Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb base] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , the only reason I rang — the chief reason — was that I need a little help , as you can see . ’ |
| 2 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
| 3 | ‘ So you can see that I have a few problems ? ’ |
| 4 | You expect in matches that you get a few breaks going your way and some against you but this was hard to take . ’ |
| 5 | I am only suggesting that you take a little time off , shall we say , until you are quite well again ? " |
| 6 | The right approach might possibly be along the lines of : ‘ How about the family closing ranks and getting together now that you need a little help ? ’ or ‘ Give us the pleasure of doing something for you for a change . ’ |
| 7 | Wine merchants often lend glasses to customers for a small charge or even for free — assuming that you buy a few bottles from them . |
| 8 | Eduard 's gentle insistence that we try a few gems from the cellars of Veuve Cliquot roughly translated into six bottles which rapidly topped up our reservoirs of ‘ entente cordiale . ’ |
| 9 | I fully understand the considerable cross-party support for what was said in the ten-minute Bill , but it is important that we wait a few months to see where the European Court comes down . |
| 10 | Now that we have a little experience in the joys of simple kite flying , it 's time to look deeper into the whole subject and to understand more about those ‘ Modern Materials ’ which have emerged since the 1970s . |
| 11 | The result of two days bullying all round is that we have a few tables and two telephones and one borrowed typewriter . |
| 12 | So I just picked two examples , but you 'll find that they generalize a some interest . |