Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And I only hope that in the end our roads will become so clogged with all these fume-belching cars and lorries that everyone will give them up and start going by train again . |
| 32 | The entrance foyer was packed when Georg sidled in that evening , hoping that no-one would see him and recognize him . |
| 33 | People do not understand that no-one will pay you for your blue eyes in a capitalist society . |
| 34 | But anyway , we created that whole idea that no-one could photograph him , no-one could do do a story on him unless it was going to be a cover story , which was outrageous because he was virtually unknown in America . |
| 35 | Moreover , time and again there are ‘ hidden grievers ’ who bear their distress alone , feeling that no-one can help them . |
| 36 | ‘ WHAT worried me was that I might discover I could n't write at all . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ Well , all this business putting me on the carpet … implying that I might leave you short . ’ |
| 38 | The most I can hope for is that I might meet him over a pint and get him to be indiscreet-tell me if there is any dirt on Desmond Seymour-Strachey , for example . ’ |
| 39 | OK , I knew I was better than anyone in my school , but it never occurred to me that I might do it as a profession . ’ |
| 40 | They say I had the vanity to suppose that I might marry him . |
| 41 | ‘ I had asked my mother one evening to cut my cheese entire , so that I might toast it , ’ he told Tom Poole : |
| 42 | ‘ I mean , ’ Simone said gently , ‘ that I might find him very attractive , despite all your dark and desperate misgivings , but it 's not mutual . ’ |
| 43 | I was fearful that I might find you down another alley . ’ |
| 44 | I was afraid long ago , when I hit him in the mouth with that heavy glove , that I might kill him one day . |
| 45 | That was not unusual on the Monday after a tournament , so I decided to drive to his house in Clapham in the hope that I might intercept him either on the way in from a long lunch or on the way out for a pre-prandial drink . |
| 46 | As I screwed up my eyes against the dazzle , trying to see the creature so that I might describe it to Crispin , it vanished . |
| 47 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 48 | One of his little projects was that I would send him down some very promising people from the Royal College to teach in the West Riding . |
| 49 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 50 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 51 | I had wagered a purse that I would beat him at bowls and Drake never could resist gold . |
| 52 | That does not mean that I would discard it as an instrument of statutory interpretation even were I empowered to do so . |
| 53 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 54 | She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I do n't continue , but the way I am feeling now , I do n't want to . |
| 55 | Not that I would prevent you from confessing , ’ she added hastily . |
| 56 | I phoned the kennel owner to inform her that British Rail insisted the dog wear a muzzle and that I would pay her back if she 'd buy one . |
| 57 | I have said we will be pleased to provide back-up with visitor 's packs etc and that I would inform you of the request . |
| 58 | But she knew that in the last resort that if he did win that I would do it but he 's he 's paid off now . |
| 59 | You know that I would do it properly for if I had to . |
| 60 | I knew that I would take her back eventually , but I wanted to torment her with indifference . |