Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case described in our earlier debate by the hon. Gentleman , the local authority would make its decision to withdraw or not to withdraw discount on the basis of whether it thought that the dwelling in question was the auntie 's sole or main residence . |
| 2 | and you know it 's a case of whether you believe that we 're in favour because we got this money and therefore we 're likely to get |
| 3 | Or how about if he realised that the real reason I had been looking ‘ better ’ lately had something to do with a £6.99 bargain hair colourant from Clairol ? |
| 4 | ‘ So , how about if I agree that I 'm unprincipled , absolutely despicable , and thoroughly reprehensible — or , indeed , any other term of abuse you might care to use ? |
| 5 | Why , when we all know that loneliness is a paralysing form of human misery , do we go on as if we thought that the deepest need of rational individuals was to be independent of one another ? |
| 6 | Gentlemen : It is with great regret that I see so many students labouring day after day in the Academy , as if they imagined that a liberal art , such as ours , was to be acquired like a mechanical trade , by dint of labour , or I may add the absurdity of supposing that it could be acquired by any means whatever . |
| 7 | No feet picked up , just a slovenly shuffle in the snow … as if they knew that their scraping passage festered in the mind of the Major . |
| 8 | as if they knew that the problem was not resolved a letter arrived yesterday from the headquarters of British Bakeries . |
| 9 | It was as if they realised that she was not for the rough and tumble of this world , like the aggressive women with shaggy hair styles who pushed their way through life thrusting their hard shopping baskets at defenceless men . |
| 10 | Her talons grasped the mesh of the cage , her beak strained at the front as if she knew that something important was happening . |
| 11 | Zurachina looked as if she thought that the observation was unnecessary . |
| 12 | The old woman stared at him and her eyes were bright and piercing and the silver thimble had fallen to the lap of her dress , and her fists were clenched now as if she searched for a memory , and her husband watched her anxiously as if he witnessed that she was at war within herself . |
| 13 | The lectures which he delivered in America on this visit are not of crucial critical significance and , like other addresses of the same period , they are chiefly remarkable for the fact that he felt able to talk at some length about himself and his work — as if he realized that audiences came to see him , rather than hear anything he might care to say . |
| 14 | He spoke with awe and fear in his voice , and as if he believed that only Minch herself among all of them could know and understand what might be in Men 's minds . |
| 15 | He repeated this over and over , as if he believed that it is only " they " whoever they were , told him how to act , then everything would be all right . |
| 16 | Alexei laughed as if he knew that Jehan was being deliberately discouraging . |
| 17 | as if he knew that he only had to put his arms around her for her to immediately surrender , to succumb , a willing victim , to the force of his dark enchantment . |
| 18 | He smiled as if he knew that had been a struggle to get out but he did n't make it more difficult for her . |
| 19 | Sidacai looked as if he thought that the question was unnecessary . |
| 20 | The man looked around him again , as if he expected that they were being watched . |
| 21 | ‘ It was almost as if he understood that we were trying to help him . ’ |
| 22 | It was almost as if he felt that they had made a fool of him in 1945 – 46 and was trying to atone for his naiveté . |
| 23 | When he spoke it was in a barely audible voice as if he feared that his words would carry beyond the four walls . |
| 24 | The policeman glanced upwards as if he hoped that the phone would give him an excuse to get rid of this intruder . |
| 25 | But the voice that had spoken waited , as if it knew that eventually Creggan would speak the truth . |
| 26 | It was as if it meant that you should love yourself as much as you should love other people . |
| 27 | There is a sort of agony in loving a man from a distance , especially as if you know that your own twin sister is as good as promised to him . |
| 28 | It is as if you discover that you spent £1000 last month , and therefore assume you will have to spend £1000 , or a bit more , next month , without ever wondering if some of your expenditure was wasted . |
| 29 | This is a result that is much easier to account for if we suggest that a body clock is responsible for the alternation between sleep and activity . |
| 30 | The pressure to do work against 'cos they knew that Germany were working on the same lines , did n't they , the enormous pressure to get there first . |