Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [that] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was my heart that broke when he went , yet I never had him searched for ; I durs n't think what 'd come , if he saw the lad now .
2 on my part that did n't get passed down and it is important that 's .
3 I know from my work with homeless families that such people invariably need help late at night , in the early hours of the morning or at weekends , when it is especially difficult to find a general practitioner who will respond quickly to a call to see someone who has arrived on the doorstep — in my case that means the doorstep of the YMCAs for which I worked .
4 is a one in a thousand one in a thousand like my my Gerald that thought about his duties , his responsibilities , his tender fatherly fig .
5 And for my money that does not include such activities as flipping through Who 's Who , taking a telephone directory off the shelf , or getting hold of a mate 's mate on the blower .
6 ‘ While you 've been sitting on your intellectual arses alternately pitying yourselves and the so-called workers , it 's my hard work , my money that 's been keeping this country — ’ Stalking off indoors ; the door shuts .
7 ‘ It was just my presence that tarnished the fairy-tale for you ? ’
8 It was my neck that hurt .
9 I have great sympathy with the needs of village schools but at the end ofg the day we have to consider the needs of the children and I have no doubt in my mind that trying to open a school in Brockweir is simply not on for the children .
10 It was what was going on in my mind that had to be kept secret , on pain of interference , on pain of ridicule , on pain of punishment and , inevitably , on pain of self-understanding .
11 To my mind that clinched the connection with Pegasus Farm , the Winged Pegasus being the emblem of the Parachute Regiment which used to be called the Red Berets ( when Richard Todd was making films ) but nowadays ( since American Football and Rambo ) referred to themselves as the Maroon Machine .
12 You 've been set in a certain class and no matter how your opinions change and you want to throw that class off , if ever a man does , it wo n't let him , it 's there in his voice , in his manner ; even if a gentleman was to take to the road he 'd still be a gentleman ; I mean , according to the kind of education he 's received , so to my mind that has become a kind of cage .
13 No I 'm stopping in with our kid , you know , and you could n't impose on , on so er if there was fisticuffs , fights , falling out , I 'll fetch our kid , I 'll fetch our wench , I mean there we you used to , honestly and truthfully , you , you used to feel it , you know erm because when there was any trouble , problems or like that there was always somebody to share it well it had the advantages in some ways , perhaps you was er had a little bit more luxuries than the f bigger family , but i in my mind that did n't make up for the companionship of brothers and sisters , no b b b b that , that 's w how I put it anyway .
14 Give 'em all my autograph that write me . ’
15 I tried this , but much to my disappointment that did n't work either .
16 I had that flinty look in my eyes that told Ed all he needed to know .
17 It 's the inappropriate nature of my clothing that has consistently let me down through the years .
18 ‘ Is there something about my work that 's been bothering you , Headmaster ? ’
19 This was absolutely vital if I was ever to ‘ fly ’ her , because it would be the lure of food on my fist that made her come back to me .
20 ‘ And it was my plan that has brought you to your heart 's desire . ’
21 But some of the rules , about not having visitors , meant that all my visitors that came from London had to walk round town .
22 There is a ghost in my bones that struggles for wings .
23 In my opinion that supports the line taken in the revised version of P P G three which I do n't think dims the enthusiasm of central government for a new settlement consideration as compared with its predecessor , P P G three .
24 He 's one of the initiates , and in my opinion that counts for , and perhaps even excuses , a lot .
25 Cos it 's sad in my opinion that going back to where we were several months ago because we set out out to attracting higher quality people paying them more money and we 've come back again to basically seeing the people who we saw in the first instance
26 On my disc that holds this chapter there are officially just three files .
27 There 's nothing about me that erm , excuse me , there 's nothing about my body that is essential to me , nothing about my body that individuates me and that 's why erm I take it one might think that erm I could actually be changed into a different body , so .
28 By morning it will have moved towards the part of my body that needs healing . ’
29 Though it 's my head , not my body that needs pulling into shape .
30 ‘ It 's my body that seems sluggish . ’
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