Example sentences of "a [noun] that [pers pn] [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | because where all the sort of a route that I reckon I know I , I am not gon na know it all . |
| 2 | I started — and still do — in a field that I call my Chagall field because Chagall once painted one exactly like it . |
| 3 | There is a story that they bet him a substantial sum that he could not read a certain number of books of the Bible without talking . |
| 4 | It is as a stranger that I greet my own self , and see it as an unknown fellow traveller through time . |
| 5 | ‘ A principle I have always applied in the property business is that you put in a bid that you think something is worth , and you do n't go above it . ’ |
| 6 | I , I take My Noble Friend 's point indeed , but I think nonetheless er that er I have to say that there is a degree that we put it this way of understanding of how the process works rather more informally than the manner in which my Noble Friend has put it . |
| 7 | It 's a job that they need somebody to do , they could n't just |
| 8 | So much is at stake when you start a job that you owe it to yourself to think all the implications through . |
| 9 | But it seems that , I mean , redressing a paper that you know what it says is one thing erm so something like Hillman 's Guardian , he knows what words they are going to use in those headlines and he provides them with a new look for saying those words in , but in many ways his redesign of that paper was erm it was an undynamic one in the sense that he was still providing them with elements which they could bolt together to make a page in a classic broadsheet newspaper way . |
| 10 | In actual fact my walking stick and gloves are ( I am almost too ashamed to admit ) an elaborate affectation which has by degrees grown into such a habit that I find it difficult , if not impossible , to lay them aside . |
| 11 | But it is a probability that they perceive them , not like a dog sniffing its way along a scent path , but as a motorway , illuminated by very particular lighting signals . |
| 12 | ‘ When you go into a competition that you know you can win , and you know that people expect you to win , then there is a lot more pressure on you than on someone who is less well known . |
| 13 | I think it 's a thing that they wish they could dis-invent , do n't they . |
| 14 | Well can I make a suggestion that you add it all to the list of the things to discuss it is . |
| 15 | The Playboys , written by Shane Connaughton who scripted My Left Foot , is a slow-burner but worth the wait as Finney 's emotions are fanned to such a fervour that we suspect he is going to do something regrettable . |
| 16 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 17 | ( 5 ) You can run a line down the edge of a paragraph that you think you may wish to emphasise . |
| 18 | This is still a binding holiday agreement on both you and us , but we have set it out in plain English , in a way that we hope you will find informative and easy to read . |
| 19 | They all have their styles , they all have their formats , and they 're all written in such a way that they draw you in . |
| 20 | We will happily publish the bouquets and brickbats , identifying a firm in such a way that they know who they are ! |
| 21 | But in those rare flashes when one can shed the present self and all it is in command of I realise that there were really only two occasions when I did personally feel the times on my pulse in such a way that I remember them , and not what I have since reconstructed of them . |
| 22 | Cos I have got a verruca the si anyway that 's a problem that I have I do n't really want to share it with you . |
| 23 | And now that you know that Carol and I are there erm , you know somebody to speak to , cos sometimes you go into a shop and you 're not really sure who 's there , and when you see a face that you recognize it helps you does n't it ? |
| 24 | It is impossible to forget these mothers and the matter-of-fact way in which they relate their experiences , an indication that they know their suffering is by no means unique . |
| 25 | It 's only when I 'm writing an article that I give it its proper name ! |
| 26 | If you were to choose an environment that you think you might be happy to work within , cos remember you 're selling ads whichever one , |