Example sentences of "that [prep] [verb] [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 40 ) She explained that she had worked as a volunteer in the parish and had felt that in doing this she was sharing his ministry — how ask him to give it up ? |
| 2 | Speaking against the movement C Hughes argued that by passing this they would ‘ be voting for pacifism , and there would be no patriotic Stratford society after that ’ ( SE 3 August 18 ) . |
| 3 | I found that by adding white I could achieve my desired effect . |
| 4 | I miss my painting , and hope that by keeping still it will , like some small exotic animal , find its way back tome without my attempting to chase it down the byways of my exhausted creativity . |
| 5 | I did n't realize that by keeping quiet I was walking into a trap . ’ |
| 6 | Q. You thought that by doing that you had wiped out every document that existed that would reflect ( the diversion ) , did n't you ? |
| 7 | We would hope that by doing this we 'd actually mobilize the whole country to get down into London and to protest at the House of Commons against the closures in the Health Service . |
| 8 | ‘ He genuinely felt that by doing this he was helping others , and something good might come out of his suffering . ’ |
| 9 | Ponyboy feels he should become tough to fit in with his friends , but soon realises that by doing this he would never achieve a better life . |
| 10 | Sociology will need to make use of psychoanalytic theory to the extent that it seeks to be not only accumulating knowledge and developing theory for its own sake , but also acknowledges that by doing this it is changing society 's own self-understanding . |
| 11 | The scheme 's pioneers hope that by making sure you know where you are on the map you could save vital minutes if you ever have to call on the emergency services for help . |