Example sentences of "[prep] that [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about that young shepherd we saw there the other day , what was his name ? ’ |
| 2 | Such belligerent consolation made me think more , not less , about that strange woman he had coupled with on the Nile . |
| 3 | Yes , aha , my granny too , spoke about that this lad he 'd to look after them . |
| 4 | ‘ And what about that incredible garment you were wearing when I first met you ? ’ |
| 5 | Quite normal duties for a revenue cutter , but there was nothing normal about that particular week we spent in Ullapool at the end of which we all felt as though we had been through a wringer . |
| 6 | ‘ So if you was me , what would you think about that happy-birthday message I got ? ’ |
| 7 | You were checking about that last time we met . |
| 8 | As I thought about that perceptive question I realised its implications . |
| 9 | During that first week she went out with Nahum in the trap he used for visiting in the parish , and she was continually looking for a young woman with white hair and a baby . |
| 10 | During that short pause I am vulnerable unless I draw booster power from our Titan 's plasma reactor and opt for maximal fire . |
| 11 | During that last sentence I was at Styal again and then at Askham Grange . |
| 12 | During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages . |
| 13 | Well fo for that much money you can easily just say , look I 'm going away . |
| 14 | If I have a shade card for that particular yarn I write the tension on that too , to save me the bother of knitting another tension swatch when I next come to use the yarn . |
| 15 | ‘ For that gracious apology I 'll allow you to get up for dinner tonight . ’ |
| 16 | You are now all set for that sweet treat we 've been promising you . |
| 17 | In this form she was perhaps more deadly than ever ; yet for that very reason she refrained from causing harm , suppressing her reflexes . |
| 18 | For that very reason it would be unusual to include detailed provisions in the partnership agreement itself . |
| 19 | For that brief moment she could see the room beyond him and there , jutting out from what seemed at first glance to be a pillow beneath the blanket , the naked foot of a youth . |
| 20 | The morning after that first night they bathed together , laughing at their own bodies and the world . |
| 21 | After that first warning it fell like a sheet . |
| 22 | After that long interval it was hard to get started again . |
| 23 | She tailed off , colour coming and going as she remembered what had happened both before and after that fateful conversation she 'd overheard , and saw in his eyes an echo of everything that she was feeling . |
| 24 | I mean the most exciting moment of all is when you are actually chosen for a part — after that initial excitement it 's a bit downhill — not because the work is n't marvellous but because the first challenge is the peak . |
| 25 | ‘ Morning , ratface , ’ she said , quite affectionately because after that momentary frisson she had remembered the duck and known she would never love him again . |
| 26 | But when she came up to me after that third seminar I was so shocked and embarrassed that I could barely speak . |
| 27 | After that little performance you can hardly deny that you want me . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , all in a day 's work , but I must add that after that little fiasco I decided to join a more conventional hotel group and enjoyed the civilized calm of the Savoy for a while . |
| 29 | After that heartening victory it was back to league games and a very poor run of results . |
| 30 | After that particular evening he had often volunteered to try again with the bathing , if halfheartedly , but seemed happy to be refused , though he was more confident about cooking the evening meal . |