Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] that " in BNC.

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1 There 's particular questioning about my proposition that joint commissioning erm , should remain distinct from I think , the joint planning arrangements .
2 ‘ Is there something about my work that 's been bothering you , Headmaster ? ’
3 the issues about my performance that I 'd like the team to discuss with me are …
4 ‘ But there 's one thing about my husband that I really do n't like .
5 There 's nothing about me that erm , excuse me , there 's nothing about my body that is essential to me , nothing about my body that individuates me and that 's why erm I take it one might think that erm I could actually be changed into a different body , so .
6 There 's nothing about me that erm , excuse me , there 's nothing about my body that is essential to me , nothing about my body that individuates me and that 's why erm I take it one might think that erm I could actually be changed into a different body , so .
7 And there are other things about my job that remind me too much of Ghostbusters for comfort .
8 He always liked to tell me things about my lover that my lover kept from me .
9 Well what you 've got to do now is think about your own house and in the same way you 've just thought about it and say what is there about my house that would attract somebody to try and break into it .
10 It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 .
11 But that 's during my time that I remember .
12 Mentally I was prepared to cope with it you see , I 'd made my mind up right through my marriage that I would .
13 The thought ran through my mind that the old man probably had a pocket full of money he had begged and stolen .
14 It flashed through my mind that I was close .
15 ‘ It never went through my mind that we had left Becky and Emma behind , ’ he said .
16 It flashed through my mind that it was someone who was allowed out in the grounds of Bourani and down at Moutsa only on pain of keeping herself concealed .
17 For my character that 's been her hook on life , she sees it as a way of competing with women who are brighter or have got more of a start in life .
18 Is he aware that there will be a wide welcome for my assurance that an incoming Labour Government will review each and every one of these decisions to ensure that the size and structure of the regiments in Scotland and throughout the United Kingdom reflect our military needs , and not the political expediency of the Tory party ?
19 I begged the King so often for my freedom that at last he and his lords agreed that I need not be a prisoner any longer .
20 And for my money that does not include such activities as flipping through Who 's Who , taking a telephone directory off the shelf , or getting hold of a mate 's mate on the blower .
21 We never came to any agreement , but I can say for my part that I developed fairly firm ideas of my own on the matter during the course of such discussions , and they are by and large the beliefs I still hold today .
22 Do you really expect me to believe that it 's out of respect for my position that you insist on calling me Mr Vass ? ’
23 I shall offer no further argument for my claim that our political life recognizes integrity as a political virtue .
24 It was important for my self-esteem that he was a successful , sexually confident person who wanted me .
25 I was so anxious not to be late for my appointment that I got to Passy two hours early .
26 I feel compassion for my soul that has been indelibly marked with the rubber stamp of religion and nationality and defiled by innumerable stains , not the least of them being those caused by myself — for we scourge ourselves terribly .
27 It is perhaps better for my soul that I have been , instead , undistinguished and obscure .
28 It was a long time after their invention that yarn spinners adapted them for their own purposes .
29 Although you will certainly be concerned about the start itself , it is n't tremendously significant : it is how you sail relative to the rest of the fleet after their start that really matters .
30 Nevertheless liberalism succeeded in destroying the fueros and it was only after its triumph that conservative liberals challenged the maxim that ‘ centralization is neither more nor less than liberty itself ’ .
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