Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] that [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much good that would do him . |
| 2 | I ordered them to fasten all windows — much good that would do — draw the curtains , and stay out of sight . |
| 3 | Much good that would do her , she thought gloomily . |
| 4 | Much good that 'd do her , if what his department suspected was true . |
| 5 | Erm , although I think we will say that that would be dangerous thing to do and that we should continue to work upon the er the assumption that there erm er overall as a n , a nine percent increase , but , that seems highly unlikely that will succeed , erm What I 've then done is take account of the various staffing changes that there have been during the year , both short term and long term , erm , and you 'll see that produces a figure actually available to us this year of twenty seven thousand five hundred and eighty eight investigative hours , erm which is slightly less than we had last year , er but erm almost not significantly so , erm and it seemed to me therefore that if we were n't trying to reduce times , er , if we were saying that we would turn in times at the end of this year which were the same as the term times we turned in at the end of last year we could probably achieve that without any further recruitment . |
| 6 | Er , I dare n't give away Rosemary and John , 'cos they 're the only two that can understand what the hell I 'm talking about . |
| 7 | If you 're three minutes at home , then you 're fine , most likely that will mean you 're up slightly under the three minutes when you do it before your tutor . |
| 8 | But there is something more profound that can happen . |
| 9 | It was important to remember that it was only a few hours since Floy and Snodgrass had left Tara , the Shining Citadel , the Bright Palace , and that there was not very much that could have gone wrong for them in those few hours . |
| 10 | We do n't ever REVIEW beta test software — there 's just too much that can change between us seeing early versions and the code being finalised , and that means that what you see reviewed might not be what you will buy . |
| 11 | You ca n't stop that , I mean that 's what I 've said to the Press , you do n't want him to go abroad because I think everybody 's going to miss that , because there are are n't too many that can do things like he does . |
| 12 | He asked to speak confidentially with Ron Bullough , the Chief Scientist of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority ( UKAEA ) whose office is at Harwell , on the grounds that he ( Fleischmann ) had something ‘ very important that might require a major decision ’ . |
| 13 | More frequent medical examinations would not help reduce the risk ; the tests currently available that might indicate , for example , whether an increased coronary risk does or does not exist , themselves carry a risk that exceeds that which we are endeavouring to protect against . |
| 14 | Commercial systems are currently available that can recognise handprinted characters . |
| 15 | I can often discover our different species of Oaks , one from another , by their form of growth , half or a whole mile distance ; and I am sure he must be very sharp-sighted that can know them , at half that distance , by their leaves , acorns , and cups , all together . |