Example sentences of "that [pron] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning .
2 Even the fact that I finally found a trickle of scummy water , which let me rinse some of the filth from my boots , did nothing to lift my spirits .
3 I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all .
4 His ring record alone demanded the attention of the BBBC and he believed that : ‘ It was through public opinion that I eventually got a title .
5 I made a record with Sonny Terry , called ‘ Whoopin' , that I also like a lot .
6 There is something so immovable , so enduring — yet I am perfectly aware that one day he will fall down — so mysterious about my old mate that although I ca n't say that I actually feel a surge of energy , I do feel some sort of ‘ reward ’ .
7 Under the circumstances then , perhaps it was wisely ordered that I never found a man to form that special relationship .
8 He said last night : ‘ I think I 've proved that I still have a lot to offer at senior level .
9 I admit that I once cared a hell of a lot about my appearance , but I 've changed . ’
10 I explained to her that I only had a couple of quid to my name , but I 'd be willing to pay off the rest before six months were up .
11 It seems odd , but I was enjoying myself so much that I hardly gave a thought to the fact that we were alone , miles away from anyone , and that the average man in such a situation …
12 It is with great pleasure that I now enclose a copy of the video film made of the first semi-final round .
13 ‘ I 'm also pleased that I now have a style I can easily recreate at home .
14 It was while I was attending Sally Carmichael 's dancing class that I accidentally entered a beauty contest — the local Working Men 's Club where we practised was running a ‘ Queen of Sheffield Working Men 's Clubs ’ contest .
15 ‘ I have a good cry sometimes , ’ she said , ‘ in the same way that I sometimes have a spring-clean .
16 The only bureau to ‘ fail ’ our test was The Last Word — we can only assume that someone simply had a brainstorm and left all the important bits out .
17 There is a story that someone once shot a piece out of a glass of beer he had left behind the target , leaving the rest of the glass and the beer intact .
18 And on the very day when she had woken up and decided to divorce him , to celebrate the fact that she finally had a life of her own ; a life which did n't include Julius Landor .
19 He said she was an avant-garde feminist who — when he first met her — was proud of the fact that she already had a child whose father no one knew .
20 Her dark red suit , and the shoulder bag that swung carelessly , indicated that she also had a trip to town in view .
21 ‘ No , ’ she denied numbly , a hectic flush along her cheekbones , because she had just discovered that she also needed a man she could fight with , cross swords with .
22 It is noteworthy that Ælfgifu is not called queen , but that she nevertheless occupies a position next to Emma and before the archbishop of Canterbury .
23 I went out and bought a remedy , thinking it was an infection , but when I got home I realised that she actually had a piece of red coloured gravel stuck inside her mouth , so that she could n't close it properly .
24 The fact that she actually arrived a week after the Jubilee is a trifling historical detail unlikely to mar the magnificence of the concept .
25 Mrs Turpin remarks to the woman next to her that she once knew a girl who had everything a child could possibly want , but was still a spoilt , ungrateful brat .
26 The first she knew of Piers 's presence in the room was his light touch on her shoulder , and it was so unexpected that she almost jumped a mile into the air .
27 One neighbour said in a written statement that she often heard a baby ‘ crying for help ’ which went on for hours and hours though she did not contact the police .
28 I remembered that Sally had been on the brink of a place in the university ladies golf team , and I discovered that she now sported a handicap of four .
29 She prayed that the landlord of the Swan was right and that she only had a mile or two to cover .
30 A nagging little voice reminded her how reticent her father had been about his past , always changing the subject abruptly so that she never learnt a thing about him .
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