Example sentences of "that [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dear Guitarist I am writing this letter in the hope that I may save a lot of Gibson-lovers grief with their pickups . |
| 32 | oh , give me that I 'll have a bit of it thank you |
| 33 | Well one of the obvious pluses is that I 'll have a chance to do what I want to do when I want to do it . |
| 34 | Aye have a look , while you 're doing that I 'll have a look at what bits and pieces see if I talk to you for a minute about these |
| 35 | And I have to sort it out , sit there , sort it out and then work out how much it 's gon na come to , and then I know then when I go to the shop I know what to get , and I know when it goes in the cupboard I know that I 'll have a meal for every day of the week . |
| 36 | Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ? |
| 37 | The pressure from London , however , was unrelenting : ‘ Gould has been so clamorous lately ’ , Lear wrote to Jardine , ‘ at my not having done any Birds of Europe for him , that I must do a batch for him without further delay . ’ |
| 38 | Judge William Crowford told Riley : ‘ It 's a matter of great regret that I must pass a prison sentence on someone with a good record like yourself . ’ |
| 39 | I hope that I will have an opportunity to meet many students in the forthcoming series of meetings being held through the regional actuarial societies . |
| 40 | I 've just been told that I will receive a grant from the Education and Library Board , which will be used to support my children and pay part of the course costs , ’ explained Nikki . |
| 41 | ‘ I give you my word , ’ she said intensely , ‘ that I will find a man who can save Swift for us all , and then I 'll marry him . ’ |
| 42 | I just feel sometimes that I can throw a rock into a pool , and watch the ripples create a certain amount of discussion . ’ |
| 43 | These people never realize that I can stand a row better than any of them , he thought . |
| 44 | I like to know that I can paint a hand or fingernail in great detail , almost photographically in contrast to areas of detail . |
| 45 | Yes , thought Dyson , at that I can feel a pricking behind the lids of my eyes ! |
| 46 | But we hope so , but I do n't I 'm not facetious enough to think that I can change a personality in a person , but what we 're trying to do is make him feel a loving and a commitment , that we are providing him with the best we can . |
| 47 | It is only with the help of adult hindsight and historical analysis that I can detect a period charged with political tension , of doomed innocence in waiting . |
| 48 | I tell them I am making a good living , that I can support a child , that I want a baby more than anything , but they refuse . ’ |
| 49 | The Lea & Perrins box this time , where Serafin sat , so that I can keep an eye on Summerchild . |
| 50 | You ca n't go wrong , because I 'm so used to doing these operations that I can keep an eye on the cat 's breathing at the same time . ’ |
| 51 | First , I would like you to drive me to Taunton , so that I can catch a train back to London , in order to be at the Variety Theatre this evening for — among other things — a performance of The Hooded Owl . ’ |
| 52 | It 's not often that I can say a piece of equipment is inspiring , but reviewing the A2 actually got me coming up with some ideas that I just had to get on tape . |
| 53 | Next morning over breakfast I decide to go back into Þingeyri to catch a plane back to Ísafjöđ3ur in the hope that I can get a boat or bus from there . |
| 54 | I still hope that I can tie a deal up next week . ’ |
| 55 | It 's about 1½ ″ below my shoulders and I am trying to grow it so that I can have a style that 's cut straight across the bottom . |
| 56 | ‘ She 's having a short stay in hospital at the moment so that I can have a holiday . |
| 57 | And they told me that I can have a job back there any time I want . ’ |
| 58 | There is no way that I could skive a session , even if I wanted to , wearing my yellow and tartan suit ! |
| 59 | in my view thrown off without any reasonable excuse , because I felt that I could bring a lot of expertise to the health authority . |
| 60 | Do you seriously expect that I could contemplate an assignation with a man whose wife is lying in a hospital bed ? ’ |