Example sentences of "[pers pn] that [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm so self reliant that I if I was going o do anything it 'd have to be me that would do it , for the simple reason I could n't trust anybody else , not in that particular thing anyway .
2 I am going to say something about you that may shock you .
3 I 'll slap a warrant on you that will stop everything .
4 But it 's well , ’ he said seriously , ‘ that you should have a token about you that will get you in to me or the prince at need , and stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul unawares of any of his officers or mine .
5 Get out your grammar books and I will explain a few things to you that will help your conversation if you can get them into your so stupid heads .
6 And when he talks about a means of grace , he means something that happens to you that can bring you to faith .
7 Do you remember any any funny stories you that can tell us ?
8 But that man does live near you that can give you a lift .
9 After what that evil bastard did to me , you could n't possibly tell me anything about him that would make me more frightened of him than I already am . ’
10 She thought telling him that would prove she was determined .
11 From the bold opening words , in which Christian appears with his Bible in his hand and his great burden on his back , crying , ‘ What shall I do ’ , readers of all denominations and cultures have been entranced by the story right through to the end , when Mr Valiant-for-Truth gives his sword ‘ to him that shall succeed me … and as he went , he said , ‘ Death where is thy sting ? ’ and as he went down deeper , he said , ‘ Grave where is thy victory ? ’
12 First he sent him to the Jews to be tried as they said , then he sent him Herod then Pilate thought , if I scourge him that will satisfy them , let me just give him a beating and the folk will be happy and it 'll be alright .
13 And only Him that can hold us
14 What demon was inside him that could take her soul from her with one look ?
15 She swung open her door , half hoping that something would happen , that fortune would toss some unforeseen card at her that would alter everything between them , but nothing happened .
16 ‘ Do n't you know anything else about her that might give you a lead ?
17 So , while you may well have some trait or peculiarity about her that will give her a mark of distinction , this must be something that does not disqualify her from maximum general sympathy .
18 It therefore seemed logical to press a little of every suitable plant in her garden and later to create a design from it that would remind her for many years to come of her treasured garden .
19 So how would we find an outside correspondence for jealousy , a way of writing about it that would make it real for the reader , so real that it puts him/her in touch with his/her own jealousy ?
20 Do n't heat up bottles of formula in the microwave — there might be hidden ‘ heat spots ’ in it that could burn your baby 's mouth .
21 It 's how it 's used and what people do to get it that can offend our values .
22 So , go to a considerable amount of trouble to , first , find the point where your story has to begin , where the first absolutely necessary fact has to be put before the reader , then work equally hard to find a form of words to state it that will catch your reader as firmly as Ruth Rendell catches hers .
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