Example sentences of "to [noun] that [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was on one of these weekend trips to Regina that I wrote my first outside interview for the paper — an interview with John Philip Sousa . |
| 2 | You conclude your article by suggesting to readers that they reserve their money for those with integrity and courage , such as Amnesty International … and the Heavenly Records EP ! ! ? ? |
| 3 | It was n't until Juliet was sent to lunch that she remembered her rendezvous with David at three o'clock . |
| 4 | If I 'd suggested to Manuela that we murder someone , she would no doubt have gone along with it as she went along with everything else I suggested . |
| 5 | Ultraviolet light is so important to insects that they use it as a main component of their colour vision . |
| 6 | Rufus had suggested to Adam that he sell something out of the house , a piece of china or some silver . |
| 7 | Though it was when I heard her using bad language to my housekeeper and being unwarrantedly rude to Ivo that I decided I 'd had enough of the woman . ’ |
| 8 | You do as you are told and hope to God that someone knows what they are doing . |
| 9 | So many times he had padded across this bedroom to go to Abigail that he knew it perfectly in the dark , only requiring to hold his hands out before him and , like a blind man , feel the bevelled comer of the wardrobe , the lacquered wicker of a chair back , the top of the radiator , cold at this hour , the glass sphere of the door knob . |
| 10 | It was only when they reached the turning to Sansepolcro that he felt something hard underneath his foot . |
| 11 | It was only after moving to Llanberis that I did my next winter route in Wales — a quick solo of Sinister Gully . |
| 12 | ‘ I was n't ; it was only when I was talking about it to Gina that I thought I ought to come here and tell you . ’ |
| 13 | It was with a slight shock of coming back to reality that she remembered her resolution to visit Miss Grimes on her way home that evening , as part of her contribution to Christmas goodwill , a sort of ‘ good turn ’ done to somebody for whom one felt no affection . |
| 14 | She 's a very conceited woman , Pete the adulterous told me she was a very conceited woman and er Neil says I I I 'd have to talk to him to him about this , she could n't discuss anything with him she would lay down the law , that was how it had to be and I said no I said Gerry and I , I had no hesitation , as I said , in putting the boot in and Brenda and Dave take the same the attitude to children that you let them first of all when they 're small , you have to tell them no like you do not |
| 15 | Val had never , during their time together , proposed to Roland that they visit her mother , though Roland had twice taken her to Glasdale , where she had helped his father wash up , and had taken his mother 's jeering deflation of their way of life in her stride , telling him , ‘ Do n't worry , Mole . |
| 16 | It was only half way back to Darlington that we realised we never had learned why Bobby Orton walked off against Burnhope . |
| 17 | Glanville indicated in a memo to Kerr that he thought there were problems ahead . |
| 18 | The news was such a shock to Mark that he dropped his celebratory drink . |
| 19 | It must be made clear to students that they retain their Compact entitlements and may redeem them for employment within Compact companies whenever they leave education , whether at 16+ , 18+ or after higher education . |
| 20 | After the two had left , Thomas confided to Thornton that he found it quite extraordinary that these two people , who were so naive and inexperienced , could be at the top of what was supposed to be a concrete business proposal . |
| 21 | James had won the first round , though , suffering agonies of seasickness , he was in no mood to celebrate , while Admiral de Forbin , in an excess of caution , stood so far out to sea that they overshot their intended destination , Leith in the Firth of Forth , and instead made their landfall 60 miles [ 96 km ] north of Aberdeen and 150 [ 240 km ] from the real objective . |
| 22 | If it is so for choices of means it is so for choices of ends ; and it is one of the greatest temptations to irrationality that nothing compels us to acknowledge in the realm of ends what we can not afford to deny in the realm of means . |
| 23 | What I would like to try and get personnel 's agreement to , if a if at all possible , is that we do n't do this nonsense of having to close list our staff to jobs that we know we 're gon na put them into . |
| 24 | Three year old Francesca Lobban is so sensitive to pain that it makes her heart stop and leaves her unconscious for up to ninety minutes . |
| 25 | Although it is to Christianity that we owe our modern temporal orientation , it is to the Romans that we are mainly indebted for the form of our calendar and conventions of time recording . |