Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] that [pers pn] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is merely my desire that you complete your studies and take up a form of employ that may be useful for my purposes at some time in the future . |
| 2 | So compulsively did he watch me empty my glass that he drained his own in compulsive sympathy . |
| 3 | I rang my friends at Radio Leicester and Peter Crankshaw , the producer of the ‘ phone-in programme Cross Talk said ‘ Yes ’ to my suggestion that I mention my exhibition . |
| 4 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 5 | Perhaps some hon. Members will be quite content to say to their constituents that they understand their problems and sympathise , but that there is nothing that they can do about them as the matter is out of their hands . |
| 6 | Whereupon , the 29 year-old Mrs. Gerring launched into her theory that he had his club open at the address at the same time as his body was facing well left of the target . |
| 7 | It was only when he drew her back by her arms that she opened her eyes wide and stared at him . |
| 8 | She is actually physically sick by her revulsion at her thought that she killed her husband . |
| 9 | Luckily the plumber they called out to reconnect the water was so touched by their plight that he waived his fee . |
| 10 | Later she became so paranoid about their power that she had her room searched for bugs . |
| 11 | I was so affected by his discovery that I pursued his future career with the Museum Service and later visited him in his cardboard box . |
| 12 | But the " theatricality " of the play works beneath the purely formal level : Lord Claverton has always acted a role and it is only at the end of his life that he allows his true human self to emerge , although |
| 13 | It also gives the information that Rolle was " accustomed to show himself very familiar to recluses , and to those who needed spiritual consolation " and it must have been during this period of his life that he met his disciple Margaret de Kirkeby . |
| 14 | GEORGE Bernard Shaw wanted to simplify English spelling and had such a bee ( a spelling-bee ? ) in his bonnet that he bequeathed his royalties for its promotion . |
| 15 | It was clear from his success that he understood his adopted country extremely well , a fact underlined by his marriage in June 1979 to a wealthy New York Jewess , Susan Adler . |
| 16 | Such was his ardour that he forced his way into the room where Thatcher sat in tears , threatening in the process to ‘ flatten ’ Sir Peter Morrison , who was barring the door . |
| 17 | And his tzedaka — the performance of charitable deeds enjoined on him by his religion — won him the gratitude and loyalty of many of the young men and their dependants , for it was as his travellers that they made their weekly Monday-morning trek to the country , secure in the knowledge that , no matter how erratic the week 's takings might be , their basic wage was guaranteed by Max Klein . |
| 18 | Salako battled back to full fitness this season and such was his form that he regained his place in the England squad for the World Cup tie against Norway last month . |
| 19 | It was his idea that they should-read his books together and then discuss van der Post 's mystical ideas at mealtimes . |
| 20 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 21 | ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’ |
| 22 | Indeed , it is from our failures that we learn our most valuable lessons . |
| 23 | Well , except that , that erm I think that even in defending our idea that we retain our individuality you relied on spacial movement , that is when you say that , or when I say that the one is within us , clearly you must be speaking metaphorically . |
| 24 | ‘ No player … has shown greater ability to retain possession of the ball … his passes are invariably accurate and reach a forward so that the latter can make rapid headway ’ eulogised a Palace scribe back in 1913 , by which time H.H. ( as he was popularly called ) had become our club captain — indeed it was while Harry was our skipper that we had our best Southern League season and went within an ace of winning the Championship in 1914 . |