Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The director-general , Michael Checkland , once publicly reprimanded The Late Show 's producers , reminding them that most licence-fee payers had never heard of — let alone visited — the Groucho Club . |
| 2 | But experience has taught me that this is the rule of thumb that can be most profitably proposed and acted upon . |
| 3 | ‘ Aye , a heavy blow , or a deep blow — but a long knife can make them that little heavier , or deeper , and never be noticed . |
| 4 | Well if you asked me that ten or fifteen years ago I think I could have given a rather easy answer erm namely that development studies was concerned with the problems of countries in Africa , Asia and Latin America , and how they could erm accelerate their economic , social and political development to provide better living standards for all their population . |
| 5 | He asked me that same question at the conference but , like Pontius Pilate , has not stayed to report my answer . |
| 6 | It upsets me that this happens . |
| 7 | My stomach 's reminding me that all I 've put in it so far today is coffee . ’ |
| 8 | Well they did n't mind catching them that these here gamekeepers they come on more or less at the finish of the harvest over the field with the guns what was left . |
| 9 | I entirely accept that if er , four years on we were still doing the same thing that then they 'd be er , some erm , requirement for er , cutting back but I think it is also worth reminding ourselves that due to the action of this conservative government in er , forcing the local government review , er , we are facing the spectre er , of an additional full meeting of this council , and indeed we have had to er , respond to that government initiative . |
| 10 | You must promise me that this will be our little secret . ’ |
| 11 | I just worries me that these caring people are the same people that support the Tory policies that oppressed |
| 12 | To be a good manager requires one to handle this array in such a way that education is fed and fostered — education which is provided by teachers , encouraged by parents , watched over by governors , expected to be accountable to central and local government and capable of satisfying everyone that high quality is delivered . |
| 13 | They were remarkable figures then , but almost 25 years on we beat them fairly handsomely , in a car which , although in a pretty healthy stage of tune ( probably around 350bhp ) , has nothing that any Cobra owner could n't have bought over the counter , and which is still perfectly useable on the road in small doses . |
| 14 | With great effort he averted his gaze from the sight of Sarah Morey with her family , but he promised himself that one day soon he would look upon her intimately , now that she was free once more . |
| 15 | He promised himself that this would be the last time he strayed beyond the legally permitted limits in life-he could n't risk the loss of Celia . |
| 16 | ‘ I have to inform you that this street will be evacuated this afternoon between nineteen and twenty hundred hours . |
| 17 | ‘ It is the role of the court to safeguard the child 's welfare from inappropriate or unnecessary use of secure accommodation , both by satisfying itself that those making the application have demonstrated that the statutory criteria in section 25(1) or regulation 6 , as appropriate , have been met and by having regard to the provisions and principles of section 1 of the Act . |
| 18 | It illustrates something that those of us who work in the field of evolutionary biology sort of grow to live with , which is that anything which casts doubt on Darwin will get a good blow up in the press , on television , and so on . |
| 19 | It excited her and she promised herself that one day she would unravel the mystery . |
| 20 | The defendants had previously sent the shop manager a letter instructing him that these shoes were not to leave the shop without the label first being removed . |
| 21 | I phoned the kennel owner to inform her that British Rail insisted the dog wear a muzzle and that I would pay her back if she 'd buy one . |
| 22 | Family tradition — that fund of oral folklore which passes on half-garbled stories , legends and rumours to succeeding generations — has it that one Titford died as a pirate . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've been seen around London lately with both John D. Hansom and Roderick Luckey , and rumour has it that both men want to marry you . |
| 24 | One version has it that this Byzantine princess caused a collection of manuscripts to be brought to Moscow that was so splendid as to leave sixteenth-century eyewitnesses dumbfounded . |
| 25 | Maori tradition has it that these words were spoken by chief Ngatoroirangi when he first arrived in New Zealand from Polynesia in the great Arawa canoe : I arrive where unknown earth is under my feet ; I arrive where a new sky is above me . |
| 26 | Conventional wisdom has it that any significant expenditure on your home is best undertaken several years prior to retirement . |
| 27 | Folklore has it that any economic revival starts in the housing market as homeowners and would-be homeowners decide they can put off moving or buying no longer . |
| 28 | Rumour has it that most of them are unhedged at these levels : they did not expect the currency to rise this far . |
| 29 | You see , I promised myself that all the money I earned out there in Australia should go to you ! |
| 30 | It worries us that many farmers appear to be paid for doing nothing . |