Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [that] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You told me yesterday that you hated the idea of marriage because you could n't stand jealous , possessive men . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The producers told me later that I got the job because of the winning chemistry between us — and that Pauline had put in a good word for me . |
| 3 | The Prison Governors Association has told me clearly that it opposes the Bill on the grounds that the measures that it contains are ’ too draconian ’ — I use its exact words . |
| 4 | The Woman turned , pulling the whole of the little group round with her so that they faced the house , towards the mirror which hung over the sofa . |
| 5 | The boy carried her out into the snow and pushed her into the ground , turning her so that she faced the tent and the cluster of trees that formed their crude and failing shelter . |
| 6 | He 'd go to her , gather her to him so that she felt the hardness of him against her . |
| 7 | It occurred to her suddenly that she found the cloak-and-dagger element in all this vaguely disturbing , and totally unnecessary . |
| 8 | She had hoped he might arrange to come and collect her now that he had the car — and now that things were , well , serious between them . |
| 9 | It was only when she had it on that she realised the danger of this . |
| 10 | You can collapse the outline so that it shows just the titles of each slide or expand it so that you see the text of bullet charts . |
| 11 | Put some of the icing sugar mixture on top and carefully mould the paste round it so that it covers the icing sugar . |