Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cars would slow down so that their drivers could have a better look . |
| 2 | She hoped the clock would break down so that she would not have to see the bird again ; she did not like it . |
| 3 | Friends of Cuba suggest they may just scrape through now that oil in commercial quantities has been found . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 5 | But does n't does n't it often work out though that the people who erm need more training , often are the ones that have resisted going on training in the past . |
| 6 | The gossip will soon die down now that that woman is dead . |
| 7 | After much debate it seems that these were built for rabbits to live and breed in so that they could be caught for meat and fur . |
| 8 | Now , of course , the word processor or computer can take over much that used to be printed . |
| 9 | Well there 's that one in the paper , I 'll have that one , that 'll probably go on longer that Tetley tea one mm |
| 10 | Was n't prepared to let us go on now that same wages as before . |
| 11 | ‘ They 'll never go off now that it 's light . |
| 12 | They did n't go round like that they were very loners as you would say . |
| 13 | I denied homosexual inclinations but he still made me bend down so that he could inspect my behind with a wooden spatula . |
| 14 | You said something interesting , which I did n't pick up there that er , you said that policy making presumably you were suggesting is male dominated |
| 15 | I would point out also that , contrary to the implication in your article , there was no move to delete Article 11 at the Rome meeting . |
| 16 | Perhaps I should point out here that there 's a distinction between the before and the after of an election . |
| 17 | We could point out further that the ancient Israelites had not yet developed any notion of supernatural evil forces in opposition to God , and that this also encouraged them to see his hand in dark and terrible events . |
| 18 | For some art historians , the Renaissance is a new beginning , though medievalists can point out convincingly that no one event divides the Middle Ages from the Renaissance . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll get round ter that when he calls , ’ said Dad not to be outdone . |
| 20 | This is my final sentence ; then I shall sit down so that other hon. Members may take part in the debate . |
| 21 | And all these are going to sort of pile up so that your The chemistry that you do know is going to you know |
| 22 | Perhaps she would brighten up now that she had another substantial amount of cash to spend . |
| 23 | It could turn out eventually that losing your job has led to a whole new and better career . |
| 24 | We would often find out later that these conversations had been reported in a distorted way . |
| 25 | A person may buy something in good faith , but may find out afterwards that the seller had no title to it , perhaps because the seller or somebody else stole it . |
| 26 | Now if you come to Caldmore , you 'll find out then that the majority of the married ladies had worked in I mean I should say that erm I know my mother was very snooty she 'd been an apprentice to some dressmakers in Street and work for one year for nothing she always used to tell me , and she was quite er toffee- nosed about these girls that used that er that used to go , well they were very respectable people , and when I was a kid when I growing up in my teens a lot of the girls I used to know were in the offices at er it they employed about fifteen hundred people at in those days you know I mean coming out of at night it was fighting your way against the crowd if you were going towards it , and the same thing going through the square for people who have worked in when they left that 's why all those shops in the square used to do reasonably well , it was the people walking through to go up the other side of Walsall , but there was a crowd of people I can , I can always remember as a kid a crowd of people and then there 'd be well you can tell it was along Street in those days I can remember fruiters ' carts where the girls used to go and buy apples , and that all sort of going along there you know people used to wait for them coming out , these are my impressions as a kid I mean I can remember the , the er and the men of course were cutters and various people and a quite a lot of my father 's friends were , were er had er skilled jobs at as cutters and managers of the cutters ' department and that sort of thing . |
| 27 | If that is true , as I hope it is , it may well be that the long-term trend of unemployment , which has seen troughs and peaks rising over the past 30 or 40 years with every trough and every peak getting higher , will turn round so that the peak of unemployment will be considerably lower than the last peak of unemployment . |