Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to continue my studies as a postgraduate at U.C.L. I was now interested in modern linguistic research , but knew very little about it , since linguistics had so far made little impact in the U.K. , and there was no teacher in the Department who could adequately supervise me in that area . |
| 2 | And working at the Shakespeare School of English does n't exactly hinder me in that direction . |
| 3 | You ca n't fool me on that score . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't know I mean er maybe these are minute but whether you should explore them at that moment in time I mean only experience will tell . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , if it 's true that I 'm getting younger it 'll probably suit me in that case . ’ |
| 6 | She was strong enough to take a certain amount of punishment if it meant that , in the end , Matthew would rid himself of that core of hatred which was slowly eating him away . |
| 7 | So what can we buy you with that money ? |
| 8 | I do n't trust you with that ball , hmm |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I do n't know owt about that sort of thing , but it seems rum to me , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Around the same time , I entered this competition — it was a kind of beauty competition , although it did n't describe itself in that way . |
| 11 | Although she had never allowed herself to consider it a possibility , the thought had crossed her mind that he might know something about that letter . |
| 12 | Both Lewis and Pound hoped that the Nobel would free him of that cautiousness which had smoothed his ascent . |
| 13 | And you you you have to sort of attack it in that way . |
| 14 | If we wish to preserve a landscape in its present form we must actively direct it towards that end . |
| 15 | I do n't quite trust anyone with that job , and they must go back into their box . |
| 16 | ‘ Call me if you need me in Theatre — but I 'd just as soon Tim Mayhew did it — I do n't trust myself near that bastard . ’ |
| 17 | It struck me as extraordinary that the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) should attack us on that point . |
| 18 | Sid helped me carry them to that table ready for serving . |
| 19 | " I can do nothing for that boy . " |
| 20 | So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person . |
| 21 | Papa says that most horses would envy me in that line ! ’ |
| 22 | There is no reason why having some coincidental sperm-and-egg relationship with a child should entitle someone for that reason to be seen as a ‘ natural expert ’ , as distinct from a very clever , highly qualified one . |
| 23 | I could beat you along that line if I liked . |
| 24 | Well , she would do none of that standing here in the street , she told herself firmly . |
| 25 | Someone 's got ta do something about that Brian , ? |
| 26 | Tugging the jeans over her thighs , she said : ‘ Why do n't you do something about that bitch at Larksoken , the one suing Neil ? |
| 27 | Women have always felt both complaint and commitment about domestic life with men — the difference is that today they can do something about that contradiction . |
| 28 | Cops got ta do something on that island to-justify the taxes . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I think we will do something with that money , but I do n't know what yet , ’ Brousse said , adding that GSI ‘ does not have a strategy that says ‘ we should acquire ’ . ’ |
| 30 | I could do something with that hair . ’ |