Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] that [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Kapil said : ‘ When I got my 400th Test wicket in Perth last year I promised Sunny that one day both records would belong to Indians and I intend to honour that .
2 She ignored the flickering screen , and let her thoughts drift on , because it was one of those rare times when she was thinking well , when striking and truthful ideas seemed to occur to her effortlessly , rising fully articulated into the mind , when it seemed possible that one day she might write poetry .
3 ‘ You can imagine the thoughts we were having knowing that one bomb had goine off and three more were likely to explode .
4 In any attempt to assess and understand the use and function , the economic and social benefits of community languages in the restricted domains of the work place and in the public services i.e. outside the domain of the household , it seems imperative that one look at the sociolinguistic and socioeconomic profiles of the different speech communities and the uses they can and do put their languages to .
5 So in this type of garden you 'll need to be doubly vigilant , first ensuring that you keep the soil well fed and watered , then keeping a constant umpiring eye open to make sure that one plant is not starting to take unfair advantage of another .
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