Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv] that " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
2 | I 'm not smiling inside my beard now that I 'm Summerchild , naturally , because I 've no beard to smile inside . |
3 | I 'll never forget that I will never forget that , I had , I 'll told my mum like that we I told my mum we 'd be sleeping over and she said that was alright and she sort of looked at me as if to say mm , yes will Helena 's brother be there ? |
4 | I would like to fit a built-in dual-fuel hob in my kitchen so that I can cook with both gas and electricity . |
5 | There is a passage in the Mithraic communion which is particularly interesting : ‘ He who shall not eat of my body nor drink of my blood so that he may be one with me and I with him , shall not be saved . ’ |
6 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
7 | In order to make conversation easier , I lay on my side so that my face was close to him . |
8 | It is , I decide , not my fault either that I am a human being who does not want to be eaten alive . |
9 | Later I put one on the wall of my study so that I could watch these changes in my appearance . |
10 | It is my contention here that neither Shakespeare nor his audience believed that dreams predicted the future , although they were certainly prepared to entertain the idea . |
11 | They still do , but I 've learnt now to keep them in my lap so that the sweat coming off the hands soaks into the trousers . |
12 | Chief Inspector Deacon Billingsley raised his right hand and victoriously , patronisingly and very gently , patted my cheek so that I felt the cold touch of his heavy gold rings . |
13 | I stand with my feet about eighteen inches apart , with my left foot forward of my right so that I can easily swivel from the hips from looking parallel to the bank through to facing my ‘ target ’ . |
14 | ‘ I am so certain of my place here that I would have resigned anyway , and now I have good reason three times over … my nerve had already failed twice , and could n't do so again … . ’ |
15 | I give it to my husband so that I ca n't sell it if money gets low ’ . |
16 | I give it to my husband so that I ca n't sell it if money gets low ’ . |
17 | ‘ You said you wanted to meet my fiancée so that you could judge her for yourself . |
18 | I thank you Chair , I mean , clearly I have to ask for a little bit of license on this one , in that I have to comment on things outside of my own district , erm but you will not be surprised to hear , given my evidence earlier that the City Council 's view is quite clearly that there is sufficient land with , on the edge of York , the main urban area , which could accommodate this type of level of development and obviate the need for a new settlement in the structure plan period , I accept , however , of course that that is dependant upon the definition of the inner boundary of the greenbelt , if the City Council 's view on that is er acceptable then Inspector , I believe there will be sufficient sites to obviate the the need for a new settlement , clearly if the Inspector takes a tighter view on the greenbelt , then there will be little land opportunity within the main urban area for this . |
19 | I wound it around my head so that it covered all but my eyes . |
20 | You must realize that I 've got it all worked out in my head so that this does n't have any bearing on you at all . ’ |
21 | Taking account again of the public concern about violent crime , in future I intend to exercise my discretion so that murderers of police or prison officers , terrorist murderers , sexual or sadistic murderers of children and murderers by firearm in the course of robbery can normally expect to serve at least 20 years in custody ; and there will be cases where the gravity of the offence requires a still longer period . |
22 | She told my friend here that he was some sort of cousin . |
23 | And I will do whatever you ask for in my name so that the Father 's glory will be shown through the son . |
24 | So I rang up and changed the name to my name so that sh sh the women who runs Photo Gallery in Cardiff , now knows that Ken runs the photography group in Holyhead , so she knows my name now . |
25 | Do I want to follow a set exercise programme or would I prefer to change my life-style so that I become more active ? |
26 | My feeling now that top panel should not be touched . |
27 | As I made my way back to my slit trench I wondered what would be my role now that Lovat had gone ? |
28 | I was so frightened you 'd walk out of my life again that I sank to ignominious depths to keep you close to me . ’ |
29 | As agreed , he swung a punch to my chin so that I should rise in an elegant arc of slow motion to fall sprawled in a dramatic contortion on the bar room floor . |
30 | While he was out I had rewritten my will so that I left nothing to my ex . |