Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Biography is in that sense a convenient fiction since no one can probe , without the risk of farcical failure , those hidden perceptions or experiences which run alongside the observable life but may not necessarily touch it .
2 Funnily , funnily enough he , funnily enough his car 's on that picture
3 Perhaps the easiest way around this is to make a note of which side you started and only ever turn off the machine when the carriage is on that side .
4 The Collection provides complete coverage of his management of Her Majesty 's from that time until his death in 1917 , including the original plans by the eminent theatre architect , C. J. Phipps .
5 Being a first-class citizen is about that kind of civic engagement .
6 Rowse was at that time in London , or I might ( I said ) have asked him to tea and taken some soundings .
7 Filmer 's bedroom was in that car .
8 They were that Filmer 's bedroom was in that car .
9 The judge decided that the defendant was within that definition and could remain in possession .
10 Oswald 's best season at the Palace was probably 1933–34 , when he topped our list of appearances with 39 games , although perhaps his finest display for the club was in that season 's 2nd round FA Cup tie at Stockport , when the Palace came from behind to win 2–1 .
11 Lot of shop lifting was for that reason .
12 The reverse had a marked impact on Moltke , whose mental concentration was at that time directed to the western theatre .
13 All I 'm trying to do is to establish where your father 's Datsun was on that night , and then stop wasting your time . ’
14 The institution was at that time entirely concerned with the education of teachers and future teachers , and recruited predominantly , though not exclusively , from the conurbation in which it was located , and which it was designed to serve .
15 ‘ Pick up a piece of chicken and all the flavours of that dish are on that piece of chicken .
16 None of the requests for housing requirement are at that level .
17 This airframe was the founder member of what became known as the National Aeronautical Collection ( NAC ) and the bulk of the airframes presented in the new gallery are from that grouping .
18 when I 've that poorly cat 's into that walking a can you smell cat 's wee in here , I 'm surprised
19 My standard of tennis is at that level where merely returning a serve constitutes a match highlight .
20 If it was a question that this vehicle was in that state when the sold it , then I would think that most of them would put that right themselves .
21 Mains went to Training College in Dunedin to develop as a schoolteacher and his first adult rugby was with that club .
22 Her teeth were equally so , and her fresh complexion was at that time glowing with good health ; her blond hair is a beautiful shining blond colour .
23 The land in question was in that part of northern Zawiya which is called Mannaia , and it seems beyond doubt that the Mannaia had granted it to the Sanusi order in the 1870s .
24 Some of the items in this Journal are of that nature .
25 ‘ Tug o ’ war is like that lager they keep advertising , ’ he says .
26 ‘ And your spaceship is in that building .
27 grandson is about that age and very sympathetic she is erm I said er Mary Ann says she does n't know what the point is , you do n't really want to do it he said , she 's right , I do n't he said , in a way I do , in another way I do n't , I said
28 Yes I erm I would like to point out that we are looking er very closely at the sales and I 've just had a report on my desk from the head of finance which is the beginning of the discussions in the management team on er the sales erm and relation of loss of sales to profit and so on and the now we , the shop is in that position we 've had time t we have more time to assess how things are working out .
29 The wine is in that sideboard , Meredith .
30 Now that is a word you seldom come across in England , but away up in the Highlands and Islands being " fey " means that you have a certain sixth sense — you are the seventh son of a seventh son , or whatever the drama is on that score .
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