Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] that [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ McIniff was blackguard enough to do that but you 'd think that at least he 'd be ashamed to tell it . ’ |
| 2 | Child benefit is the only benefit which is in fact available to women , even then the government tried a few years ago to change that and to make it paid to the man . |
| 3 | Okay , so I 've got thirty four remaining ones to mark and I 've got er all day tomorrow to do that and some on Thursday and possibly some time tonight . |
| 4 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 5 | Nanny often did that when she was cross with Artemis for leaving her clothes in a heap , or a dirty glass by her bedside . |
| 6 | Well it 's like Richard said I think The Mercury probably tried that and then gone with this naff tale about the house . |
| 7 | A further Running Elephant just does that and at speed while an elephant with a ziggurat on his back is Unburdening his trunk into what seems to be a much too tiny pot . |
| 8 | The solution also implies that and so from equation ( 9.14 ) , there is a phase shift β given by However , has to be in the range -1 to + 1 . |