Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And do lots of things that I knew he was capable of doing . |
| 32 | right , well that 's the sort of things that I think we want to find out and in slower time I was actually going to ring the yeah at Telford and say speak to me about this and maybe pop in one morning on my way into town and just say this is the idea how does it grab you and if they say you 're not on fine , but it 's things like that that I think we want to explore . |
| 33 | Now they may have their own reasons for that and it may be difficult for them to send someone at this precise moment , but I do n't think that they 're necessarily geared up to dealing with the sorts of things that you want them to deal with . |
| 34 | Lord Jesus , thank you for a nice sleep , thank you for another day , please help us to do the kind of things that you want us to do , prayer for Christopher to behave at school , help him to do his best and for daddy at work , for Tim and I as we stay at home , help us to know the kind of things we do and this afternoon when grandma comes we 'll spare the time for her as well , Amen . |
| 35 | ‘ 'T WAS on the Isle of Capreee that I found her … ’ |
| 36 | The night before she had had calmly ‘ booked out ’ a personal protection weapon after , it is understood , telling a senior member of staff that she feared she was under surveillance from paramilitaries . |
| 37 | This group , I want you to think about a member of staff that you have who is an asset , okay , a good member of staff . |
| 38 | A piece of paper that they give you which tells us what . |
| 39 | Horsley cheerfully admitted when he took up the post of Chair that he knew nothing about newspapers . |
| 40 | In fact , he says , they are rule governed and functional : ‘ In informal conversation they have a proper role , as they are one of the main means language has of expressing the various alterations in the force and direction of argument that we find ourselves using ’ ( Crystal , 1976 , p. 24 ) . |
| 41 | It is with a feeling of sadness that we consider it necessary to express our reservations about Winnie Mandela 's judgement in relation to the Mandela Football Club . |
| 42 | Although hard to buy beyond specialist shops , kaffir lime leaf offers such a depth of flavour that I find it hard not to reach for it whenever I cook . |
| 43 | ‘ As far as I am concerned diving is not an excessive calorie-consuming sport , and certainly from the numbers of divers that I see who are overweight , I do not actually believe that the statement in ‘ The Great Diving Adventure ’ , by Horace Hobbs , is actually borne out . |
| 44 | George Eliot clearly admires the one at Cheverel Manor , ‘ which was so bare of furniture that it impressed one with its architectural beauty like a cathedral ’ . |
| 45 | Yet the logic of the definition suggested that it would benefit especially kings , whose competence to declare war could not be impugned : thus Thibaud of Blois failed to persuade the monks of Marmoutier that they owed him service when he fought against Louis VI ; they claimed discretion in the matter ; and in 1184 , the mighty Philip of Alsace hesitated to commit to battle the army he had summoned against Philip Augustus , through fear that its ranks might melt away . |
| 46 | They played I mean all sorts of games that we played they do n't play today . |
| 47 | At issue is whether a foreign country can identify and successfully demand the repatriation of antiquities that it admits it did not even know existed until they turned up in a museum 's collection . |
| 48 | It was with a considerable sense of agitation that she found herself opposite room number four . |
| 49 | Similarly , it is as a participant in the Hindu way of life that he understands what it means to talk of Religion ; he understands the meaning of the term Religion from its use in his own form of life . |
| 50 | They had made love , and it had been so utterly different from his other experiences of sex that he thought something wonderful had happened . |
| 51 | Well I understand that you get fifteen , it 's just that I 've got a lot of customer where I got business that is depending on the kind of insurance that we give them , based on what our |
| 52 | It was with a sense of relief that he made his way alone into the bar and ordered a glass of champagne . |
| 53 | ‘ Will you be going to Somerset too ? ’ she asked and it was with a sense of relief that she saw him shake his head . |
| 54 | The sort of encounter that he wants us to have with him . |
| 55 | It seemed such a bizarre exchange after two decades of silence that he repeated her name — ‘ Sue ? ’ — as if it might turn out not to be her after all . |
| 56 | It 's when I try to flutter out of line that he hates me . |
| 57 | A common result of this is that when the philosophers deny autonomy to women , they do so for the same sorts of reason that they deny it to children and cite lack of rationality , capriciousness and vulnerability among their characteristics . |
| 58 | Pretending to be an ascetic , he slept while in the field on a mat of straw that he had himself woven … |
| 59 | A few years ago they were making some of the best pop singles you could play on a jukebox : ‘ Something About You ’ , ‘ Leaving Me Now ’ , ‘ Lessons In Love ’ , all the kind of thing that you felt you were going to be sick of hearing before long but which still sounded good after the thousandth time . |
| 60 | cos there 's a little coffee table sort of thing that I put my script on |