Example sentences of "that [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But the absence of supreme authority did not mean that everyone always rejected orders , always refused to recognize the moral authority of other Zuwayi . |
| 32 | He 'd once walked out , in a sixteen-year-old child 's sulk , on a family dinner-party , and his father had always chided him about it — it had become one of those family memories that everyone always laughs at , always shares . |
| 33 | Well I 'm afraid it 's now time for me to send one of those boring sending off messages that everyone usually skips straight past . |
| 34 | The normal interpretation of ( 165 ) does not imply that everyone actually pays his taxes : the sentence simply evokes a state of obligation in which every individual finds himself by virtue of the law . |
| 35 | It must not be assumed that everyone initially agrees about the implications . |
| 36 | Try and make sure that no-one else uses your works and dispose of used works safely or through your syringe exchange . |
| 37 | Another time I shall talk about taxes , which , as we said in our election broadcast a week ago , we plan to reduce by being careful with your money — another good idea that no-one else had thought of . |
| 38 | I have n't got anything that no-one else has . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ You feel that no-one really cares , that if they can do that to you then they can do other things . |
| 40 | To this it might be retorted that no-one linguistically advanced enough to look up a word in a dictionary could possibly require a definition of the word home . |
| 41 | It could conceivably even damage the electronic information industry by overloading its customers with a glittering array of sophisticated new features that no-one actually wants or needs . |
| 42 | In anger he stated that no-one ever suggested that a billion dollar a year business should operate without a proper board of management . |
| 43 | Her performance as the would-be star of stage and screen was so convincing that no-one ever suspected her darker , evil side . |
| 44 | When the bluff failed , it is hardly surprising that no-one seriously considered attempting to implement the general strike against war . |
| 45 | I was so surprised that I involuntarily pulled up slightly and I passed over him before I could get him in my gunsight again . |
| 46 | Right , now will let m l Let me ask you where you are going then as far as the Party 's own constitution is concerned , we saw a development , a significant development that I no doubt you would say at the Labour Party conference er er down in Brighton , but not withstanding O M O B the trade unions still have one third of the votes in the selection of the leader of the party , seventy percent say on policy matters at conference , there is still a trade union block vote . |
| 47 | And it occurred to me that I neither knew how many the family owned nor how difficult mine would be to replace . |
| 48 | I would just like to say that I neither support nor oppose him . ’ |
| 49 | My book of personal stresses was examined and discussed , and it was revealed that I neither loved myself , nor saw myself as at all worthwhile or even worthy . |
| 50 | The request that you have done me the honour to make , to receive the record of my voice , is one that I cheerfully comply with so far as lies in my power ; though I lament to say that the voice which I transmit to you is only the relic of an organ the employment of which has been overstrained . |
| 51 | Had we sold our house two years ago , we 'd have certainly made an offer on a property that I later realised was quite unsuitable . |
| 52 | Nothing that I later ate in a restaurant was as good as our dinner , the finale being a ‘ tender coconut ’ pudding , a dish I had never eaten anywhere in the tropics . |
| 53 | He used some such expression in the text of an unpublished essay that I later found at Harvard . |
| 54 | On the walls were small pieces of wood that I later learned were the sculptures of one of Signe 's ex-boyfriends . |
| 55 | I just told him that I badly needed five hundred pounds . " |
| 56 | The result is that I rarely hear students chatting about science — it would simply take too long to formulate a question and answer . |
| 57 | Naturally , when I made this suggestion to St John and his sisters , they protested strongly , and it was with great difficulty that I finally managed to convince them of my firm intention to carry out this plan . |
| 58 | Although I did n't live with Marian for another four years , it was because of her that I finally left . |
| 59 | But it was only when I punched through the thick , creamy crest and the rainbow mist cleared from my eyes that I finally gave up all hope . |
| 60 | Please say that I finally look my age at least ! ’ |