Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I did n't want anything shoddy … something strong that would stand up to a bit of rough and tumble . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It was a direct result of seeing the need for something different that could allow people to go out to sea no matter what the weather was like outside , that I went to see the lifeboat just over a year ago . ’ |
| 3 | Designer of the stamps , Paul Hogarth , commented that ‘ Glasgow presents a wide spectrum of flamboyant Victorian architecture and it was quite a task to choose something symbolic that would make a good image on the stamps . |
| 4 | ‘ I should think he looked around for something heavy that would take glue , and with all that junk lying around there was bound to be something . |
| 5 | He was ever anxious about the weather and , when he could think of nothing else to be anxious about , he became worried that he must have forgotten something important that should have been causing him worry . |
| 6 | She stopped abruptly , and Belinda thought it was because she had been about to say something outspoken that would betray this afternoon 's confidences — ‘ A wife like Belinda , ’ or ‘ Someone to share your house and your life , ’ but when Faye did speak again her tone was not the breezy cover-up that Belinda had expected . |
| 7 | That baby Maria Luisa was that something precious that would bring Maria Luisa back to you . ’ |
| 8 | I believe with our experience that the Save The Children Fund can do something positive that will last . |
| 9 | I 'll have something ready that should make you feel better , and , before you ask me , yes , I did undress you and put you into my shirt . |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't find a mirror I liked or that was even the right size , so I decided to have one handmade that would incorporate the colours and the theme of the living room , ’ said Geoff . |
| 11 | I do n't understand them and think that I 'm never going to meet anybody nice that will accept me as a single parent . |
| 12 | Mr Paul might be making a great deal of money and becoming famous , and she 'd heard they had asked him to accept an honorary doctorate , whatever good that might do . |
| 13 | ‘ I really do n't see what good that would do , ’ snapped Miss Pinkney . |
| 14 | The usual way of coping with their father had been to make no reference to anything untoward that might have happened , for fear of bringing it all upon them again . |
| 15 | He calls himself a ‘ stopper , ’ with his greatest ability being able to pounce on anything earthbound that should cross his territory , but he also has a fine pair of catching hands , and he took many full-blooded cuts and slashes through the expansive point area during the World Cup . |
| 16 | Although finds can be spectacular objects like the gold mask on Tutankhamun 's mummy , or the pair of gold and millefiori glass shoulder clasps from Sutton Hoo , to an archaeologist , the term covers anything portable that can provide information about an archaeological site . |