Example sentences of "that [pron] [be] [indef pn] i " in BNC.
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1 | One of my greatest frustrations is having to tell my electors , in correspondence and personally , that there is nothing I can do about a proposal because a decision has already been taken somewhere else — albeit by ministers , one of whom is a Member of the House — that there is nothing that anyone can do because the decision has been taken outside these shores , so there is no point in writing to me . |
2 | I always go to bed knowing that there 's something I should have done — often the housewife slaves all day and the husband just comes home and puts his feet up . |
3 | ‘ Now , I 'll get you that coffee — only before that there 's something I 've been waiting to do all day . ’ |
4 | I feel like that the situation in which Carrington was in is what God does and that I 'm part of that situation , and that he was going to die , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
5 | I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
6 | I did n't want to accept defeat , to acknowledge that there was nothing I — nor anyone else — could do to help , ’ Ace replied , and it silenced her for a moment , as perhaps it was meant to do . |
7 | But it started to make me feel scared that it was something I was going to have to bring up for the rest of my life . |