Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [conj] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 ‘ That will depend on my performances and I hope that as long as my form for Liverpool improves I will be knocking on the door .
2 So marked were my anxieties that I buried that experience for several years .
3 I must choose my words with care as well that my clients and I think that there was very much an effect of people wanting to have a relief road , but also wanting to have it as far away from themselves a as they could have it .
4 Tears came to my eyes as I thought that this was my and Miss Louise 's fault .
5 Sandy , a visitor , told us : " It brought tears to my eyes when I heard that the house would be closed for renovation .
6 " I can only treat Dr Dunstaple as I would treat any of my patients and I fear that your father would not agree to my methods .
7 I concluded that I had done enough and was getting ready to sidle away when a servant pushed a large bucket of water into my hands and I realised that , under Santerre 's direction , a human chain had been formed .
8 It follows from this My Lords that I believe that the Noble Lord , Lord with his well-known moderation and desire to compromise has gone rather too far in meeting Government intentions , but at all events I do ago go along with his proposal that if it is to be done by order , it would be right that the order should be laid before Parliament to make quite sure that justice has been done .
9 Other navies might stick to the old tactics of trying to board enemy ships and capture them , or concentrate on firing at the masts and rigging in the hope that successful shooting would disable the other side , but the English preferred to shoot into the hulls of their enemies because they knew that with enough time and enough shot they would destroy their opponents .
10 Once , when the shock of alarm thrilled through her with more than usual intensity , she began to sing , softly , to keep her spirits up , and several phrases had passed her lips before she realized that the song came from her childhood — that she had not sung those words for almost twenty years , had forgotten them even until this moment when , with startling clarity , her memory travelled back in time .
11 She jumped violently , swinging round , glad of the darkness that hid the shock in her eyes when she saw that Terry Lewis had followed her and was standing just a few feet away .
12 I was one of her daisies and it meant that we had all these hats on , which were very unattractive — a rubber hat and on top was the daisy , so when you swam around and the people looked down at you , they just saw these daisies .
13 They would turn in their graves if they knew that we were allowing employees to simply give twelve weeks ' notice of intent to change those conditions .
14 Colour washed into her cheeks as she recalled that his face was n't the only part of him she knew .
15 They 're afraid of their fears and they feel that by talking about it the children will actually have more problems , so children , being very aware of the adults ' fears , will not talk .
16 But you see one other person who was there last night was at one time involved with a major , no longer major Scottish company which did all its substantial charitable giving anonymously once a year through its lawyers because they decided that they did not wish to be publicly associated with any particular thing and then the representative from John Lewis said last night
17 She got , so she get to nearly to her friends and she realised that the she 'd left the clutch on .
18 The Irish Bank Officials ’ Association , over the years , has made a tremendous contribution to the welfare of its members and we know that in recent times IBOA has been engaged in many struggles to protect those terms and conditions .
19 Firms which have experienced a fall in sales will have no idea whether the reduced demand for their product is temporary or permanent ; they will be reluctant to cut their prices until they know that it is permanent .
20 A police spokesman said that the woman victim had all her faculties and they feared that others could be taken in by the smooth-talkers .
21 Labour objectors did not change their minds but they feared that the loss of the bills could undermine the future existence of the Government which was depending on Liberals and Welsh and Scottish Nationalists for its survival .
22 We recognise the value of the experience , skill and other qualities that older workers bring to their jobs and we hope that employers will keep their employment practices under review . ’
23 The scales fell from his eyes and he saw that over many long years of prehistory , all trackways were in straight lines marked out by experts on a sighting system .
24 He closed his eyes and she saw that the movement of his chest had stopped .
25 I recently heard Alan Bennett talking about the humour in his plays and he said that he began to develop his ear for the ridiculous simply by listening to members of his family .
26 H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court .
27 Inevitably a feeling of despair enveloped him and he began to feel quite helpless ; his heart was in his studies and he knew that if he could manage financially he could achieve his academic rewards , but the insufficient amounts of money his father allowed him did n't permit any freedom to relax after his studies had ended .
28 We just got away , ’ he was repeating loudly to his neighbours when he realised that the noise of conversation had ceased and people were all sitting down .
29 Yet he must somehow tear the pain out with his hands or he knew that it would kill him .
30 He took good care of his men and he believed that soldiers should stay out of politics .
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