Example sentences of "that [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is that I do not , on the grounds that had I heard about the invitation my justification would have been defeated , you have a duty to give some account of why the ( unknown to me ) truth that my wife has refused the invitation does not somehow redress the balance . |
| 2 | But it was n't to be the for the friendship with Tiny that my father got to have the rattling good supper that that they provided in in in the servants room . |
| 3 | While the general presumption was that its negligence had let the terrorists through , the intelligence indications were that its security arrangements — good , bad or indifferent — had been bypassed . |
| 4 | Indeed so popular has it become that its designer has achieved the ultimate scientific accolade of eponymy ( having a phenomenon , method or piece of equipment named after oneself ) , for the apparatus is known as the ‘ morris water maze ’ ( Figure 9.5 ) and within the last few years has virtually replaced the skinner box as necessary equipment for all psychology labs . |
| 5 | Then they all saw that the royal lance , which had stood upright at the door of the tent , had been flung down so violently that its point had pierced the breast-plate of his piled armour ; and the shaft of the lance was twisted and discoloured , all the armour dinted , and the royal pennant charred as if it had been burned . |
| 6 | It 'll be many months before the case next comes to court but Linda Joyce is happy at last she has an opportunity to clear her name and that her case has opened the way for others in a similar position . |
| 7 | Norah complained bitterly that her style had brought the company free publicity worth far more than it cost . |
| 8 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 9 | One MP confided to Butler that her manifesto had shaken the house very badly . |
| 10 | How can I just ring her out of the blue and tell her that her daughter has married the first Italian she 's met , without telling any of us ? ’ |
| 11 | As the couple turned away , the wife was grumbling that her husband had missed the chance of what they now considered to be the best prospect . |
| 12 | She wrinkled her nose in irritation , wishing that her father had had the foresight to warn her that it had not been fully completed , instead of waving her on her way with a cheery remark about how the change would do her good . |
| 13 | And anyway , he did n't say that her great-grandfather had started the sweet shop next door from the proceeds of his wife 's slaving over pans of boiling sugar to make home-made toffee in her little kitchen . |
| 14 | A furious John Major hit back by telling MPs that his government had done the things Mr Lawson had wanted but failed to do . |
| 15 | ‘ The reality , however , is that his Government has given the bombers ' political wing the right to be in the council chamber . ’ |
| 16 | President Endara confirmed on Jan. 23 during a visit to Costa Rica that his government intended to abolish the Panamanian Defence Forces in favour of a civil guard force modelled along Costa Rican lines . |
| 17 | George had reasoned with her , explaining that his daughter had swept the room two days ago , and found nothing . |
| 18 | Three years before that his wife tried to cross the Kharusan River . |
| 19 | From them he learned that his arrival had increased the number of Mandru 's vibrancers to eleven . |
| 20 | She said he did n't have an enemy in the world and that his murder had left the whole family devastated . |
| 21 | It gave Hugh Lorimer some satisfaction to inform Philip that his son had inherited the estate in Meath and a personal fortune of a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 22 | Roger Dib , the Cabinet representative of the Maronite militia , the Lebanese Forces ( LF ) , denied reports that his organization had rejected the treaty . |
| 23 | He said that his party had bucked the national trend by ‘ putting our position in a straightforward way ’ . |
| 24 | Celsus reports that his father managed to persuade the consular consilium that it was still due . |
| 25 | Leeson had hoped that his imagination had exaggerated the resemblance , but he saw when the girl walked in that it had n't . |
| 26 | Boro manager Lennie Lawrence was disappointed that his side had missed the opportunity to move into an automatic promotion place . |
| 27 | The Minister has said that his Department has contacted the local authorities , but when will the Government accept that the local authorities have the strategy and the enabling powers to make provision for housing , especially for the homeless and perhaps for some of the 40,000 personnel who will be leaving the armed forces in the near future ? |
| 28 | It was Sunday , and Yanto had enjoyed the casual breakfast with his Mother , something he rarely had time for during the working week Their chat during breakfast had revealed to him that his Mother had enjoyed the previous Friday evening out with Sid Watkins and would probably see him again . |
| 29 | Seeing that our law refuses to contemplate the possibility of any person either being without a domicile or having more than one domicile , the rules on this subject are not only intricate but highly artificial . |
| 30 | Do n't be silly , and erm he just , he just said er that erm that I 've , either he put the phone down from talking to me the agent , our agent rang him , tell us that our buyer has got the cash agreed . |