Example sentences of "[pron] that [modal v] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Get out your grammar books and I will explain a few things to you that will help your conversation if you can get them into your so stupid heads . |
| 2 | Pascoe was walking through their house , ten years before , going from room to room , first puzzled , then anxious , then searching for something that would explain her absence . |
| 3 | I am sure your grandmother would have wanted you to spend it on something that would bring you happiness . |
| 4 | In her early days , looking for something that would make her consultancy just that little bit different , she chose to have an all-women agency . |
| 5 | Jack often thought he was n't quick enough to match Charlie 's easy repartee , but now he had thought of something that would make his friend smile . |
| 6 | While some British officials were interested in the Schuman Plan , the Labour Party rejected it as something that would limit its ability to strive for democratic Socialism in Britain ‘ and to apply the economic controls necessary to achieve it ’ . |
| 7 | She looked wistfully up the companionway to the square of blue sky , but fought the urge to go up on deck , scared he might ask her to do something that would reveal her ignorance . |
| 8 | ‘ Too busy to do something that might benefit your mother ? ’ |
| 9 | Something that might save his life . |
| 10 | It 's different when a respected UK dealer makes substantiated claims for something that will affect his reputation for better or worse . |
| 11 | You may find something that will affect your decision . |
| 12 | ‘ Give me a minute and I 'll come up with something that will turn your face the same colour as your tie ! ’ |
| 13 | Working among books was , on the face of it , a ladylike occupation , Mrs Broome had thought , and one that would bring her daughter into contact with a refined , intellectual type of person . |
| 14 | He had a choice of two shots and he played the most difficult one — the one that would make his ball stop better and hold . |
| 15 | But I do know at least one of his choices , the one that would top his list : something by the Shotts Pipe Band . |
| 16 | Barbera Garfi suggests one that will work its magic on them |
| 17 | It 's generally accepted that the ideal fitness programme is one that will push your pulse to between 70 and 80 per cent of your maximum heart rate and keep it there for at least 20 minutes , at least three times a week . |
| 18 | Still prefers to work by himself — a trait of which he is aware , but one that could make him retreat into a bubble when he most needs help . |
| 19 | What demon was inside him that could take her soul from her with one look ? |
| 20 | Do n't heat up bottles of formula in the microwave — there might be hidden ‘ heat spots ’ in it that could burn your baby 's mouth . |
| 21 | So , go to a considerable amount of trouble to , first , find the point where your story has to begin , where the first absolutely necessary fact has to be put before the reader , then work equally hard to find a form of words to state it that will catch your reader as firmly as Ruth Rendell catches hers . |
| 22 | Three things about myself that might get in the way of me being assertive are : Three things about myself that will help me reach my goals are : |
| 23 | Ace was uncertain whether or not to say anything that might disturb his concentration more than the noise outside did . |
| 24 | There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way . |
| 25 | By middle age I had discovered that everything I wanted to do , every attitude I announced , every desire I expressed , anything that might give me joy appeared to contradict the wishes of someone else . |
| 26 | Your parents are legally responsible for you and one of them ought to know about anything that might affect your health , either emotionally or physically . |
| 27 | I 'm a pretty perceptive person , I understand people quite well , but I never dreamt that my mother could do anything that would damage my daughter so greatly . |
| 28 | First , the hon. Gentleman is terrified of saying anything that would upset his trade union paymasters ; secondly , he is afraid to do anything that would remind the electorate of the chains that bind his party to those paymasters — the bosses of the trade unions . |
| 29 | She went into the hall , glad of anything that would take her mind from Dana for a few minutes . |
| 30 | Editor , — Allyson M Pollock and Azeem Majeed 's arguments in response to our editorial on consultant episodes could perhaps be summarised as ‘ the internal market is intrinsically flawed and we should not do anything that would delay its demise . ’ |