Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just praying that we can avoid the type of injuries that we got last season . |
| 2 | I 'm just praying that we win it . |
| 3 | So she rode slowly through them , mostly holding her breath and praying that they would n't charge at her . |
| 4 | They were not taking the hero for granted , but missing him madly and praying that he would be fit to return for the Davis Cup . |
| 5 | There are thousands , not of his flock , who are praying that he will not . |
| 6 | There are thousands , not of his flock , who are praying that he will not . |
| 7 | I remember , at the close of the fifties , going to a hairdresser and praying that he would n't talk . |
| 8 | A lot of people , including many members of the press , thought that Allan was going to win , were almost praying that he was going to win . |
| 9 | ‘ It will , ’ said Bodie , praying that he was right . |
| 10 | The beam of the torch wavered as he did so , and she cringed , praying that he would not notice . |
| 11 | So far I 'd managed to avoid giving him the exact address , but now he asked for it with a determined note in his voice — " Just in case I 'm down that way " and I was forced to invent one , praying that he 'd never check up on it . |
| 12 | A fifteen-year-old in grey flannel wandering around London in school holidays with an adolescent 's apocalyptic vision , praying that he would lose his virginity before the bombs came and blasted him to oblivion . |
| 13 | She turned her back on him , praying that he would not touch her , her throat so tight now with tears that it seemed to be closing , her chest feeling as if frantic hands were hammering it from the inside , bursting it — in several raw , sore places — wide open . |
| 14 | With every atom of her being she was praying that he was . |
| 15 | We talk about London and Grand Isle , and all the while I am praying that he will ask us on his boat . |
| 16 | She felt like that fish caught by the curlew , one part of her praying that he would spit her out again , the other , perversely , longing for him to swallow her up . |
| 17 | ‘ The locals are praying that he wants to stay in Santa Barbara forever . |
| 18 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 19 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 20 | For the moment , Mr Rocard is probably just praying that he can hold on to his seat in the Yvelines . |
| 21 | She wore her bridal clothes and jewellery : this was how her mother had sent her , for the first time , from her home , taking care that every detail of her ornaments should be perfect hoping , praying that she would be happy . |
| 22 | Joy shrank behind her father , praying that she could disappear altogether . |
| 23 | Inwardly praying that she might be able to show her piety and understanding , she said , ‘ Yes , I 'm sure it must mean a lot to you . |
| 24 | ‘ Never mind , ’ called McAllister , ‘ needs must … ’ and wobbled down Vetch Street , praying that she arrived at her destination in one piece , the balance of the wretched thing being all wrong , especially with the overloaded basket at the front . |
| 25 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 26 | As the only bridesmaid , she had been following Liz up the aisle of the small country church , nervously clutching her bouquet of trailing greenery and praying that she would n't make the awful mistake of treading on the long train of Liz 's wedding dress . |
| 27 | Please keep praying that I will master the German ways of doing things , that are so different . |
| 28 | One can only just go on hoping and praying that it is the best and not the worst that has happened . |
| 29 | Folly threw on a dressing-gown and hurried through to answer it , praying that it would n't be Luke . |
| 30 | So I waited four days , watching the weather , praying that it would n't change and when the night arrived to fish again , and the conditions were identical to that wonderful night four moons ago , I felt like I was eight years old again on Christmas eve . |