Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [that] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm over my paranoia that she 's taken over my life . |
| 2 | Yet it is she whom Abraham hands over to Sarah to do with as she pleases , and who is treated so cruelly by her mistress that she is forced to escape into the sands . |
| 3 | The priest , understandably , flees ; the wife tells her husband that he is running off with the partridges , with the result that the husband pursues the priest brandishing his knife , apparently confirming what the wife told the priest . |
| 4 | Before she is able to break the news to her husband that she is leaving him , Alex dies in a hideous , and strangely convenient boating accident . |
| 5 | If one 's companion says ( a little artificially ) ‘ Quite so ’ ( perhaps ‘ Quite so , what of it ? ’ ) she is expressing her belief that it is raining . |
| 6 | But one artist is so entranced by their beauty that he 's painted nothing else for the last six years . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) An instrument shall not be a deed unless — ( a ) it makes it clear on its face that it is intended to be a deed by the person making it , or , as the case may be , by the parties to it ( whether by describing itself as a deed or expressing itself to be executed or signed as a deed or otherwise ) ; and ( b ) it is validly executed as a deed by that person or , as the case may be , one or more of those parties . |
| 8 | The old form of the testimonium was usually as follows : IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have caused their common seals ( for corporations ) to be hereunto affixed the day and year first before written or IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have hereunto placed their hands and seals ( for individuals ) the day and year first before written Section 1 of the Law of Property ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1989 coupled with s 36A of the Companies Act 1985 have introduced changes to the execution of deeds by providing that a document shall not be a deed unless it is clear on its face that it is intended to be a deed . |
| 9 | I mean , you know , ho how does that relate to his pattern that he 's talking about ? |
| 10 | One stratagem a fiction writer can employ to persuade his audience that he is writing fact is to append yards of references . |
| 11 | The man is very good at making widgets , he makes widgets , but he does n't tell his bank that he 's doing well . |
| 12 | May I , in the interest of domestic bliss , remind us of an old joke : a man tells his doctor that he is giving up drinking , smoking and sex and asks if he will live longer . |
| 13 | First a man has become so desperate to sell his house that he 's offering cash help with the mortgage . |
| 14 | He is so true to his roots that he is buying his first home in ‘ mean street , ’ Philadelphia , the tough district where his father and several friends were killed . |
| 15 | So did I hear you say to your Mum that there 's gon na be a ra exactly the same rap at a |
| 16 | ‘ It seems my nephew is so besotted with your sister that he 's treated his parents with arrant discourtesy , walking away from the opportunity of meeting his father 's cousin who is flying in from the States — a man who could be influential in his future career . |
| 17 | well , mm this is the point at the end of the day to prove the truth , you 've got ta prove in your mind that there is gon na be a separate sort of clasp between the what , there , there is a scripture , I think |
| 18 | We may take a mild-mannered horse , one that is bottom of the pecking order at home , out to ride in the company of others — perhaps at a show or on a trail ride — and find to our embarrassment that it is threatening to kick every horse in sight . |
| 19 | So I do believe in me soul that she 's working for me . |