Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You paying me in 'and , and Dennis is paying me in 'and and I 'll a er , thousand pound a week , the way that I keep getting these job offers . |
| 2 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |
| 3 | One has to try and explain what it is we are about and why we 're doing it and , if necessary , perhaps point out a few distinctions that may exist , for instance , between the professional and the amateur scene , not that I like using those words because I think they 're fraught with all sort of potential misunderstandings . |
| 4 | It is for these two different reasons , then , that I advocate adopting graded tests . |
| 5 | So popular was this usage at one time that I recall examining final school-practice for one college when in observing two full days of drama lessons I only saw games , no drama at all . |
| 6 | It was only after he went into hospital that I started spending much time with him , because we knew his illness would run a rapid course . |
| 7 | Antonietta , my new friend , finds it difficult to understand that I enjoy living alone as I do , in a strange city . |
| 8 | The report claims , however , that she dislikes using public transport , multi-storey car parks and driving on motorways . |
| 9 | She admitted later that she came thinking this was just some hare-brained scheme , but left with the understanding that it was a well-thought-out and well-planned idea . |
| 10 | The GP was consulted , recommended that she stop taking this medication and started her on ciprofloxacin 500mg twice daily . |
| 11 | Not that she intended accepting any favours from him , but she knew he was booked in for two nights , which gave her time to return his hospitality if she could not manipulate tonight into a Dutch treat . |
| 12 | If you have a large garden I would recommend that you try growing many of the varieties suggested in the tables of flowers and foliage ( see pp. 12–19 ) . |
| 13 | If you are one of these people , I suggest that you stop reading this and move on to the next chapter . |
| 14 | What I am advising is that you consider acquiring some well-proven software ( I can recommend PC-Tools or the Norton Utilities , for instance ) for the occasions when a little home diagnosis is required , and learn how to use it . |
| 15 | You say that you value receiving more information and having closer links with your university , and encouraged by that we shall carry on working hard to make that contact easy and pleasurable . |
| 16 | The second tactic is to ensure that we stop adding more people to the numbers of tragic people on our streets as a result of years of social and self-neglect . |
| 17 | A happy side-effect of electronic coursework is that we found marking less of a chore : indeed in small doses it has been interesting . |
| 18 | They may have anticipated to the extent that they dread doing certain activities like going shopping with the children but have not developed their thinking to see how to avoid the problems . |
| 19 | We found evidence that the electors exercised a coherent choice amongst the media sources on offer ; and that they enjoyed exercising that choice . |
| 20 | I also know it 's quite a popular one , because as you know , Peter , I have taught some of the students involved in the course and I know that they enjoy debating these issues |
| 21 | If you can not see your way to doing this , I regret that I shall have to suggest to the Parish Council that they consider moving this account to another bank . |
| 22 | The police officer replied that they involved showing certain exhibits to Anderson and putting certain questions . |
| 23 | In fact , they have so much power behind that they find going downhill awkward , and sometimes , in flight down a steep place , they may actually go head over heels . |
| 24 | Now we see that it means planting new churches — this is an exciting project for the future . ’ |
| 25 | If it were , I would n't feel like this , as though I 'm running , running , running , trying to slam a door that he keeps kicking open with a look , a word , a turn of his dark head . |
| 26 | There is no specific exemption for cold calls in relation to futures transactions although calls on existing customers may be made where the investor has indicated in writing before the call is made that he envisages receiving such calls . |
| 27 | As before , Thomson , who has also put out calls for biographical material on other subjects , including S G Brown , signs himself a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers , helping establish credibility with editors unaware of the fact that he started collecting original papers in 1972 . |
| 28 | If he did see it he must have begun worrying , and maybe it was then that he started feeling sick . |
| 29 | Only when he told her that he intended leaving that evening did he feel her hand tighten in his . |
| 30 | Ta Mok , one of Pol Pot 's lieutenants who was known as " the butcher " during Khmer Rouge rule in 1975-78 , has warned that anyone found contravening environmental directives in the area under his jurisdiction will be sentenced to labour on building the reserve fence . |