Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Niki said the Paris decision had been the right one , one knows two things about Niki that explain his position : first that any Ferrari driver has to speak through both sides of his mouth , and second , that even were that not so , there is nothing Niki likes as much as winding someone else up . |
| 2 | Well you 'll see that in that apology Milton appears to be conscious of the very point that I am trying to make , that is to say it might be considered out of place in this prose work to speak of myself in direct factual terms , although a poet — a poet intending to write of things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme — a poet soaring in the high region of his fancies , with his garland and singing robes about him , in other words where we ca n't or are n't really invited to make out his individual identity very clearly because it is his role as poet that concerns us , there he clearly feels it would be proper . |
| 3 | The Department of Health has not decided yet how much general practitioners will be paid for work that exceeds their contractual obligations , such as attending care management meetings and performing certain assessments . |
| 4 | ‘ What is it about work that gives you the most pleasure ? ’ |
| 5 | What is it about PolaGraph that sets it apart from all the other black and white films ? |
| 6 | They became great friends and when they did that film in Africa they had a 15-hundredweight truck behind them absolutely full of whisky that followed them everywhere they went . |
| 7 | Depression now wrapped itself about her , making concentration difficult , while the thought of Silas holding Doreen in his arms brought a sudden flare of honesty that caused her to admit she was jealous . |
| 8 | Although this assumption is very likely to be wrong it is still a usable forecast in the sense that it may be no more wrong than forecasts of change that get it wrong . |
| 9 | The web of skin that unites their toes has become greatly enlarged so that each foot is , in effect , a small parachute . |
| 10 | Zitney fixed her with the kind of look that made her feel electric all over . |
| 11 | This is the result of my experience and your money and a touch of genius that follows me whatever I do . |
| 12 | Or , rather , a lion — there was something about those gold-brown eyes and swept-back mane of hair that made her think of the King of Beasts , dressed up in the trappings of civilisation . |
| 13 | The tracker , Tagan , took point , the rain beginning to mist his beard and the black mat of hair that covered his forehead , and they followed on , Fife and Drum looking wet and unenthusiastic already . |
| 14 | There was a thread of anger in the question , but Fran ignored it , just as she forced herself to ignore the sudden surge of hope that filled her heart . |
| 15 | Help us to cleanse it and hold it safe from the Godless forces of Communism that surround it and threaten it from within . |
| 16 | For our conclusions about the group would then be in every way prior to any conclusions about individuals ; we would have relied on principles of responsibility that draw their sense from a practice or way of thinking to which the personification is indispensable . |
| 17 | The humbucker carries a clean sound well , although there 's a hint of midrange that made me go for the coil-tap to keep things sounding sweet . |
| 18 | In these cases the plaintiff is aware of the risk but does not consent to the act of negligence that causes his injury . |
| 19 | She felt sick , but was relieved to feel something : the weight of the food in her stomach did something to counteract the sense of unreality that afflicted her . |
| 20 | The woman was slim , dark , and well made , with an air of reserve that made one take her seriously . |
| 21 | For it is the importance that the Formalists give to language in their theory of literature that enables them to avoid the difficulties and the fuzziness that they had so disliked in their critical and scholarly predecessors . |
| 22 | ‘ I came down from Manchester two days ago , to meet my fellow archdeacons , and the Bishop told me of your husband 's application and of course that made me wish to meet him , and to meet you . |
| 23 | ‘ She never stopped chattering through the entire performance and of course that made everybody look at her . ’ |
| 24 | The lack of judgement that led him to write to Routh in such a vein was Nora 's fault . |
| 25 | And she was on his knee , and their arms were round each other , and though the sun had gone down the garden at that moment was glorious , full of a blaze of splendour that surrounded them like a halo . |
| 26 | Her arrival , and the exclamations of admiration that greeted her , succeeded in defusing the last of the tension caused by Geoffrey 's tactless remarks . |
| 27 | Furthermore , both Lichtheim and Barth provide a critique of Marx 's concept of ideology that treats it as similar to that of Destutt . |
| 28 | In so far as millions of families live under economic conditions of existence that separate their mode of life , their interests and their culture from those of other classes … they form a class . |
| 29 | And it was lack of money that stopped them going away . |
| 30 | If you wish to give a capital sum to ACET ( e.g. from an inheritance your have received ) or an amount of money that exceeds your taxable for the tax year of the gift , ACET can still get tax relief on your gift if you enter into a Deposited Covenant arrangement . |