Example sentences of "[adj] that [subord] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She is probably afraid that if Anthony likes you too much she will be excluded , ’ she said slowly through the pain . |
| 2 | But in his lordship 's day , that room was regularly required , as was the long table that occupied it , to seat thirty or more guests for dinner ; in fact , the banqueting hall is so spacious that when necessity demanded it , further tables were added to the existing one to enable almost fifty to be seated . |
| 3 | He was slightly deaf and it was only natural that when Jane asked him if he liked Dylan Thomas , he replied : ‘ Gin and tonic ? |
| 4 | He 's worried that if Zekel knows he has a Porsche , the Jew will drive a harder bargain and the haggling between them — which is already prolonged — will become interminable . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's certainly true that if people suggest they will go to the appeal procedure then we will do almost everything we can to avoid that , which means in some cases we 're letting people get away with something that you would n't let others get away with , simply because they 're being difficult — well , not being difficult , they would be just exercising their rights . ’ |