Example sentences of "[vb pp] [that] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And , for your information , I 've long wished that I 'd never heard of you — or your wretched grandmother . |
| 2 | Eventually , on Feb. 25 , the Israeli Foreign Ministry disclosed that it had formally requested additional US military aid worth US$1,000 million to offset defence costs incurred as a result of the crisis . |
| 3 | As the phonemic contrasts in one 's own language are " built in " , it can be expected that it takes longer to detach oneself from these contrasts than it takes to master the actual pronunciation . |
| 4 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 5 | Little Gibson , 29 , and so forgotten that he trains alone , was once part of Terry Phelan 's £2.3 million move to Manchester City . |
| 6 | I have never forgotten that I came home to my wife and said : ‘ There 's a young man working with us and I 'm sure he is going to be a big star . ’ |
| 7 | UNITA , which had unilaterally downgraded the status of its delegation shortly before the talks , further claimed that it had already made concessions including the recognition of the ruling MPLA as a political party , and of President dos Santos as head of state . |
| 8 | She had also claimed that he took long liquid lunches and had even been thrown out of a wine bar for fondling another girl . |
| 9 | Dawn disappeared and Sophie was so chilled that she shivered involuntarily . |
| 10 | In defending this choice of subject matter Le Roy Ladurie has recently protested that it represents just whatever can be most readily understood in quantitative terms . |
| 11 | It is therefore recommended that you select only those fields which you are most interested in e.g. |
| 12 | Unless you have extremely stringent security requirements , it is strongly recommended that you have only one LIFESPAN Process for all your live data ; ie. for all the configurable items you wish LIFESPAN to manage . |
| 13 | Gorbad Ironclaw was one of the most successful Orc leaders of all time : his campaign of destruction raged across the Empire and left the region of Solland so devastated that it has never fully recovered . |
| 14 | But much of his work was done in minor cricket , and , for instance , in the seasons 1848–51 it has been calculated that he took no less than 1,307 wickets , including 455 in forty-one matches in 1851 . |
| 15 | When he is first led into her presence she is veiled ‘ but with her draperies so arranged that they emphasised rather than concealed the wonderful elegance of her tall form ’ and ‘ two plaits of glossy , raven hair ’ , each ending in a ‘ single large pearl ’ , appear beneath her veil . |
| 16 | ‘ And , ’ he pursued pleasantly , ‘ I certainly had n't guessed that you had actually gone to the trouble of speculating on my reactions — to illness or to anything else , ’ he added quietly . |
| 17 | At the moment it is intended that they close only on New Year 's Day , 1 May and Christmas Day , although this may be altered to include also two Mondays a month . |
| 18 | It should be added here that the high clergy hardly recognized that they had actually been exercising a political religious power of a specifically sectarian or monopolistic type . |
| 19 | Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases . |
| 20 | All the inhabitants of La Valdieu turned out to be English and when they had explained that they had all independently ended up at the farm without having had any conscious intention of doing so , my sceptical antennae started twitching . |
| 21 | He had bought a bunch of parsley on his way in , because he had heard that it clears away the smell of alcohol . |
| 22 | I have noticed that it has always been the acers that have aroused the greatest number of inquiries from readers visiting The Daily Telegraph 's garden at the Chelsea Flower Show ( preparations for this year 's are already advanced , by the way ) . |
| 23 | It will be noticed that I refer only to those cases where the patient , or someone on his behalf , has made his view known . |
| 24 | Gervase , you have perhaps noticed that I have never removed my underpants in your presence . |
| 25 | But the nodding baby , the beginnings of whimpers from Helen who had decided that she minded bitterly that her fairy doll had spent Christmas in a cardboard box , Mrs Chamberlin 's gallant attempts to fight her own fatigue , told her she must go home . |
| 26 | It 's been written that you look absolutely terrified when you parade your songs in front of live audiences . |
| 27 | He went on : ‘ They are normally engaged in planning non-emergency journeys but since there have not been any it was felt that they have just been sitting around socialising when others are working long hours . |
| 28 | Well , I suggest someone nips over next door to see if we can borrow a room — that is , if it is felt that we need actually to discuss anything more . " |
| 29 | It 's not emotional blackmail — but once or twice recently , I 've felt that I 've nearly bought it . |
| 30 | I mean , I 've always felt that I had better do a helluva lot of acting . |