Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the strange lack of concern in ‘ A ’ Squadron 's diary and reports , and the fact that I heard so little from the regiment subsequently , may reflect a suspicion ( or knowledge ) on their part . |
| 2 | If we have the same amount of cold weather this winter as we had last winter , we will more or less double the coverage of the benefit as a result of the changes that I announced earlier this year . |
| 3 | I was only there a few weeks and was so bored and anxious to be gone that I remember very little about the place . |
| 4 | It was for a number of reasons , apart from a wish to escape from teaching , that I set out some weeks later for Libya , then a country almost entirely unknown . |
| 5 | So has that just been recording all that I 've just all I 've just said ? |
| 6 | It was only long after her death that I realized how much anger lay under my acceptance of that responsibility and how much energy I had used holding that down . |
| 7 | I realised that I get far more excitement than my heart and head can stand just from seeing my favourite sportsmen or women or teams fight their good fights and win magnificently , or lose unluckily ( always unluckily ) and my blood pressure would be much better off without even that vicarious sort of excitement . |
| 8 | WHY IS it that I get so much personally addressed mail ? |
| 9 | What , what you 're saying is that I mean broadly this is , is quite an incentive based system , at least on the face of it |
| 10 | Katia starts to talk about the special projects which they are planning in Japan , and groans about management with no sense of fun — ‘ Who 's that guy we met , Marielle ? — the big pompous one , who complained that I sang too much ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It shocks a lot of people , they do n't believe that I eat so much . |
| 12 | My husband , who 's 41 , hates the fact that I smoke and moans that I eat too much . |
| 13 | same leg , so erm , see Gary moans at me that I , he says that I eat too much erm salt , now if I was to eat that much salt I would n't get cramp |
| 14 | In bed , drifting on the edge of sleep , I think of November evenings in my own town that I hate so much , London , with its sky of sagging cloud , where all the beautiful women already have boyfriends . |
| 15 | I was yards away down the other end of the table , yearning to hear WHAT ON EARTH he was saying and suffering pangs of guilt that I spent so little time encouraging him to unburden himself to me . |
| 16 | It will not even pass through their minds that I spent so much trouble and thought on choosing the right disease or the most just punishment for my fictional character . |
| 17 | My only rather weighty problem is the fact that I speak very little French though I am learning , both at French lessons and at my Medau classes . |
| 18 | Thank goodness that I came back this morning . ’ |
| 19 | I dreamt that I went down those signless roads to the assembly of Leprechauns by a river of stars , and we embarked in an armada of fairy boats , and sailed till the dawn to an unimaginable sea . |
| 20 | ‘ I see that I know very little . |
| 21 | ‘ You introduced me to Paris and it will be my turn to introduce you to England — not that I know very much about London . |
| 22 | I have always made it clear that I take seriously any allegations of misbehaviour in any children 's home in Wales . |
| 23 | ‘ But I found that I had n't any money with me , so I came along here instead . ’ |
| 24 | I found that I had far more anger in me than I ever realized . |
| 25 | ‘ I think my trouble was that I had too much help and felt as if my boobs were all anyone was interested in . |
| 26 | The fact that I had so little self-control seemed to be irritating him ever so slightly . |
| 27 | Although at this stage of my work I shared interests with him on matters concerning children 's learning and Art Education , I quickly discovered that I had so much more to learn from him about ideas , materials and their uses and in the need to create a working environment of a high order . |
| 28 | You always taught me that I had so much to be thankful for , but there are still a lot of things that I wish had never happened . |
| 29 | I have a small , immediate family and up until my cancer I would say that I had very few friends . |
| 30 | ‘ So what are you suggesting : that I make up some nice little story ? |