Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [that] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uses behaviour that emphasises the interviewer 's powers to appraise and evaluate — sitting back in the chair , head tilting backwards , hand covering mouth , perhaps , looking doubtful and not registering any reaction to what is said , or indicating that he or she appreciates that their ‘ victim ’ has finished an answer . |
| 2 | The Brecon Beacons Park Society will , of course , focus its attention on local issues arising within the Park , where we hope that their voice will support ours , and vice versa . |
| 3 | But even where a case is tried summarily , magistrates still have the power to commit a convicted defendant to the Crown Court for sentence where they feel that their own powers are inadequate . |
| 4 | If your hospitalization is sudden , say , you are struck down with appendicitis at work , ask your work colleagues to telephone the neighbour who keeps your spare key and ask him or her to check that your home is all right , look after your pet or take your pet to a local kennels or vet to be looked after , water your plants , and generally keep an eye on things . |
| 5 | For the most part , parents mistakenly thought their children were not legally entitled to vote , despite having voting cards , or they judged that their children would not understand what it was all about . |
| 6 | There is nothing more to say except I hope that their year of office will be filled with happiness and wish them well with all their endeavours on behalf of Council . |
| 7 | Although I know that my hon. Friend is interested in switching it to the autumn , we have no plans to do that because there are different views about it . |
| 8 | I begin by joining my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) in lending my full support to the Prime Minister in everything that he said , and in giving my full support to the motion — although I fear that my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley and I may not be able to agree on other matters , with which I shall deal later . |
| 9 | Although I realized that my faulty literary judgment was the occasion for his reaction — for he must have been well-accustomed to reading manuscripts of surpassing dullness — because when lie wrote to Wakefield-Harrey it was in firm but polite terms , which , since they were from Eliot , were to him the next best thing to commendation . |
| 10 | Cos erm , apparently erm Trevor was working for Bettaware for Avon and they had the Social Services round to say that I hear that your working and they do toy parties and they said no , I mean there not making a living out of it , it 's was just |
| 11 | ‘ It 's just that I doubt that your grandmother sent you after me with instructions to — to abduct me and drag me to Rome at any cost . ’ |
| 12 | It was at this point — a year or so into our campaign — that I realized that my efforts were not always appreciated by the other members of the group . |
| 13 | But , just before the reader buries the portfolio matrix once and for all , he or she might remember that I said that my case would not be complete until the end of chapter 8 , where more organizational and behavioural matters will be considered . |
| 14 | My Lords erm I would only hope that I would be able to do something to my Noble Friend in trying to persuade him that it is n't all that bad erm My Lords I do agree with him though when you I , I think that I 'd be first of all w were to tell him that er not that he would n't be surprised that I thought that his amendment was n't actually necessary , but I do understand his concern , I mean he tries to find his way through the legislation . |
| 15 | May I place it on record that I know that my hon. Friend is doing his best to ensure that south Dorset continues to have a large amount of Ministry of Defence employment ? |
| 16 | Suffice it that I know that your true opinion of me is scornful in the extreme . ’ |
| 17 | It is important that it is on the record in the context of Sinn Fein 's reaction to the attack that occurred on Saturday that I understand that its president , Mr. Adams , when asked last night , specifically refused to condemn the bombing . |
| 18 | J.D. , Mr O'Connor , has invited me to join his permanent staff of reporters now that I think that my work in the East End is … over . |
| 19 | And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and . |
| 20 | I 've heard him shouting at Nicola in their bedroom , which is below mine , so I know that his polished and polite air is not the whole story . |
| 21 | They knew nothing about him , really , although she knew that her husband was impressed by him . |
| 22 | It was difficult for Anne to hide her feelings but she said nothing , even to Sarah although she knew that her friend was puzzled by the situation . |
| 23 | Your institute produced a series of powerful critiques of the Czechoslovak economy in the 1980s , although you stressed that its position was much more favourable than that of Poland or Hungary . |
| 24 | Sara curtsied , and backed to the door ; and it was only when it had closed behind her and she was standing on the long , tiled landing that she realized that her future mother-in-law had not once asked about her family in Ireland . |
| 25 | If you are satisfied that there is now no possibility of your marriage succeeding , you must state on the application that there is no prospect of reconciliation and that you consider that your marriage has broken down irretrievably . |
| 26 | It 's when you come to do a job like building a fitted wardrobe that you realise that your house is not ‘ true ’ . |
| 27 | The two of you have followed each other halfway round the world over the years , and she 'll shut you out once she realises that your affair is something you renew periodically . ’ |
| 28 | Once you understand that your Visa card is not a passport into a woman 's knickers , a dinner date becomes a much scarier business . |
| 29 | view is that one hopes that my hopes are that of the direct report you er worked for erm is equal and competent and is erm in a sense courageous and brave and that they realize that sometimes to get the best results you have to do things which are perhaps challenging and orthodox |
| 30 | So although we think that our method is best , we fully realize that you 've got styles , things th which you 've built up over many years . |