Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] that [noun sg] " 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 | There is something quite stunning about ahead of shiny , glossy hair but as we all know , keeping it that way can sometimes prove difficult . |
3 | She liked it that way , and she intended keeping it that way . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | But it 's a full time job keeping it that way . |
6 | Because when people come to catch our train at twenty five to five i i it 's announcing us that train . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 " . |
9 | ‘ 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | We still have problems bringing you that report . |
12 | Nick has been talking with manager Brian Horton and we 'll be bringing you that interview as soon as we can . |
13 | We 'll be bringing you that programme shortly . |
14 | 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 . ’ |
15 | To Councillor Fraser informing him that carriageway markings have now been checked . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Look I 'm turning it that way . |
18 | Within a week , we received a letter back from the minister informing us that Bracken House had been listed grade II* . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Er , you 're buying me that race for my birthday . |
21 | and so he frequently tried conducting me that way . |
22 | Fancy her thinking that getting him that lamp would make him feel any different about moving . |
23 | and I think it 's just getting him that way , come on shall we put your |
24 | But in Urquhart , standing there facing him that night , she encountered a ratchet that had broken free of its retaining spring and was spinning in reverse . |
25 | Tracey was getting her that brooch . |
26 | He sighed deeply : he had insisted upon her accompanying him that day in order to enjoy the last precious hours of her innocence and happiness . |
27 | He argued that ‘ experience is teaching us that medicine can keep some elderly people alive for longer than is of any benefit to them . ’ |
28 | Linfield have five games left this season — all cup finals in a matter of speaking — and manager Trevor Anderson will certainly be treating them that way . |
29 | Now obviously this can happen a bit , but I do n't think , on the whole it happens very much , at least certainly not in a way that matters erm I do n't think it does matter if people change things a little bit , because erm but on the whole people are doing things in the way that they 're doing them erm because they 've got accustomed to doing them that way and that 's the way that they 've planned it , and that 's the way that it comes out as a result of all of those pressures that there are on them . |
30 | " And if you are giving me that appointment I will go . |