | May I , through the pages of your fine Journal , categorically state that I remain a fervent supporter of English rugby and am particularly proud of the superb performance by the Stevens Team , who have just become World champions . |
| 7 | He was on his way home — characteristically late , I realize , now that I keep the same office hours from the back blocks of the building where I am now sitting . |
| 8 | ‘ It is necessary for business purposes that I speak the major languages of Europe . |
| 9 | Now that I know the genetic formula of my insects , I can reproduce them at will , and I can tell the computer to " evolve " towards them from any arbitrary starting point . |
| 10 | From afar it looks like the classical volcanic cone and it is with a mounting sense of excitement that I climb the last section of loose lava gravel and sharp , welded lava rock . |
| 11 | You must understand , however , that I take a great interest in poor Hyde . |
| 12 | For the moment , suffice it to say that I take a skeptical view of the structural analyses offered . |
| 13 | If you move straight from chapter 5 to chapter 8 you will get a stark contrast between two theories of justification , and all you need to know for the moment is that I take the intervening chapters to provide a reason against any form of foundationalism . |
| 14 | It is for this reason that I regard the industrial action which swept through schools in the mid-1980s with regret . |
| 15 | Mr Chairman er when we discussed this last time er I expressed the view that in fact er the county council had better things to do I 've not changed my mind erm since but I have been reminded that er when er the Roman Emperors er found ascension in the ranks when Roman Emperors found ascension in the ranks they provided bread and circuses and I have to say that I regard the two notices of motion which were placed in Mr notably fox hunting and this debate on V A T as bread and circuses . |
| 16 | I have already mentioned that I regard the naive inductivist account of science to be very wrong and dangerously misleading . |
| 17 | But you know perfectly well that I support the new settlement strategy , and therefore in consequence I do support erm general limitations on the growth of settlements and expansion of settlements within the greenbelt . |
| 18 | I have a particular responsibility to ensure that I make the right decision . |
| 19 | ‘ I have said that I require a second opinion . ’ |
| 20 | The instrument with which we shall purge our minds is the idea that I call the extended phenotype . |
| 21 | There is something so fatally trivial about this movie in its elevation of appearance over substance , that I feel an irrational resistance to her as Claudia . |
| 22 | I will do , not that I feel the gavel-bashing toastmaster was in order by repeatedly calling for ‘ gentlemen ’ to cough up money for raffle tickets . |
| 23 | ‘ All I can say is that I recognise the incredible enthusiasm that there is for this sport among a section of the listening public — especially Daily Telegraph readers . |
| 24 | Other authors have been more coy : " I have left the central concept of this paper , namely pragmatic context , in rather thorough vagueness , and this for the simple reason that I see no clear way to reduce the vagueness at the moment " ( Bar-Hillel , 1970:80 ) . |
| 25 | You might be forgiven for thinking that I see an ideal speaker-hearer as someone who relies on everyone else to complete his conversational turns , never finishes a sentence , speaks very quickly and often with his mouth full , never answers questions , always repeats himself , says nothing without hedging , and invariably forgets what he wants to say — but who survives , if only by ending his utterance with a triumphant whatchamacallit . |
| 26 | I mean in terms of population I think I somebody did er Strathclyde regional council used to be a client of mine when I was with Three M er well you know a client of my rep up here but er and they told me some time that I think a huge percentage of the whole of Scotland 's population |
| 27 | Yes , I 've got yeah I know they did , but I think after a while they stopped doing that I think the latest ones you 'll find do n't , do n't do that , they gave , you know , after a while they gave that up , but I , I must check on that , I must check on . |
| 28 | And when I appeal in parishes Sunday by Sunday I am aware that I meet the very people who made me a missionary . |
| 29 | I am sure that I perform a better audit for those clients where I and others know that others among my colleagues are advising my client on regulation , taxation and organisation issues . |
| 30 | McClennan added : ‘ I have told Saints that I want a complete break from coaching and I will return home to Auckland at the end of the season . ’ |