Example sentences of "[pron] [that] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mention has been made to the paperwork , I think that it 's worth reminding ourselves that a lot of the paperwork that has been generated , is a direct result of Conservative government introduced legislation , particularly cri criminal justice er , legislation , which requires a considerable amount of paperwork , erm , to be completed by officers , quite often in long , in longhand , and not making use of technology , where in fact they er , a great deal of time and effort could be con , er could be er , saved . |
| 2 | erm and there was nothing that a Member of Parliament could do , this is the trouble I mean it , it with everybody was saying you should of contacted us before it went |
| 3 | Yes , there is nothing wrong with you , nothing that a rest can not cure . |
| 4 | The chart-room section held nothing that a chart-room should not have had , including a locked cupboard which Talbot opened in the same cavalier fashion he had used on the bridge : it held only pilot books and sailing directions . |
| 5 | It 's an age-old problem and nothing that a dab of string lubricant or Vaseline would n't cure . |
| 6 | It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do . |
| 7 | It does seem likely to me that a North-South divide will be greatly deepened ; that the still weak by nonetheless unmistakeable pressures towards democratisation in some of the Arab societies will be lost , not least because the war and the allies will put such a premium on harsh social and political controls in what many will see as potentially revolutionary situations . |
| 8 | It 's astonishing to me that a boy whose father and grandfather have both been soldiers before him should have such a poorly developed sense of loyalty arid duty . " |
| 9 | She added : ‘ The Garda authorities inform me that a quantity of spent ammunition rounds was recovered in the course of the search , and that these are currently undergoing forensic examination . |
| 10 | A shop assistant promised me that a head torch would ‘ bring me down off the mountain after dark ’ . |
| 11 | On the way , I remember Aunt Rachel telling me that a station was Rugby , which meant that we were then right in the centre of England , whilst a bit later on , I was told to look out to see the Welsh mountains . |
| 12 | It becomes a great pleasure to read this passage , another justification of those who assured me that A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland remains one of the fundamental works in the literature of travel . |
| 13 | Our GP told me that a drug called Dexamethazone , although in no way a cure , would probably help Nigel 's state of mind by reducing the pressure of the growth on his brain . |
| 14 | Then she got more excited and told me that a Mrs Boatman had called from the National Insurance and was ever so attractive and charming . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're not seriously going to tell me that a relationship like that just ends , when the guy still meets your mother every few weeks or so ? ’ |
| 16 | It amazes me that a pair of shoes made in the north of England can cost more in common currency in London than that same pair of shoes shipped 3,000 miles to New York . |
| 17 | I feel sure that the German Luftwaffe must have looked at it especially the leaders , and saw where the Eighth Airforce hit and seeing what we did and gave them some thought and consideration , actually with our Bomb Group going in we had no fighter attacks on the way in over the target , we had flack but we did not have air opposition , then on the way back we crossed the Danish peninsula and I think of course by this time the Luftwaffe knew we were coming back that way , and they had the fighters up there and this was our first time being on this mission that we saw air to air combat with the fighters against the flying fortress and in our ammunition , in our guns there , every fifth bullet was a tracer and it was amazing to me that as the German fighters came in it looked like just a hail of tracers going out but they were able to get in there knock down a B Seventeen and leave , it seemed , unscathed untouched it almost seemed impossible to me that a fighter could go through that many bullets and escape unharmed . |
| 18 | On another occasion David Bellamy said to me ‘ You ca n't tell me that a canoe would not disturb an otter ’ . |
| 19 | MH : I remember somebody told me that a member of the public asked that question and was told it could be either five minutes or 40 years ! |
| 20 | However Dave Crockford tells me that a trend is becoming apparent ! |
| 21 | In the first , Malone v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis ( No 2 ) [ 1979 ] 2 All ER 620 , which concerned the use to which recordings of telephone conversations made with the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Office , Megarry V-C said " it seems to me that a person who utters confidential information must accept the risk of any unknown overhearing that is inherent in the circumstances of the communication " . |
| 22 | It astonished me that a man who had kept his head under the most severe stresses and strains should lose both nerve and judgement in this way . |
| 23 | IT does n't surprise me that a survey showed very few Britons would give up their pet for £1m . |
| 24 | The house agent had assured me that a bathroom and lavatory had been installed upstairs above the scullery ; looking at those nettles , I hoped he had told the truth . |
| 25 | Simon told me that a school |
| 26 | Then he walked over and told me that a Corporal from the Foreign Legion recruiting office at Lille would come to pick me up in two hours ; until then I was free to go for a walk and get something to eat . |
| 27 | ‘ My father told me that a woman 's body odour was the sexiest smell in the world . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You taught me that without a man a woman 's life is bleak , empty , and dangerous ; you taught me that a woman is n't complete without a man . |
| 29 | ( A screw told me that a prison regulation stated that there should only be two chairs for every three women . ) |
| 30 | " I 'm not doubting you , but the thought struck me that a gathering of this type might attract some unwarranted attention , and perhaps encourage unwanted visitors . " |