Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | School makes me nervous ; when I walk down the corridor I feel that everyone is staring at me , and because a lot of people know about my anorexia they think it their job to comment constantly on what I am eating or not eating , and how much better I look now that I 've put on weight . |
| 32 | The use of words also helps to bring across the message of the poem with words such as ‘ futility ’ and ‘ fatuous ’ giving the distinct impression that Wilfred Owen has almost given up everything that he once believed in because he feels that everyone is going to kill each other anyway . |
| 33 | When our group raised the issues of travellers with one of the DHSS offices here we were told that everyone is allowed two weeks holidays every year . |
| 34 | Well I do n't think it is because you 're again you 're back to the line that everyone is bullying and I do n't believe that everyone is bullying . |
| 35 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ Alexandra said , feeling a recurring surge of the courage that had invaded her at Langley Dene , ‘ but I think — with respect , I think that everyone is making too much of my meeting Mr Swinton . |
| 36 | We get people on the programme singing and dancing so badly it 's painful , but they come back the next week and tell us that everyone 's stopping them in the streets to congratulate them , not slag them off . ’ |
| 37 | Well a word about next Friday 's match then , that 's the big one , the one that everyone 's waiting for against Kings Lynn . |
| 38 | A series of complex and powerful planetary influences suggest that everyone 's gunning for you this month . |
| 39 | ’ I like the laugh that everyone 's having . |
| 40 | Maintaining control over which is the most up-to-date version of the document can be a problem unless there 's centralized organization , logging who 's done what and making sure that everyone 's working on the right version . |
| 41 | A combination of pressure , staff shortages and the feeling that no-one is listening to them makes many more inclined to take a day off . |
| 42 | You should , therefore , make every attempt to be in the first row , going fast as the gun goes and , ideally , with a space to leeward so that no-one is making you pinch . |
| 43 | Some statements are so wild that no-one is expected to take them seriously ; these are sometimes referred to as salesman 's " puff " . |
| 44 | His father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully , because the law lays it down that no-one is allowed to do on Sunday the work by which he earns a living , and the police were therefore not allowed to arrest anybody on a Sunday . |
| 45 | If this is to be a spinnaker leg , hold onto the hoist until you are sure that no-one is going to luff you , but be ready for a quick hoist . |
| 46 | Ho ho Keith , some wags at the NME have taken to calling MAW ‘ musicians against success ’ because — get this — those musicians who 've had the guts to stand up and be counted like Sinead O'Connor , The Farm , Carter USM , Cud , Billy Bragg , Lisa Stansfield , The Stones , Lush , Orbital and Soho are all ‘ failures that no-one 's heard of ’ . |
| 47 | He asked me if I would be kind enough to remind all parents that his is returning to the Skarloey Railway at the end of October . |
| 48 | One of them was the fact that housing associations ask for the keys is or ask for notification up to a month in advance of the fact that someone 's going to leave and that is not something which in terms of our stock , we find practical to do . |
| 49 | ‘ He wanted to tell me that someone 's died . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ I feel like an old Marie biscuit that someone 's left under the sofa . ’ |
| 51 | Why do we say that someone is grinning like a Cheshire Cat ? |
| 52 | If we know that someone is injured , I as the doctor will go out too . |
| 53 | I suspect , ’ continued Dotty , unaware of Ella 's heightened blood pressure , ‘ that someone is stealing my eggs . |
| 54 | it often happens that someone is sent here who is unsuitable . |
| 55 | ‘ It helps to know that someone is looking after it , that someone cares . |
| 56 | Be seen to is found quite often for instance in the sort of context alluded to by Bolinger in which one gets the impression that someone is establishing the facts : ( 67 ) Nobody had been seen to enter the house or leave it . |
| 57 | ‘ You may not know who , but you do know that someone is creating — unauthorized , shall we say — zombis , do n't you ? ’ |
| 58 | When you suspect that someone is flattering you in order to manipulate , or responding in an artificial manner , ask for specific detail . |
| 59 | If you think that someone is trying to kill you , then you can die … because you are so afraid . ’ |
| 60 | Also the decision to employ or not to employ is based ont he particular case : it is extremely rare that someone is given a job just because they went to a particular university . |