Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some of them figured that I played Headless Horseman on bass — y'know … the weirdest concepts ! |
| 2 | And it was as I was standing like that , in the shadows some distance from where the two gentlemen sat amidst those rows of empty chairs , that I heard Lord Darlington talk about Herr Bremann , his voice as calm and gentle as usual , somehow resounding with intensity around those great walls . |
| 3 | He always publicly denied the label : ‘ It was because I hated realism that I wrote Madame Bovary . ’ |
| 4 | He had heard that I knew Robert W. Service and felt it would be a ‘ good idea ’ if they could get Service to fly up and formally open the new building . |
| 5 | And one day I will say that I saw Erika Nordern , say that I coached her . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't suppose it 's important , but I thought I ought to tell you that I saw Mr Riddle on Friday evening . ’ |
| 7 | It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements . |
| 8 | The book-list also shows that I read Virginia Woolf , Aldous Huxley , Samuel Butler , Maxim Gorki , Henry James , Samuel Beckett , and so on . |
| 9 | It was with interest that I read Audrey Haagensen 's letter in the September issue of The Artist , saying she was the owner of a 1938 edition of your magazine . |
| 10 | I do n't mean that I hope Alan Ayckbourn falls under a bus , but when I see a really good piece of writing I feel a real desire to emulate . |
| 11 | For example , one can say of a brain process that it occupies a particular point in space or that it can be displayed on an oscilloscope screen ; whereas neither of these things could be said of , for example , the subjective sensation of the colour blue or of the thought that I hate Monday mornings . |
| 12 | He treats both subjects with a wit which is lucid and ambiguous at one and the same time , so that I recalled Charles Lamb 's remark about the possibility of obscurity through too much meaning . |
| 13 | I mean what about the E I C G , again this seems one that I thought might interest them ? |
| 14 | I would like to have said that I thought Mr. Braden should be reminded that there were ladies present , but instead I said , " I do n't know if the ladies enjoy this kind of talk very much . " |
| 15 | I got very drunk , and dreamt that I understood Walt Disney . |
| 16 | ‘ The allegations that I told Mr Sugar that Mr Clough liked a bung are untrue . |
| 17 | I forget how it was that I told Maurice Reckitt about it before Eliot , who usually received prior intelligence about my activities in this sphere . |
| 18 | Cos I say I know that I know Elizabeth Terrace well . |
| 19 | On holiday , when people look at my freckles and fair hair and warn me to keep out of the sun , I give a deep confident laugh and assure them that I turn mahogany brown . |
| 20 | It was at their home that I met Vene Graham who was the mother of Hellen 's best friend Shirley ( now Buchanan ) . |
| 21 | It was during the summer of 1941 that I met Valeria Cantoni , a girl whose parents owned land and a fine farm house at Ghiaie , near Fontanellato . |
| 22 | IT 'S not just because we 're serialising it that I recommend Jack Ashley 's autobiography . |
| 23 | I must explain that I have no phone in my study , to avoid interruption when I am working , and that I take phone calls in the dining-room … |
| 24 | … and that I take phone calls in the dining-room , on the other side of the hall . |
| 25 | But I believe she always felt that I had leadership potential and that one day I would have great responsibility . " |
| 26 | I remember that I had piano lessons there you see and dancing lessons there . |
| 27 | ‘ Brrr , ’ I said , shaking my head and pretending to myself that I had dogs jowls . |
| 28 | The facts are that I asked Warren Beatty not to cast Sean Young in the role for Dick Tracy . ’ |
| 29 | The only other major change is that I put Van Zandt pickups in them . |
| 30 | ‘ You will forgive me if I insist that I understand Mrs Frere better than you do yourself . |