Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He still finds her extremely beautiful and she practically apologises to Pip for all the suffering that she put him through and tells him that she hopes they will still be friends ‘ apart ’ . |
| 32 | In the course of this they gather the pheromones that she produces and circulate them quickly throughout the colony . |
| 33 | And if it is the manner in which I address her which concerns you , let me tell you that she derives great enjoyment from such acerbic exchanges . |
| 34 | It is not that she possesses dazzling charm or an especially brilliant intellect , but he enjoys her company so long as he thinks their friendship is platonic . |
| 35 | Her luck lies in the fact that she possesses little to recommend except for her good looks . |
| 36 | Julia admits that she resents linguistic laws just as she resents the canon law of the Church : ‘ I 'm interested in language as a process , not a thing or an essence . |
| 37 | The former is of interest only in that she happens to be married to the gorgeous Richard Gere , who not only has ten times her talent but ten times her looks ( do people really find that hideous mole of hers attractive ? ) . |
| 38 | ‘ Only that I have an impression that she depends a great deal on the doctor . ’ |
| 39 | There 's the insurances and the tale that she tells them but tha , I think they 'll have that weighed up you know . |
| 40 | One example that she uses is Nazi Germany : |
| 41 | ‘ I 'll ask the woman from Ty Fach , ’ says Elizabeth in the voice that she uses to make promises , ‘ and the girl who is staying with her . ’ |
| 42 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 43 | Secondly , the clearly assumed model of media effects that she uses , portraying the viewers as unthinking receptacles , with communication occurring in a social and interpretive vacuum , is ridiculous . |
| 44 | I 'll ask Carolyn what it is that she uses on hers because hers gets rid of the weeds as well . |
| 45 | The methods that she uses erm , and I think this needs to be done well before a disaster , unfortunately so often people only react at times like this and I think it 's such a pity that they do n't do it beforehand , but it 's working on basic assertiveness skills , communications skills like giving a language for feelings , erm building up support for each other , plus the creative work — getting things down |
| 46 | Presumably not : but it would be a very bold man , a Karl Marx indeed who would assert that , for each and every woman and always , housework is her spontaneous activity , that it is the satisfaction of a need ; or that she fulfils herself in it ; or that through it she develops freely a physical and mental energy and will not be physically exhausted and mentally debased . |
| 47 | Remember that she responds to laughter , and lightness and warmth , her attributes . |
| 48 | Some would argue even that she casts a heavy shadow over present negotiations on the political future of South Africa . |
| 49 | Moser ( 1978 ) typically deals with the way information is broken down in interpretation from sentences and context into meaning , and one can only presume that she proposes a similar process for the reconstruction of the message in the second language . |
| 50 | The LMS secretary not only monitors and administers the various budgets , she also sees her own costs and those of her colleagues displayed on the VDU that she operates . |
| 51 | How do you know that she swims at night ? ’ |
| 52 | Well if , if you look at erm a female worker , er as opposed to a male worker and you look at the o oppression that she suffers , does she not suffer both the oppression of being working and the oppression of being a woman ? |
| 53 | Being one of her biggest fans I would like to say I am sick and tired of all the criticism that she receives . |
| 54 | Write down anything that she says , even in her sleep or in fever . |
| 55 | This ‘ great perturbation in nature ’ ( V.i.9f. ) causes her to reveal all their deeds , an effect made much more intense in the theatre by the Doctor writing down all that she says , so that hypocrisy is not only detected but recorded . |
| 56 | But you must see that she says her prayers at night , Antoinette exclaimed : how else can you bring her up a good Catholic ? |
| 57 | Could she give us just a handful of examples of people who were moved from geriatric beds into the private sector in the early stages of the development of the policy and were given the assurance that she says was publicly given that the Government had no intention of meeting fees , however high ? |
| 58 | Diana Adams braved a visit from a private collector this afternoon … to see if she couid identify the spider that she says attacked her . |
| 59 | I said I 'm on a YTS , she went oh she said I do n't know if you 're for them , I said er well if you do n't I 'll find out and then tell you at the she goes , yeah , we 'll do that she says but I do , I do n't know if owe have to pay for them or not , you know she said I think you 're supposed to have a form . |
| 60 | And er she says Jean I swear to God she says if she comes over near my door , I 've told Jim she says , I , I 'm ready for her I 'll beat her round that square and she said I 'm not like that but she says that 's just the way she says , and she hurt my kids when I sent them Easter eggs over , doing that she says , that really galled me , she says cos they were hurting my kids rather than me . |