Example sentences of "[pron] [that] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The size and cost of a present day Olympic complex suggests to me that both the summer and winter games should now have permanent , internationally-funded homes . |
| 2 | On that very point sir I 'm grateful to the honourable member for giving way but would he not agree with me that actually the failure of G A T at the end was that by which Caribbean bananas failed to be protected . |
| 3 | Sid patiently tutored me on star gradings and assured me that technically the climb was only a V. Diff , so I would cope ! |
| 4 | just as the ermine changes it coat for winter ; just as the seed can lie dormant for thousands of years ; just as the bacteria and the rotifers can live in their desiccated time capsules for perhaps longer than we can ever envisage , awaiting a change of outer circumstances for the tiny living specks of dust to take on another form — just so , perhaps , may the living forms we know so well have secrets tucked away within them that only the rolling of the aeons can reveal . |
| 5 | ‘ I will be drinking apple juice , ’ says Derek Foster , ‘ but I can tell you that already the feeling of anticipation is utterly indescribable . ’ |
| 6 | But if you do have pe people will say if you do h have those weaknesses and if er there were times that he could was quite up to the joshing and the name calling , there were times when he was n't , the very fact that there were times when he was n't , does n't that tell you that perhaps the Army was n't the place for him ? |
| 7 | I do sympathise with the problem that that the local residents have there but I I dare say closing off the road would n't be a very good idea but it is something that only the county council can do and the county council have said that they will not do this in advance of the southern relief road being built so I think that really is simply . |
| 8 | It is the unheard-of , something that only the author knows : the vital knowledge that gives the author control over both the characters and the readers of the book . |
| 9 | And that 's something that possibly the public do n't know about . |
| 10 | She finally admitted to herself that even the risk of another snub was preferable to her growing anxiety about what lay ahead . |
| 11 | But then it occurred to him that perhaps the joke was Nicola 's and not Blufton 's at all , some invention to impress her boss and ensure her succession to Jane Pargeter 's job . |
| 12 | She wanted to tell her that perhaps the plan — the dark colours , the new name — was n't necessary any more , that there was an awareness between herself and Tom today that almost made her believe he did share her feelings , but with Tom himself in the room , and Bill as well , and Mrs Porter coming in now with Faye 's mid-afternoon snack and a pot of tea for everyone , there was clearly no opportunity . |
| 13 | Some instinct told her that only the truth could save them now ; that the time for evasions was over . |
| 14 | It occurred to us that either the gap between the rich and the poor had become much wider than anyone had ever imagined and that these people had not a clue about our reality or else their campaigns were a deliberate conspiracy to cover up the real cause of our appalling health record . |
| 15 | The criminal classes are so close to us that even the policeman can see them . |
| 16 | They are so far away from us that only the poet can understand them . |