Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was always a bit twisted that way . |
| 2 | He was a bit subdued that day anyway ; the work was n't coming right . |
| 3 | It would be good practice never to accept a referral without the knowledge and consent of the client , but issues of risk and protection with vulnerable elderly people sometimes lead to a decision to override that principle . |
| 4 | This involves a willingness to acknowledge that co-operation can be difficult and that mistakes will occur , and a commitment to making the solving of problems a priority , rather than allowing them to fester . |
| 5 | It is a fallacy to regard that process as some kind of negative slippery slope along which each reluctant step should be seen as more sinful than the last . |
| 6 | It is a fallacy to think that manuring ( either organically or artificially ) can overcome the effects of overstocking except in the short term . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ It is a fallacy to imagine that Government can affect this week 's or next week 's figures . |
| 8 | What the studious schoolboy of Looe learned in 1801 is disclosed in a handbill published that year by Mr. Clement Triggs , the school 's last master . |
| 9 | Someone would need to be a genius to get that pile of rust going ; you forgot to mention it was a complete and utter wreck — I 'm surprised it got you this far ! ’ |
| 10 | The school librarian may be the person controls the acquisition and borrowing of software and therefore a responsibility to ensure that software which is borrowed is not copied in school , as this could lead to prosecution . |
| 11 | a local authority has a responsibility to ensure that accommodation in multiple occupancy housing for use by the homeless is safe and suitable , such that occupants are not injured . |
| 12 | a local authority has a responsibility to ensure that accommodation in ( multiple occupancy housing for use by the homeless is safe and suitable , such that occupants are not injured . |
| 13 | But er yes there was a , there was er a change invoked that type of er scheme which er initially was felt by each individual er when they were work studied . |
| 14 | It is for the court to determine the true construction of a statute delineating that area . |
| 15 | When , however , a statute provides that compliance with its provisions shall be enforceable by civil proceedings by the Crown for an injunction , and particularly if this is the only method of enforcement for which it provides , the Crown does owe a duty to the public at large to initiate proceedings to secure that the law is not flouted , and not simply to leave it to the chance that some relator may be willing to incur the expense and trouble of doing so . |
| 16 | Mind , she 'd got a nerve wearing that costume with those legs . ’ |
| 17 | Okay , how about a reader-challenge featuring that classic 64 footy fest , MicroProse Soccer ? |
| 18 | ‘ What kind of a jerk pays that money ? ’ she asked me . |
| 19 | However , in general , one can say that a hearer selects that combination of lexical readings which leads to the most normal possible utterance-in-context . |
| 20 | So in other words then just to , just to summarize erm if I can come or if I can come up with er a recommendation to provide that sort of cover within that er price range erm then erm is there , is there any reason why when I do that er next time that you could n't , come back with an appointment next week , that you could n't er proceed ? |
| 21 | A study showed that capsaicin , the ‘ hot ’ ingredient in chilli , enhances the appreciation of food and may stimulate the body 's natural painkillers in a way that could be addictive . |
| 22 | it went they were racing like that , and a car come that way , so went that way |
| 23 | You would n't have given her a second glance that evening , amid the florid , the fancy and the flash . |
| 24 | If you really let things slip , Maxi-Read reports a figure of 999 as a flag to indicate that sentence complexity is far too high . |
| 25 | A Welshman knows that sort of thing by instinct . |
| 26 | I do n't think this is the time to discuss what we 're going to do in the future , we 've actually got on the table at the moment a proposal to purchase that land . |
| 27 | What would a boy like that want with land in England ? |
| 28 | There 's a boy climbing that tree . |
| 29 | More than five million 10p shares in the Scottish football champions are at stake in the row but a judge decided that evidence would have to be heard before a final decision was reached . |
| 30 | Examples such as the one above suggest that the linguistic label for an object is part of the representation of a scene containing that object , even if the scene has not been described . |