Example sentences of "that [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But anyway , she made me promise that my first day in New York , I 'd go to Statue of Liberty . |
| 32 | It all goes on in my head and I usually find that my first sketch depicts the piece I end up with . |
| 33 | That was like the day I had them out was the day that my first N H S appointment would have been and it it 's like , you know |
| 34 | So , I mean to me , I do n't know whether I 'm right , but that my first thought is that they must be buying it very |
| 35 | Nor did he dismiss it outright , though he said that my first duty should be to my family , with which of course I concurred . |
| 36 | That my first car , at thirty , should be fifth-hand , |
| 37 | ‘ But father told me that my first priority was to get the farm paid for . |
| 38 | Mr Caton also mentions that my first son , Rajiv , was dux at the school . |
| 39 | To say that my first game of the new season was out of the ordinary would be a massive understatement — never in 25 seasons of refereeing have I had to learn and interpret 19 law changes and then get to apply them first time up in a game in France between two clubs from England and Scotland ! |
| 40 | WILLIAMS : I would only say , sir , that my first motive was entirely such as became my function , however inexcusable I might seem . |
| 41 | In fact , it would be true to say that my first impression was of a man entirely dominated by a regular pattern of tight ginger curlicues of hair . |
| 42 | In one of my lectures to the Staff Colleges , The Bombing Years — A View from the Cockpit , I can say as pertinently as I can that my first bombing tour was a complete and utter waste of time . |
| 43 | I hope that my new home will be very much a friendly place for others . |
| 44 | But I was surprised to discover on my first full day at Thornfield that Mrs Fairfax was not in fact the owner , as I had assumed , but the housekeeper , and that my new master was a Mr Rochester , who was often away from home . |
| 45 | Most of the equipment is stored in the boot and the problem I now faced was that my new car had a smaller , different shaped boot . |
| 46 | I am lucky that my other hobby of dressmaking is also my job of work , but even if it was n't I would still enjoy making things . |
| 47 | ‘ Unlikely that my mental cogs can turn or unlikely that I will see anything ? ’ |
| 48 | The only possible excuse for her behaviour is that my temporary excision has gone to her head . |
| 49 | If you 'd told me your name , at least I 'd have been spared the sudden shock of finding that my temporary employer was last night 's rescuer ! ’ |
| 50 | I always thought that my Taurean nature — though on the cusp with Aries , looking forward towards another double-image sign , Gemini , which made for imbalance — was far from typical ; but certainly the bull was well and truly there in my strong sexuality . |
| 51 | I promised Claudia that my desperate need for a child was a magical , elemental desire , a sunny , smiling commitment to placing myself in time , a responsible appreciation of the ultimate inevitable selflessness of being alive , and acknowledgement of my need to escape a sorry hedonism , a way to face up to the past and accept the future . |
| 52 | But Mrs. Jewkes , to assure you that my good girl here has no malice , she chooses you to be her attendant at the ceremony tomorrow . |
| 53 | As it happens , I do not share the investments that my good friends the Labour party candidates happen to have made . |
| 54 | How unlucky it is that my good master is not at hoe . |
| 55 | I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family . |
| 56 | I 'm quite concerned that my four year old daughter is after a Sindy doll and wondering whether perhaps Sindy dolls should n't be produced in erm such diverse figures as real life ? |
| 57 | They kept me in hospital for a week , even though after the first day they were able to tell me that my violent indigestion following my curry debauch had not dislodged — or even seriously inconvenienced my small passenger . |
| 58 | Running downstairs we found that my eldest sister , Gertrude , who had been helping Mum , had caught her fingers in the rollers . |
| 59 | The fact of it is that my five years are now up and hence my retirement is over . |
| 60 | ‘ The reason I have chosen to inconvenience this auspicious gathering is that my foul murderer is among you . ’ |