Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Was that branding so early and deep that nothing would heal over it ?
2 The power of the sword was so great that nothing could stand against him .
3 There have been several kidnappings for ransom recently and I 'm just taking precautions to ensure that nothing will happen to you .
4 Apart from the problem of dealing with large numbers of frightened refugees , there was also an election coming up on 10 May , and the political factions in the town were anxious that nothing should interfere with it , so there was a concerted effort to play down the possible risk .
5 For if there really is only one version of good primary practice then it becomes obvious that everyone should subscribe to it .
6 In terms of a debate , he will be aware that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has called for debates in the Scottish Grand Committee and I hope that everyone will contribute to them .
7 Now , obviously , you know , yo getting the menopause out into the open so that everyone can talk about it , exchange information that that it 's not seen as a as a taboo or something to be particularly fearful of by men or women is n't going to be much good if it just makes everybody worry for er , for for the first half of o o o of their lives and , and then gibber through the second half !
8 The elder regretfully explained the villagers ' belief that the mountain was sacred , and that no-one should venture upon it higher than the Monastery of Saint James .
9 I replied that I was sorry to hear it but that I might return to him later , and enclosed a copy of Pursuit .
10 Everything he had done was for this final purpose , " that I might dwell among them " ( Exodus 29:43–46 ) .
11 When I think that up until last night I was even hoping that I might look at you and wonder what it had all been about — that I 'd feel nothing !
12 At the back of my mind was the feeling that I would bump into you in the street .
13 Did she not understand that I would look after her , that 1 would see to it that she was safe and well ?
14 But one thing that I would share with you and it 's this , is that whenever the friends of Jesus eat and drink together they remember him his sacrificial love for them and the wonderful gift of freedom that he has made possible .
15 Cos this next story that I would to share with you is about a boy who I must have everybody sitting on their bottoms all alone please .
16 I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care .
17 I feel confident because I know I came out to help : directly , by leading them as well as an officer can ; indirectly , by watching their sufferings so that I may plead for them as well as I can .
18 I wanner go up in a pile a smoke an' flames an' eye shadder an' levver shoes an' dancin' an' all that I 'll go like them girls in the magazines Sharon an' you ai n't goin' ter stop me .
19 You have a set of notes here now I 'm not gon na start at page one and work right through to page whatever it is erm they are there for you to take away for you to make notes during these two days er and for you to take away so that they 're they 're for revision and er there are as Bob 's just discovering pages where a I 'll ask you to make make specific notes er that I 'll supply to you as we go along .
20 ‘ Of course , the twins are well past the nappy stage — or I imagine they must be — and , since I 've promised Liz that I 'll look after them , you can be sure that I 'll do what I can . ’
21 The title is imitated from the delightful Ivy and Stevie ( about Ivy Compton-Burnett and Stevie Smith by Kay Dick , though my materials are very different from hers and therefore the pattern that I shall construct from them must also be very different .
22 These questions are extremely difficult to answer from empirical data historically , but their importance means inevitably that I shall return to them in later chapters .
23 I have not yet beckoned to her so that she will come running to me , so that I shall lie with her today and tonight and tomorrow , and for a great many tomorrows .
24 ‘ As a matter of interest , he specifically stressed that I must talk to you on an impersonal basis only . ’
25 ‘ It is not often , ’ said Hugh with a rueful smile , ‘ that I must listen to you as the devil 's advocate , where a youngster in trouble is concerned .
26 I have just written down that I must write to him ,
27 Sir : I feel that I must write to you concerning the Practical PC Direct marketing product , the ‘ Handy Fast Rack Dispenser ’ that ‘ holds 3.5in and 5.25in disks and attaches easily to your monitor ’ .
28 I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl , and , as I promised to assist you at starting , I am happy to tell you that I will pay to you one hundred and fifty pounds yearly during my life , and until your annual income derived from your profession of a Chancery barrister shall amount to six hundred guineas , of which your own admission will be the only evidence that I shall receive or require .
29 I promise that I will look into it and can I , can report back to you if you wish me to when it comes out .
30 I know not to expect her to react in the way other dogs do , and she knows that I will look after her and she does n't have to be quite so independent .
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