Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furious at being treated as if she were a brainless bimbo , she raised her eyebrows , giving him back such a measured look that he actually coloured a little and moved away . |
| 2 | In 1370 , when the war had resumed , the clerical representatives would agree only to a grant of two tenths instead of the three sought ; the prelates , however , had already conceded three tenths , and their pressure and that of royal delegations eventually coerced the proctors of the lesser clergy into acquiescing , once again in the expressed hope that their grievances would be remedied . |
| 3 | I suggested to RCA in America that instead of going the normal route that they try makin' a classy but inexpensive TV ad and get it on during shows like The David Letterman Show . |
| 4 | We still cherished the idea of putting together a ‘ counterblast ’ ; but I perceived in due course that we had begun to differ regarding the objective to be demolished . |
| 5 | De Beauvoir 's lifelong habit of keeping her emotions under ‘ constant , rigid control ’ is seen to have its origins in the repressive upbringing that her mother attempted to impose . |
| 6 | Erm so I think it 's important to realize as I said before with er with you know with the ma mah-jongg or whatever and opium smoking , you know that he 's , it 's not just a political struggle that he 's |
| 7 | Sean , you could n't have been that shit-faced that you could n't go upto the Roger and ask him whether he was Roger or not ? |
| 8 | all that money that they keep demanding from the er th wa th wa the firms and such like that ought to have been ploughed back into the firm ! |
| 9 | you 're going to work in there , you 've just been given a , your , your standard value which is gross , thousand and thousand of dollars , now how are you going to spend that money that you 've got for |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , that money that I took to the taxi rank this morning . |
| 11 | It was that money that she used to pay the mortgage . |
| 12 | I wo n't bore you with all the usual shit that you must hear every day of the week … how absolutely wonderful it all is , blah blah blah , and the clichéd ‘ Any time you 're in New York ’ line . ’ |
| 13 | It was a strange coincidence that he made his final sailing to America on the day that his closest friend , Mr Huddlestone , was buried . |
| 14 | I assure my hon. Friend that we look forward to receiving any further written representations that he has in addition to the cogent case that he has put before the House today . |
| 15 | She wanted to make a finished that bit that I 'm on . |
| 16 | She took a look at this man before her and summed him up in five seconds flat : he was from the country ; he was perspiring because he was wearing his one and only suit which was too heavy for the weather ; his shoes were outrageous , huge , clod-hopping things , but at least they had been polished ; his hands were heavy , his fingers thick as sausages so he was definitely a man of the land ; despite all that , he was quite polite and well-spoken though with a strong accent that she could identify as being Scottish but from which part of Scotland she could not say ; for some reason she was quite sure he was a liar . |
| 17 | The whole concept of quotas should be abandoned because of the economic damage that they cause by preventing the proper and flexible use of farmers ' resources and assets and by preventing technological innovation . |
| 18 | And it 's only after that decision that you are aware of any crowd reaction . |
| 19 | It was a metallic smell that you could somehow taste , which she found quite unpleasant . |
| 20 | In 1955 , after months of agonizing , Dennis and Millie Jones finally made the momentous decision that they would leave the security of tiny Maesteg in Mid Glamorgan and head for a new life of the other side of the world . |
| 21 | He took care to appear blithely unworried as he strolled with his staff , for he knew only too well how the French sympathizers in the city were looking for any sign of allied defeatism that they could turn into an argument to demoralize the Dutch-Belgian troops . |
| 22 | What do you mean , you sit there and that 's all I get for about two hours is a load of bloody shit that you go work , you do this to spend it all on bills ! |
| 23 | The car is travelling at about 100 mph on the straights and braking hard before corners ; but it is stable enough for me to make notes and so quiet in the leather and teak-lined cabin that we can easily hear each other through out helmets . |
| 24 | It provides the clearest description that I have yet found on the use of 50 millesimals in practice and in addition conveys a sense of excitement which makes one eager to try out this ‘ new ’ form of prescribing . |
| 25 | In the latter half of the twentieth century , belief in Sandys ' nuclear philosophy counted for less than the political opportunity that it provided for ending National Service . |
| 26 | Perhaps , humanly speaking , some of us had doubted during a period of economic recession that we would achieve such a level of giving but God had been honoured . |
| 27 | I trust that the above arrangements cover all aspects of the due diligence that you plan to undertake . |
| 28 | I settle to a large Lagavulin in relief , and watch Martin Stephenson illustrate just why he is a full-time professional and I am a dilettante moonlighting journalist with the eternal excuse that there might be a column in it . |
| 29 | If you have difficulty doing this , use your listening to ascertain what emotional response the speaker is feeling ; then ask yourself whether you have a relevant emotional experience that you can offer as encouragement to help them express their response . |
| 30 | But could that not be a new chance for a man to find in later life ‘ an emotional experience that he missed when his children were young ’ ? |