Example sentences of "[pers pn] that [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice has told me that that is n't going to be easy for Alex to organize . |
| 2 | Erm there 's also a very strange statement in paragraph which says that the nineteen sixty eight act is intended to provide a network of sites to enable gypsies to move around or settle , but in practice many gypsies are settled on permanent sites and it seems to me that that is the logical result of having insufficient pitches in that if th you know there are n't enough pitches for you , you are not going to get up and go from a permanent that you 've been living on and move off in case you ca n't one somewhere else and that seems to be the inevitable logic of the government 's own failure to make sure that there is adequate provisions in local sites . |
| 3 | Geographers speak of a rock deposited by the Ice Age perhaps hundreds of miles from its place of origin as an erratic boulder , and it often seems to me that that is how RE appears in the landscape of today 's schools . |
| 4 | Er are you telling me that that is there are any existing pens , they would be in the sales company ? |
| 5 | It seems , it it it seems that to me that that 's quite outrageous . |
| 6 | Er er it seems that the Council have known about this for six months er and it 's only within the last week or two er that information has got out so it seems to me that that 's something that er that we ought to take an interest in . |
| 7 | other things had gone up so they had to put the fares up , but I mean that 's , you can nae tell me that that 's right |
| 8 | That would sort of tell me that that was the hypotenuse and that was the adjacent . |
| 9 | Moreover , although in some cases the erection of a fence can be very significant , it seems to me that that was not so here . |
| 10 | The strings feel very bendable and a low , choke-free action tells me that all is well with the neck . |
| 11 | alerting me that all is dark around , and falling |
| 12 | Convince me that all 's well between us now — one friendly little kiss would do . ’ |
| 13 | I listened with astonishment to the view that I might consider loving my cancer , for it did remind me that all was not well with myself , and not just physically . |
| 14 | I turned to Jamie and then the girl , cleared my throat and said quite clearly : ‘ I did n't know if you two ever shared or , indeed , still do share , for that matter , for all that I know , at least mutually between yourselves but at any rate not including me — the misconception I once perchanced to place upon the words contained upon yonder sign , but it is a fact that I thought the ‘ union ’ referred to in said nomenclature delineated an association of working people , and it did seem to me at the time to be quite a socialist thing for the town fathers to call a street ; it struck me that all was not yet lost as regards the prospects for a possible peace or at the very least a cease-fire in the class war if such acknowledgements of the worth of trade unions could find their way on to such a venerable and important thoroughfare 's sign , but I must admit I was disabused of this sadly over-optimistic notion when my father-God rest his sense of humour-informed me that it was the then recently confirmed union of the English and Scottish parliaments the local worthies-in common with hundreds of other town councils throughout what had until that point been an independent realm — were celebrating with such solemnity and permanence , doubtless with a view to the opportunities for profit which this early form of takeover bid offered . ’ |
| 15 | But experience has taught me that this is the rule of thumb that can be most profitably proposed and acted upon . |
| 16 | But it strikes me that this is really the view of people who do n't have them . |
| 17 | Nevertheless it seems to me that this is a time when we have a chance to examine the utility of A levels in their present form , a chance that may have been missed by the terms of reference of the Higginson Committee . |
| 18 | ‘ D' you mean to tell me that this is the first time you 've slept with anyone ? ’ he asked incredulously . |
| 19 | The Russian Embassy tells me that this is the first time their head of state has visited London and not stayed at the embassy . |
| 20 | From Janet 's Foss my way led across the road and through a gate where the Dales Park have placed a plaque telling me that this is Gordale Scar and to keep to the path . |
| 21 | It seems to me that this is something on which er not en passant but within the flow of his report Dr Stuart mentioned something of great importance and I was jotting down for myself , by way of aide memoire , membership , Madagascar , ministry of the whole people of God , three Ms as it were . |
| 22 | And it seems to me that this is so profoundly tragic because surely if we talk about the body of Christ there is not only a relationship of every limb and member to the head , but of every limb and member to every other limb and member . |
| 23 | It seems to me that this is largely a reflection of the consumers ' need for information . |
| 24 | As I read , it seems to me that this is not his literal meaning . |
| 25 | But living with Jean-Claude convinced me that this is flawed thinking . |
| 26 | The Lord Chief Justice has agreed with me that this is the appropriate time to obtain an initial judicial view on the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 27 | It seems to me that this is a situation the reverse of liberal and even the reverse of democratic , in the sense in which the word has hitherto been understood . |
| 28 | What tells me that this is right ? |
| 29 | Now , you 're trying to tell me that this is the real Trevor Magee lying downstairs ? |
| 30 | And it it strikes me that this is er a starting point . |