Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [pron] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggest that you rapidly review your attitude to your wife 's sexual and emotional needs — before she starts looking for love play elsewhere . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 3 | A few minutes later he 's explaining that he recently left his agent at the powerful Creative Artists Agency so that , unlike almost everyone else in Hollywood , he would n't have to hand over ten per cent of everything he earned . |
| 4 | Please say that I finally look my age at least ! ’ |
| 5 | It is not uncommon for a couple who have had the sadness of producing a heavily disabled or diseased baby to find that they later lose their desire for intercourse . |
| 6 | I have used this set-up to photograph cichlids , but I found that they invariably show their fright colours and not their lovely breeding colours . |
| 7 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 8 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 9 | I fear that he greatly over-estimated our combined literary and administrative abilities . |
| 10 | ANYONE who has watched birds sleeping will have noticed that they frequently open their eyes for a moment , or ‘ peek ’ . |
| 11 | Now she was a young widow , dignified but vulnerable , busy but not tastelessly careerist ; she believed that she always put her family first . |
| 12 | Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH says that it now expects its subscriber base to reach 200,000 next month , ahead of plan , but still expects the level to be between 300,000 and 350,000 by year-end ; it is still looking for profits in 1994-95 . |
| 13 | Either way it makes you feel that you still have your wheels on the track . |
| 14 | So you figure that he either hit his approaches stiff — or off the radar screen . |
| 15 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 16 | His dark face was framed by raven-black hair so perfectly cut that it barely changed its set as he moved . |
| 17 | Was it because the Holy Ones feared that the key to this inner knowledge and the inner voice would be misused that they never revealed their knowledge ? |
| 18 | All that we saw on that Thursday night was O going home on his own once more ; though if we had watched closely we would have seen that he simply left his stool and did not say Goodnight , Mother . |
| 19 | In the minds of many people the word ‘ punishment ’ is equated with physical punishment : smacking , caning , slapping and the like Not surprisingly those parents who are against physical punishment in principle are quite likely to assert that they never punish their offspring . |
| 20 | But in the same column Beatrice complains that she nearly had her apartment burnt down after casually remarking that artists were rarely able to distinguish between their good work and their bad and therefore only critics could decide upon the value of a work . |
| 21 | Evidence shows that they actually enjoy their training . |
| 22 | Clare and Dawn , and former receptionist Angela Pelling ( who now works in the Transport Department with Hazel Thorpe ) were all previously hairdressers , but are agreed that they much prefer their work at Rentokil . |
| 23 | They can not insist that you only have their full service . |
| 24 | It was later to be alleged that he deliberately falsified his nationality , claiming to be English when he was not . |
| 25 | His face was an arrangement of harsh lines so discouraging that she almost lost her nerve and backed out . |
| 26 | ‘ You know that I nearly broke my word to you about drinking just now , McAllister . ’ |
| 27 | You know that I always keep my word . ’ |
| 28 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 29 | May I hope that you too enjoyed our talk — and may I have the pleasure of calling on you . |
| 30 | It was rumoured that he even had his neckties specially made . |