Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [vb base] [pron] [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 there 's such unemployment , that the unemployment 's even higher , that I mean it 's pretty high in the area ,
2 I know that I mean he 's actually thick enough to go up there and sign on in his overalls .
3 Because any one of these two or three things that I show you is enough if it 's a surprise to them they will blow you out .
4 ‘ It 's been with me so long that I forget it 's there , but it can be a bit off-putting to strangers . ’
5 I think there 's a third fact that you touched on earlier that I think it 's just worth mentioning and that is that we know it 's also a genetic pre-disposition to anorexia nervosa , in other words , we know that in certain families it is a disorder that will run from one generation to another .
6 But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health .
7 The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public .
8 But I would say that I think it is only a matter of time before we , as a nation , produce a very good black golfer . "
9 It just happens that I do which is really why I was interested in doing the book .
10 But it , is n't it an awful situation when you , when you , when you look at it that evidence indicates that the erm the number of people that are either now elderly infirm or sick and and clearly that they all will have to face this , this , this terrible burden and I can not understand because there is , this , there is , there is er a total disarray within the Conservative party , that all their er er back bench er MP s are making representations to their erm their leader who possibly may not be a leader tomorrow but as long as he 's the leader today , John Major that he should do a rethink and here they are er you know , members of the same party , continuing to support something which is so idiosyncratic that you know it 's really beyond belief , er Chairman .
11 You do n't let yourself into someone else 's flat to use the telephone unless you are quite certain that he wo n't be coming back while you 're there , and that means that you know he is far enough away for you to be safe .
12 What you do with it once you 've brought it to the surface is another matter : it is enough for now that you acknowledge it is there and begin to discover ways of getting at it .
13 And then I think I want to ask you people the question , ‘ What is it that you do which is potentially interesting to the world ? ’ okay ?
14 I think there 's a third fact that you touched on earlier that I think it 's just worth mentioning and that is that we know it 's also a genetic pre-disposition to anorexia nervosa , in other words , we know that in certain families it is a disorder that will run from one generation to another .
15 For the vast majority of the work that we do there is very seldom any criticism , and in actual fact there is mostly a clamour for more activity and more and better work .
16 All these people — ’ he gestured wildly with a carpet roll of arm — ‘ they imagine that they perceive what is really there but they do n't .
17 Then make sure that they know what is there , how they can use it and why they should use it .
18 Yeah so I mean with , with younger people it 's , although th they 're still not , it 's still not going to be easy-easy er like with the older people , there 's still the , the disturbance element that in years to come they are not going to have this to fall back on because by the time that they retire it 's just not going to exist .
19 I mean the thing that they latch onto all the time is that they think it 's perfectly reasonable that they should compliment a young woman and so on , and I do see , Bill , that this is a problem because these men have been brought up like this and they think of themselves as being polite and courteous and , you know , a little flirtatious and doing all the things that actually they were taught women like and is rather nice .
20 ‘ Except that they say it 's certainly not game but butcher 's meat .
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