Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] that [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've won , Leo , ’ she managed quietly , ‘ and I hope with all my heart that you find it a pyrrhic victory . ’ |
| 2 | Then I became the black sheep and I found to my horror that everyone thought I was off my bloody head . |
| 3 | ‘ It boggles my mind that everyone thinks they can pull the wool over the eyes of a company that 's had 30 years experience in dicking rock bands . |
| 4 | What can I do though , Karen , it 's not my fault that I love it , surely ? |
| 5 | He feasted for months , for years , on a small pair of my slippers that I gave him ; I expect he has burnt them by now . |
| 6 | He has tried to overcome it because you are so much his inferior and it is my opinion that he finds he ca n't and that vexes his proud heart . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is as much due to his neglect as my intervention that you find yourself thus , cut off from normal society . |
| 9 | She did n't , but something about the way she moved confirmed my suspicion that she saw herself as damaged goods . |
| 10 | But although I wrote in my diary that I wished I were dead , I never seriously considered death — suicide — as a solution to my problems . |
| 11 | ‘ It was on my instruction that he telephoned you , ’ Ven cut her off . |
| 12 | You may gather from my behaviour that I meant you , not Jones . |
| 13 | One day I suggested to my father that he buy me a pair of binoculars . |
| 14 | I see from my files that you asked us to reserve a copy of the OALDCE 3/e computer tape for your the University of Edinburgh . |
| 15 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 16 | I feel now that I 've got an epitaph at the end of my life that I did something , I was n't a taker … |
| 17 | It would take far too long to tell you in detail how I identified the specific genetic patterns of these chromosomes ; you 'll have to accept my assurance that I believe I did identify them . ’ |
| 18 | So compulsively did he watch me empty my glass that he drained his own in compulsive sympathy . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ If you had n't known before , it must surely have occurred to you then , that it was a measure of my besottedness that I let you get away with it . ’ |
| 21 | Nick was so thrilled with my caddying that he told everyone on television in an interview that ‘ Andy Prodger has been great . |
| 22 | I got so tired of having juice pouring into my bag that I take it in a little lemonade bottle now . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about . |
| 25 | Er , the recommendation to those committees was that they should treat the paper as a basis for consultation , it was on that basis that they approved it , it was my impression that they support it in general terms . |
| 26 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 27 | I had beaten so many of my idols that I hope it does n't sound too arrogant to say that I was proud of my performance . |
| 28 | It sticks in my throat that you know we 've had to pay it but , from the point of view of the residents , we 've done the right thing by letting it . |
| 29 | They complained so much that not enough time had been allowed them for their discussions that we had them back a second week . |
| 30 | He smiled and there was no triumph , only genuine pleasure that she had accepted his offer , and Ruth knew in her heart that she had nothing to fear from this man . |