Example sentences of "[prep] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said under his breath as she finished , ‘ I 've dreamed about that Drowned Forest too . |
| 2 | He had to apologise about that young girl Carly because he got it all wrong . |
| 3 | Do you hear about that young girl killed in Rushton the other night ? |
| 4 | I am sorry about that young man . |
| 5 | I want to know as much as possible about that young man and his movements . |
| 6 | What would he do about that young man and the necklace ? |
| 7 | What should he do about that young scoundrel ? |
| 8 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 9 | What about that young shepherd we saw there the other day , what was his name ? ’ |
| 10 | Now do n't you worry about that young woman that 's upstairs , Sergeant Joe , except of course I would n't want no talk goin' on . ’ |
| 11 | What about that young foreman who got his wrist broken ? ’ |
| 12 | What about that other lodger ? |
| 13 | ‘ What about that other man in the rubbish dump ? ’ |
| 14 | You might also think about that other bastard son , Philip , in King John , a merry , pranking , politically astute fellow , with a wry , salty style . |
| 15 | what about that erm , what about that other place that er timber place on the way to Kilkern erm we went there , you , oh you went in to ask about some walnut , do you remember when er |
| 16 | about that other business |
| 17 | And what about that other thing ? |
| 18 | Relatively little is known about such people , although in oral evidence to the House of Commons Health Committee the head of medical statistics at the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys remarked that ‘ one of the things that people are now suggesting about that other group who do not have an occupation is that they are forming … an under class . ’ |
| 19 | " Now , since you have n't found anyone in London to suit your taste , what about that nice West girl who 's always sighing over you ? " |
| 20 | Movies had always been made about the past , of course , if not so very frequently about that immediate past whose primary unit of measure is the decade rather than the century ; but it was probably Visconti 's The Damned in 1969 that inaugurated what were to be the definitive parameters of a new filmic style . |
| 21 | I do not doubt that representations will be made about that private sector decision , which I very much regret . |
| 22 | Did you watch , did you watch that last night , granddad , on B B C two about that chemical plant ? |
| 23 | Waldegrave was killed because of what he knew , something about that pathetic joke . ’ |
| 24 | There was something sinister about that murmuring voice … |
| 25 | P. You know damn well about that small misjudgment made at traffic lights with a P100 and several other cars . |
| 26 | Nature backs up helpless reason and stops it going so wildly astray. , How about that rare bird , the man who professes that he is a ‘ complete sceptic ’ ? |
| 27 | If I 've written to the Council once about that front door , I 've written fifty times . |
| 28 | Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place . |
| 29 | Puzzled , Mike wondered what was so special about that ordinary-looking Omega watch . |
| 30 | ‘ Loosen your hair … and what about that poor excuse for a gown ? ’ |