Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I can say is that I failed , and in this particular case I regret that failure . ’ |
| 2 | And I think I 'll stop right there with even more comments , erm , in case I lose that contract too . |
| 3 | It was my responsibility I brought that child into the world , and there was no way I was going to thrust her off onto other people . |
| 4 | Mum I 've that thing with a hole in it . |
| 5 | Of course I accept that ruling entirely Mr Deputy Speaker but the point I was trying to make , I am going to give the speech very briefly indeed I do assure you , is that if you 're trying to assess the numbers er and the correctness of the numbers that are being er er going to vote for and indeed the boundaries associated with those numbers , it 's a perfectly I would have thought , fair question to ask oneself as they go off er from us as to what they are going off in to er and I I do assure you Mr Deputy Speake , I do n't plan to speak more than two minutes , two to three minutes on this matter , I do hope that you will allow me just to make a very brief point on this . |
| 6 | Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever . |
| 7 | In future I believe that planning will be worse because there 'll be no sort of overview , and that it will lead to an over provision of the profitable services and inadequate provision of services like mental illness , the elderly and those with learning difficulties . |
| 8 | In my rather disgruntled frame of mind I rebelled that night against the long way round . |
| 9 | In a low and antagonistic frame of mind she accepted that Ace was never going to have any time for her . |
| 10 | You know , you know that padding that you put on the car you know that stuff on the doors inside ? |
| 11 | In this pilot study we showed that self monitoring of hypertriglyceridaemia in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus improved lipid profiles over six months . |
| 12 | In the discussion of inter-generational talk it emerged that code switching from English to Creole was relatively infrequent , and was not usually as a response to another speaker using Creole , although it sometimes was . |
| 13 | As I looked out of the window I noticed that frost was forming on cars . |
| 14 | Boy I had that person finish . |
| 15 | Being a skilled driver particularly in towns , was part of her job , but the only skill she displayed that evening was in not actually hitting anything . |
| 16 | If you drive from er I remember being stopped by one of those men in the dark glasses erm if you drive from Maine into New Hampshire the speed limit in Maine is sixty five and the speed limit in New Hampshire is fifty five and you just cross a si er y there 's a signpost which says welcome to Maine or New Hampshire , whichever way you 're going , and the second you cross that line , theoretically , you have adjust to the different speed limit . |
| 17 | Is that that kind of a swelling you get that swelling ? |
| 18 | Every dance we saw that day had the flavour of a different influence . |
| 19 | Not so ! always said that he had enjoyed his time at Kirkcaldy and at the lunch he underlined that sentiment . |
| 20 | But almost in the same instant she rejected that idea . |
| 21 | As Emily Mahon stood in the kitchen she hoped that Nan would be warm and pleasant to her father this morning . |
| 22 | If you go up and want a sweat shirt you go that pile . |
| 23 | Oh , Oh , Oh come on play a record I love that sound , come on baby let's play around , radio , what a sound |
| 24 | Oh , Oh , Oh come on play a record I love that sound , come on baby let's play around , radio , what a sound |
| 25 | And there 's guidance on what you should eat and drink the moment you cross that line . |
| 26 | Gailani reputedly stated in an interview in March 1980 that ‘ as regards the West European initiative we support that part which provides for a withdrawal of Soviet troops ’ but ‘ we do not agree with the proposed neutrality of Afghanistan because it is imposed from outside ’ . |
| 27 | If they were of a kindly nature they stayed that way , if they were narrow , tactless , or big-headed they stayed that way . |
| 28 | At the moment it seems that Labour is poised to pick up a good swathe of its targets — but not , yet , quite enough of them to put Mr Kinnock safely into Downing Street . |
| 29 | Yet earlier in the article he mentions that car workers ' wages have risen from 40 per cent to 69 per cent of German workers ' wages . |
| 30 | Before the cinema opened the men on the staff were given cigars to puff , so that when you came into the foyer it had that smell of luxury . |