Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considering the possibly apocalyptic and doom-laden task we have on hand , the least we could reasonably expect is high winds , torrential rain , thunder , lightning , tempests , tornadoes and all those other adverse weather conditions that King Lear encountered on his walkabout around the blasted heath . |
| 2 | And it would encourage Duke William to forget any silly ideas about the succession that King Edward put into his head . ’ |
| 3 | Editor , — I practise in ‘ the large sparsely populated area of rich farming country ’ in the east of Gwent that Roger Robinson mentions in his article on community care . |
| 4 | It is an exciting garden , the hedges and paths divide it so that you come upon different parts almost by surprise , such as the scented garden , the woodland garden , built around some of the trees that Colonel Mitchell left behind him , with a sturdy wooden tree-house for the children , and the patio garden where the Prince sits and does paperwork during the summer months to the soothing sound of water , which springs from a sculpture he commissioned of stone whales . |
| 5 | Even then , they can lose the post for the most bizarre reasons ; Downing Street myth has it that Richard Cobb failed on his first attempt to get the Oxford Chair of Modern History because he wore bicycle clips throughout his interview . |
| 6 | The first indication that Richard Branson had of his young protégé 's dramatic metamorphosis came with a telephone call . |
| 7 | Gender was not a variable that Wright Mills considered in his analysis of the social backgrounds of social pathologists ( thus indicating his own low level of awareness about such matters ) . |
| 8 | He also admired the professionalism that Edward Bawden brought to his work in a variety of graphic media . |
| 9 | Though the shooting on the film set , if it was n't accidental , implied that Nigel Steen knew of his involvement , he still might not have realized the direct connection with Jacqui , and certainly was no nearer getting the Hereford Road address . |
| 10 | ‘ Did you tell Rex that Alan Dysart worked for you in Swindon during university vacations ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I can just see that Kim Bassinger falling for you , ’ I told him . |
| 12 | I will definitely be hanging on to the sweat-stained handkerchief that Tom Jones tossed to my mother back in the Sixties . |
| 13 | We know that the controls over tobacco sponsorship of sport do not have the affect that Mr. Lawson attributes to them , because all the academic research shows that the tobacco industry 's sponsorship of sport is aimed at a younger market . |
| 14 | Thomas Martyn ( who early in the next century brought out a revised edition of Miller 's later large Dictionary ) said of the signatories ‘ I have reason to suppose that the above were united in a society for the improvement of gardening , that Mr. Miller acted as their secretary and that the work was in some degree the produce of their joint efforts ’ . |
| 15 | ( 6 ) is very similar : given the opinion that Sir Jee had of himself , he could not understand what could lead someone to speak to him in such a way . |
| 16 | ‘ You must not think that Sir Charles spoke to anyone about you , ’ I said . |
| 17 | The Prime Minister will no doubt have noticed the interesting exception that President Bush made in his state of the union message to Congress , when he said that his Government were too big and spent too much . |
| 18 | The success that Mr Clinton made of his economic package — the speed with which Congress passed his deficit-reduction measures , the positive reaction in the markets — convinced too many that he would turn all he touched to gold . |
| 19 | Yes Mr Chairman I 'm not clear erm about something that Mr Gordon said in his opening remarks that I 'd like clarified and that is that he gave the committee the impression that there were er certain of the of the partners that were accepting erm a lower specification in other words , omitting from the what is the British best if you like , erm certain items of of equipment in order to reduce cost of the aircraft , both in development stage and at the production stage , final cost of the aircraft , unit cost . |
| 20 | I shall tell Mr Harker about this when I next see him and I shall make sure that Mr Thacker knows about it first thing tomorrow ! ’ |
| 21 | He claimed that Mr Maltby lunged at him so he punched him , knocking him to the ground . |
| 22 | This could be ( and has been ) achieved not only by investigative journalism and television documentaries , which do appear to have influenced the general level of awareness amongst American citizens to such an extent that Spiro Agnew referred to it as the ‘ post-Watergate ’ morality . |
| 23 | It was when tea was over that Mrs Kirkley said to her daughter , ‘ Would you like to take Millie round the garden , dear ? ’ |
| 24 | You will recall that Mrs Carrington spoke of her husband losing his rationality , and yet that he wanted to retain control over his fate . |
| 25 | All that Mrs Browning required of her , surely , was that she should be docile and self-contained and grateful . |
| 26 | I saw that Mrs Fairfax approved of my correct behaviour , and I knew that he respected me for it . |
| 27 | The exercises are often based on potential clients that Robson Rhodes has within its sights . |
| 28 | In short , the ‘ evidence ’ that Trevor Roper presents for his belief in ‘ historical free will ’ already presupposes it.ii |
| 29 | Because if there was anything that Emily Mahon wanted for her little princess , it was a transformed life . |
| 30 | The primary task that de Gaulle set for himself in 1944 and to which he devoted the rest of his political life was the reconstitution of the French state into a state that could unite the nation , mobilize its energies , provide vigorous leadership , and stabilize France 's erratic course through the twentieth century . |