Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also she still hoped to rid herself of her burden , which had persisted in her despite Paul 's nightly penetrations and her own constant daily walking , as if that would shed it ; walking , as now , with the almost waddling gait of a heavily pregnant woman . |
| 2 | I was waiting with both hands over my ears , as if that would do something . ’ |
| 3 | This ‘ position ’ has become a ritual , where the word is repeated as if that would change things . |
| 4 | Rushdie was apparently ready to apologize , but it did n't look as if that would convince the Ayatollah to withdraw the fatwa and Rushdie was in hiding somewhere in England . |
| 5 | He spoke into the bookie 's ear , while the man stared at the ground , as if that might aid his concentration . |
| 6 | It brought back a flood of fear and an almost unbearable memory of loss , the body of the warrior Gyonval fighting with the wood , impaling itself on a sharp branch as if that might keep the soul from parting . |
| 7 | The only difficulty is , is er the interpretation of of the words and er whether or not the the words er er er er in the vicinity of is more constricting than we anticipate and it is that point which will be needn which needs to be addressed , but I think I can assure the No Noble Lord that erm er they w w will have full jurisdiction on and in the vicinity of the stations which is the point which she which she is anxious about and that will continue just the same after April the first before . |
| 8 | You do n't have to spend a lot of money to look just nice looking I mean d' you know , er just you know nice appearing , clean appearing or something like that that will do and beauty most of it its come from inside . |
| 9 | So that that 'll go out with that that 'll go out with X |
| 10 | No , Helen thought — I will not ask where Pauline hails from because that would prolong the conversation and anyway I do n't want to know . |
| 11 | And in fact , I get an awful lot of support from friends erm , not family because my family are n't , were n't aware of it , erm but I mean , really it came from fre , really close friends that I could sit down and talk to and that could understand me and accept me , just like what the girl said as well . |
| 12 | Oh to but that will fit is a bit |
| 13 | Yet I am puzzled as to whether that would mean that we should leave our radios on , so long as the music coming from them is beautiful , in order that our rooms be filled with beauty even in our absence . |