Example sentences of "reading that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as one said , ‘ so long as you 're not reading that bloody sociology ’ . |
| 2 | This was an idea that appealed strongly to me , though Unamuno had not been thinking of some of the ‘ brothers in solitude ’ — the outcasts from social and sexual ‘ normality ’ — who were the brothers that first sprang to my mind on reading that sentence in Corsham . |
| 3 | This requires that we give up foolish , immoral reading , or reading to acquire power , or reading that is self-indulgent . |
| 4 | I never visit Alice without standing and reading that plaque . |
| 5 | He had brought with him reading that was expected of him during this vacation , works on sociology and on linguistics and some where these two studies converged , but these were not the sort of books one much wanted to read under the hot sun and the influence of wine . |
| 6 | Reading that line , and adding to it his memories of Finn and Fróda , of Beowulf and Hróthgár and the other pagan heroes from the darkness before the English dawn , Tolkien may have felt that Milton was more accurate than he knew . |
| 7 | However , it is in reading that the major problem of achievement lies . |
| 8 | In 1938 he read The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and appeared to suffer the same ‘ road to Damascus ’ transformation of personality which afflicted Arnold Leese on reading that document . |
| 9 | Listening to all this tonight reading that article in The Star which I personally disliked intensely |
| 10 | Right and you 'll be reading that other report will ya ? . |
| 11 | I felt sick to my stomach reading that filth . ’ |
| 12 | So the writer of police procedurals is basically faced with the task of making what is in life dull into reading that is as far as possible exciting . |
| 13 | ‘ Yorkshire for Yorkshire folk , ’ he said three times in one evening after reading that immigration figures were up . |
| 14 | It would appear that the small number of pupils in a country school had read all in which they were interested and borrowing declined and it was not until a new set of children were ready for reading that regular lendings became frequent again in 1911 and 1912 . |
| 15 | Try reading that and explaining the words of that , to somebody who has no knowledge of the Christian faith , I thought was quite a challenge . |
| 16 | I look forward to reading that comparison . |
| 17 | ‘ My advice to you is not to waste your time reading that one , ’ he said rudely . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know , but I 'm going to find out even if it means sitting up all night reading that bloody book . |
| 19 | " You 've been reading that hook , " Graham said . |
| 20 | The latter is said to have come to Karaman in order to study under Cemaleddin Aksarayi , although he almost abandoned the journey on reading that scholar 's in which he was very much disappointed . |
| 21 | Reading that wealth of images had tested her powers of concentration to the utmost , yet this act of unremitting self-scrutiny had left her more energized than exhausted , for much of critical importance had emerged . |
| 22 | ‘ Anyone reading that newspaper article last week might well think we 've had some sort of reconciliation , and have got together again , ’ he pointed out . |
| 23 | Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion . |
| 24 | I do n't remember what I was reading that Friday evening . |
| 25 | The reader 's time and money would be better spent reading that classic novel you have been putting off for years . |
| 26 | I wonder if it 's one of those things that I mean she 's reading the story aloud , I wonder if you were reading that story as as well |
| 27 | well can you explain please as the man who devised these charges and assessed them and work them out how by some process of reason anybody reading that sentence gets the clue that when it says management charges will rise at a rate below the level of inflation , it refers to one pound fifty nine , how can you understand that ? |
| 28 | He said well why are you reading that bit ? |
| 29 | ‘ You 're not really reading that book , you 're just trying to look smart , ’ when she sat under a tree with some well-worn treasure . |
| 30 | ‘ I know you 're not really reading that book . |