Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [be] [adv prt] [verb] something " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , she kept returning to the nest , and one morning I had a sudden feeling that she was about to hatch something , after all . |
| 2 | IF ENGLAND fail to win the Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Cricket Trophy — the grand title ( which is accompanied by the unofficial suffix of ‘ Mini World Cup ’ ) presumably intended to persuade the public that they are about to witness something cosmic rather than just another one-day tournament — it will not be because of being under-prepared . |
| 3 | In his absence , the judge told the jury of 7 men and 5 women that they were about to discover something they may find interesting . |
| 4 | Sister Cooney sensed that he was about to confide something that he might later regret . |
| 5 | He spoke in Italian , but his words were interspersed with English too , and Meredith sensed the excitement in him , her muddled brain recognising that he was about to announce something important . |