Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It breaks my heart that his career has been ruined . |
| 2 | It crossed my mind that my father looked worried , but he was good at acting and perhaps that was just what he wanted me to think , so deep down I remained unconvinced . |
| 3 | But there is no doubt in my mind that his attitude to her became increasingly unprofessional in the course of the spring and summer . ’ |
| 4 | He always liked to tell me things about my lover that my lover kept from me . |
| 5 | But , of course , it was n't my fault that my mother was pregnant and yet for years I felt that it was . |
| 6 | It is not my fault that your godmother chose to cut you out . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I had warned my clients that our joining together was imminent , ’ says Claire . |
| 8 | Er , my Lord may I say that er in relation to the witness statement erm , clearly the credibility of this , the plaintiff Mr is going to be substantially in issue er and therefore er I propose er not to simply to tell him er and say erm in your witness statement your evidence erm but clearly to take him to those areas which are in dispute and to ask him to deal fully with them in I appreciate it 's going to erm take some time to do that but it is important in my submission that your Lordship has the ability to er assess the plaintiffs . |
| 9 | My boasts that our school was an open school run on democratic lines with no special privileges took no account of the reality that my car was always parked closest to the door and that no one else dared use that space ! |
| 10 | The use in this of ‘ mystery ’ as articled trade and as ‘ enigma ’ precisely makes my point that our own usage of ‘ profession ’ carries both meanings ( as well as others ) . |
| 11 | I can not do not think I am can be mistaken in my belief that our meeting was also important interesting to you , and that however much you may value your seclusion |
| 12 | It is my belief that our life preparation students are not ‘ valued ’ by many colleagues , so how would they react to learners seen to be ‘ less able ’ or more difficult to cope with ? |
| 13 | I shall offer no further argument for my claim that our political life recognizes integrity as a political virtue . |
| 14 | ‘ It is my wish that my Clerk Mr. Prince who is well acquainted with my business and affairs and in whom I place great confidence should continue in the management and conduct of the same … to sell and dispose or exchange all or any of my works on Ornithology and specimens of Natural History in the manner I have been accustom to do … to continue or complete as far as practicable the publication of any work or works of mine on Ornithology and to do all other [ illegible ] by issuing a Prospectus advertising the same … to purchase all necessary materials articles and things fit and proper for the carrying on of my business … to borrow for a temporary period any money from my Bankers , Messrs Drummond and Company … and if there by any surplus available for the purpose to invest the same in purchase of Stock … to pay the rent and taxes … make up , adjust and settle all and every or any Accounts … [ and generally ] to do perform and execute all and every or any other acts deeds matters and things whatsoever are necessary to be done in all other my concerns engagements affairs and business whatsoever during my absence from England as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I myself might or could do if I were personally present and did the same . ’ |
| 15 | But in which he says that he 's talking about himself ‘ That so many good and learned men among the neighbouring nations who read my works may not be induced by this fellow 's calumnies to alter the favourable opinion they have formed of me , followed by the assertion that the people of England whom fate , or duty , or their own virtues have incited me to defend may be convinced from the purity and integrity of my life that my defence , if it do not redown to their honour , can never be considered as their disgrace . ’ |
| 16 | Before we left for Bosnia I told my platoon that my ultimate aim was to bring them all home alive . |
| 17 | At first , Sally was somewhat bewildered by my suggestion that her body was just trying to confirm her beliefs and that , if she honestly believed her body would maintain its weight , regardless of what she ate , then it would do so . |
| 18 | I knew from the moment I saw my squashed , bloated foot and my ankle that my trousers would have to be cut off . |
| 19 | Sometimes I can tell from my clothes that my weight has changed , either up or down , but it does n't fill me with panic or even very much interest . |
| 20 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 21 | Remembering my hunch that my drink was spiked leaves me confused . |
| 22 | In a steady drawl he corrects my misapprehension that his group attracts loads of metalheads amongst the other sub-cultures that clock to the gigs … |
| 23 | I understand from some of my students that their OT banks were also a useful source of questions for playing ‘ Strip accountancy ’ . |
| 24 | It is my view that our ‘ establishment figures ’ in education have held back progress for a generation . |
| 25 | It is my view that our generation has been much too preoccupied with the ‘ trimmings ' ; goodness knows how much time and energy has gone into the practising of accent and command of language , how many hours spent studying encyclopedias and volumes of ‘ Test Your Knowledge ’ , when the time should have been spent mastering the basic fundamentals . |
| 26 | Not believing in reincarnation or the after-life , it 's my view that our lives are not dress rehearsals . |
| 27 | She glanced down and saw to her horror that her stomach was growing . |
| 28 | Mrs Helmsley , who began adult life selling cigarettes in a New York cinema , had become so unpopular as the details of her manners and penny-pinching management technique were exposed in court during her trial that her lawyers based an eleventh-hour appeal for mercy on her likely prison victimisation as a ‘ notorious , widely-reviled , vastly wealthy New York Jew . ’ |
| 29 | Acceptance of pain was the bridge that enabled a girl to relinquish her hope that her clitoris would become a penis , and to become instead a mature woman whose sexuality was focused upon her vagina . |
| 30 | She learned with sadness in her heart that their recent one night of love had been after he had met a young Vietnamese man . |