Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [adv] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes er that , that 's no problem but what I would like to do is obviously keep er face to face er contact so that we can explain the thing fully because you may have other questions that you want to ask once you 've actually read it so therefore I 'm on hand hopefully to answer all these questions |
| 2 | It is further intended to change people 's attitudes so that they drive more smoothly and are aware of the kind of roads that they are using and drive at speeds tailored to fit the environment . |
| 3 | Rescuing a piece of the frill from the dress , Ellie cut it to the shape she wanted , attached it with pins to the back of the headband , laid it down , picked up Terry 's brush , backcombed the other girl 's hair so that it stood further out from her head , giving a similarity of the style she thought she should have , carefully arranged the head-dress , and turned Terry back to the mirror . |
| 4 | Overall , I believe Stalin planned Kirov 's murder so that he could continue the purges , with a justifiable excuse to back him up . |
| 5 | But in the 1950s the first wave of modern consumerism transformed people 's lifestyles so that they came to expect it to be right and natural that they should have consumer durables ( and increasingly non-durable goods ) . |
| 6 | I 'll borrow my brother 's Lambretta so that we can just sit for a whole hour and then I 'll drive you home . |
| 7 | When returning the draft Contract to me duly signed will you let me have a cheque in favour of Messrs. Stanley Tee & Co. for £2,600 the 5% deposit and I will place this on deposit with my firm 's bankers so that it does not lose you interest , so there should be no delay in exchanging contracts once you have received the insurance company 's acceptance of your life proposals . |
| 8 | Tony felt that one important factor had been the change in his father 's attitude so that he now seemed to understand how he felt . |
| 9 | The summer evenings were getting shorter and she was lighting the wick of the lamp on her husband 's desk so that he could see to write his sermon . |
| 10 | As the cars lined up on the grid , Andretti on pole , Hunt alongside him , Pete Lyons wrote a wonderful paragraph which said it all : the mechanics drilling holes in Hunt 's visor so that he could see in the mist . |
| 11 | Sunlight reflected from a window among the palm trees to lance a sliver of dazzling light at our cockpit , then the reflection was gone and we were at sea level , engines screaming , and I fumbled for the camera , prayed it had not broken when it fell from the ceiling , and took another picture just before Maggot lifted the aircraft 's nose so that we swooped up and over the palm trees that edged the beach . |
| 12 | When we came out of the Clerecia , after dipping hands in the holy water stoup and placing a drop on each other 's brows , as we had seen the novios and novias do ( the boy on entering a church would dip his hand in the water and transfer a drop to his fiancée 's fingertip so that they could cross themselves in unison ) , we would go into La Casa de las Conchas next to the Clerecia , with elaborate wrought-iron window-grilles and its tranquil courtyard , and sit there quietly for a while , thinking of the next poem , or of the one we were working on . |
| 13 | It was for Papa 's sake only that I ate again . |
| 14 | develop other people 's ideas so that they are improved |
| 15 | Further pressure came from Poland 's announcement yesterday that it had stopped sending home East Germans who crossed the border illegally with the aim of reaching West Germany . |
| 16 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 17 | to shape Bill 's behaviour so that he is positive and helpful . |
| 18 | She asked the shopkeeper 's name so that she would know to whom to send her servant . |
| 19 | Given these premises , then , and Moffat 's distaste notwithstanding that it would imply ‘ democracies reduced resort monarchy as weapon against Communism ’ , one wonders what else , apart from outright rejection , the US might have done when the French turned towards ex-Emperor Bao Dai : at least as a rallying point for non-communist Vietnamese nationalists and , of course , as someone who might be expected to be more amenable to French influence than Ho Chi Minh . |
| 20 | Devlin tossed the beer in his face and upended the table against him , the edge catching the German 's shins so that he staggered forward . |
| 21 | He installed me in the base-camp , an old redbrick gardener 's cottage with roses climbing up the side , offered me the keys to the crew bus so that I could pick up something to eat in nearby Worksop , and even had the foresight to take a pint of milk from the warden 's fridge so that I 'd be able to make a cup of coffee in the morning . |
| 22 | In fact it was the Society 's policy now that we wo n't put animals to sleep unless there is an extreme er cause for that the sick , diseased . |
| 23 | Now a boy becomes instantly weaned because he would not dream of sucking at his mother 's breast now that he is a man . |
| 24 | The familiar Fairy Queen editions — Shedlock 's original Purcell Society edition , and Anthony Lewis 's revised version — rearrange Purcell 's music so that it follows the 1692 quarto order . |
| 25 | Bodie rose to his feet , too , and stepped into the lawn area , pushing the rusting child 's swing so that it creaked slightly . |
| 26 | These latter included screens behind which they could be hidden ; heavy socks and mocassins to prevent feet from being recognised if seen below the screen ; and a ‘ Donald Duck squawk box ’ instrument which distorted an individual 's voice so that it could not be recognised . |
| 27 | The connection between modern architecture and tyranny awaits its historian , but it is worth reflecting on the mentality of Le Corbusier and his acolytes before being too harsh on the servile Romanian architects who competed for Ceauşescu 's favour so that they could take charge of the vast projects he had in mind . |
| 28 | Instead of seventy dead , it might have cost him five hundred , a thousand , to destroy Siward 's army so that it could neither attack him nor follow him . |
| 29 | But the aim of radical reform is not merely to change the law 's approach so that it becomes more in tune with modern perceptions of sexual assault , but to address directly the problem of processing rape . |
| 30 | He recalls being patted on the head by one fashion editor who said , ‘ Does n't he talk cute ? ’ , and deliberately parking his Rolls in front of the Managing Director 's Humber so that he could n't pull out . |