Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | For you must really endeavour to get ahead with your composition , and that you can do if you have in readiness copies of symphonies and divertimenti to present to a Prince or to some other patron … the divertimenti can be copied very quickly , even though it is true that yours have a number of parts and are rather long … |
2 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
3 | It was then that I experienced a side of Max that I had not known before : he was most caring and attentive , almost maternal , getting doctors and nurses , staying with me and looking after me in every way . |
4 | I know that I laughed a lot , and that Will said it was a stupid play , with not a word of poetry in it . |
5 | When I went to the Royal Courts of Justice , the judge knew what he was going to give me , and I got three years ' probation , on condition that I stay at the hostel for a year and that I attend a day centre . |
6 | But it was not until three mornings later that I spotted a horse and cart arrive . |
7 | I was so angry that I wrote a furious letter to him accusing him of being un-Christian and ignorant , and also wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury , whom I also regard as ineffectual . |
8 | It was at about that time that I wrote a paper entitled — I hoped provocatively — ‘ What should a biochemistry of learning and memory be about ? ’ |
9 | Er I mean , you will know that I wrote a book called No time for Ostriches in when I was on the back benches , in favour of work fare . |
10 | The weather then turned very cold , so cold in fact , that I installed a heater to warm the water up . |
11 | ‘ Well , I suppose now that you 've dragged it out of Edna , I shall have to say that I remember a man and my mother in a yellow frock looking unusually pretty and being angry that they would n't take any notice of me when I tried to get their attention . |
12 | ‘ I ca n't say that I remember a case . |
13 | There was little to repel a European , yet it was with wide eyes that I saw a ‘ Trans-World Tours ’ motor coach taking its pale-skinned passengers through the town . |
14 | ‘ I thought , ’ Phillis said , ‘ that I saw a shadow . ’ |
15 | I thought once or twice that I saw a glint of sardonic amusement in Conchis 's eyes , but I could n't be sure . |
16 | If I said to John and Joanne erm that I saw a boy running up the ginnel no you understand ? |
17 | It was not until I reached Redcar that I saw a Northern Echo placard lettered Death of King . |
18 | ‘ And that I bring a friend . ’ |
19 | If I have , I can arrange the pattern so that I 've a complete repeat at the edge of the knitting . |
20 | It was in this splendid fifteenth-century monument to the high architectural taste of the Catholic sovereigns that I read a message written by a fifteenth-century schoolboy on his classroom wall : Aquí supo lo que es bueno , y lo que es malo , / Lo que es dulce , y lo que es amaro ( Here I had knowledge of what is good , and of what is bad , / Of what is sweet , and of what is bitter ) . |
21 | Alec Reid picked me up sharp at six , and gave an approving glance at my clean shirt , spotless white trousers ( bought off the peg in Sydney ) and the fact that I wore a tie . |
22 | Perhaps you know that I married a man who was very cruel to me . |
23 | For example , how does it happen that I married a good Catholic at seventeen and here I am at thirty-something , childless ? |
24 | When filling small cracks , I 've found that I get a smooth finish , which requires little or no sanding , of I roll over the crack with a paint roller a few times , while the filler is still damp . , . |
25 | Erm the only reason this is an issue that I get a cooking for as Research Process Manager anyway , as Audit Manager I need to have other booking forms , and the only booking forms and additional booking forms I need are all jobs which then got to Mrs which are the so I ask please make amendment to put Audit Manager in and I do n't think we need to specify . |
26 | Course Helena Mrs Hold My Drink , not that I get a hangover every single time or anything . |
27 | Well I understand that I mean a lot of people do that . |
28 | Well thing is that I mean a lot of these jobs , I mean er yeah they recognize that , I mean a lot of them yo they think you 're as thick as shit and treat you like you 're as thick as shit just because you 're doing a thick as shit job but you know they ca n't necessarily give you more |
29 | I could not be bled and have been dealt more than a hundred blows so that I got a thorough grinding . ) |
30 | I just recall that I got a bit of a shock when I heard they found him on MOD property . |