Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 2 | — the C. and A.G. satisfying himself that money spent has the proper authority ( s.1(1) ) . |
| 3 | There is something quite stunning about ahead of shiny , glossy hair but as we all know , keeping it that way can sometimes prove difficult . |
| 4 | She liked it that way , and she intended keeping it that way . |
| 5 | Because there was nothing left any more for him to care about , and if his attitude over the past forty-eight bours was anything to go by , he was keeping it that way . |
| 6 | But it 's a full time job keeping it that way . |
| 7 | If you begin to punish yourself mentally ( or even physically — for example , by denying yourself that reward ) , you simply add to your own anxieties , reduce your performance standards and damage your chances of survival and success . |
| 8 | Alternatively , they are concerned with passing on the culture from one generation to the next , and with critically understanding what that culture consists of . |
| 9 | Because when people come to catch our train at twenty five to five i i it 's announcing us that train . |
| 10 | Whoa , old girl , ’ soothed Ted , when he saw that even with all his weight pulling on the halter , there was no hope of saving her that way . |
| 11 | On Oct. 22 , 1990 , he had been ordered to be detained for 60 days in a military camp for sending a letter to Menem warning him that unrest in the army could provoke a " military rebellion " . |
| 12 | ‘ I see nothing humorous in suggesting my query was directed at the waiter , and nothing funny in your eyeing him that way as if the implication were a consideration . |
| 13 | She noticed the tightness of the thin lips , instinct warning her that trouble was at hand , so she leaned back in her chair and waited for the storm to break . |
| 14 | We still have problems bringing you that report . |
| 15 | Nick has been talking with manager Brian Horton and we 'll be bringing you that interview as soon as we can . |
| 16 | We 'll be bringing you that programme shortly . |
| 17 | Sadie was tellin' me that bloke they ‘ ung last year fer killin' that shopkeeper over in Stepney used ter be one o' the crowd 'er Billy 's gettin' wiv . ’ |
| 18 | We ca n't go on paying ourselves that sort of money , we ca n't go on , and Mr I know in a minute we 'll talk about the number of people who attend committee meetings erm and sit in on them , and that 's increased considerably , erm , so I think it 's important that we do get down to this problem , we grasp the nettle , and I , I believe that will mean that we start to look seriously at reducing the number of times members come and talk here , and perhaps we let the officers get on with the action that they should be getting on with |
| 19 | I found myself wondering who that second concert ticket was intended for . |
| 20 | To Councillor Fraser informing him that carriageway markings have now been checked . |
| 21 | In presenting it that night , Robert Naish would most certainly have expected it to be rejected by the weight of bondholders already known to oppose redemption . |
| 22 | Look I 'm turning it that way . |
| 23 | I 'm wondering what that thing is on Maureen 's wall , have you seen it ? |
| 24 | It is worth noting what that convention says . |
| 25 | Within a week , we received a letter back from the minister informing us that Bracken House had been listed grade II* . |
| 26 | Contradictory stories tell of Vincent coming into his own as a pacifier , quelling an uprising of vengeance-bent miners by persuading them that violence only begets violence . |
| 27 | Er , you 're buying me that race for my birthday . |
| 28 | and so he frequently tried conducting me that way . |
| 29 | She was meant to be persuading herself that life was worth living . |
| 30 | Fancy her thinking that getting him that lamp would make him feel any different about moving . |