Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] [that] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He subsequently served as its legal adviser , and it is thanks to him that it obtained its Light Railway Order and was enabled to operate under a lease agreement until purchase negotiations were concluded . |
| 2 | At the time you enter a Deed of Covenant , the covenant should be capable of lasting for more than 3 years , and there should be the intention by you that it does so . |
| 3 | Fergus had been so intensely aware of every separate part of her that it had been a pain and a torment . |
| 4 | So I think we are actually obliged , and it 's right that people should be consulted , but there is a point about it that it takes an awful long time and that is actually the reason why we 've got er a whole programme of urban safety management schemes that er are taking a long time to develop , it 's almost two years now , and the main reason for that is toing and froing with different designs with members of the public and the worst thing we could do is actually put in a package of schemes which people say , well that 's not what we wanted anyway . |
| 5 | Second point : although you obviously have such a low opinion of me that it does n't strain your credulity to believe that I was making love to two women at once , one of them married , I ca n't believe that even you could see me in the role of toy-boy . |
| 6 | He learned to use his charm , and ‘ it became ’ , his biographer says , ‘ so strong a factor in him that it resembled great beauty in a woman ’ . |
| 7 | She felt her heart swell , so full of love for him that it ached , and , blinking back the tears that blurred and fragmented his image , she drew in a deep , steadying breath and examined the wound . |
| 8 | She could tell by the feel of it that it had some papers inside , but she did not look at them . |
| 9 | " And a good thing for you that it does , " said Clelia , with a sudden asperity , " or you 'd be out on your ear . |
| 10 | You were standing by the boat , demanding that I let you on board , and I felt such a raw , aching need lance through me that it shocked me . |