Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] that [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harriet pushed back the cuff of her ski jacket and glanced at her watch — the clear faced leather-strapped Patek Philippe man 's watch that she always wore in preference to the elegant Cartier her father had given her , unless of course circumstances forced her into an evening gown . |
| 2 | He was thinking of Hilbert 's shot-gun that he still had but which he should perhaps not keep much longer . |
| 3 | But if only now is it God 's intention that they also be admitted to orders , women must necessarily see themselves as some kind of secondary citizens . |
| 4 | It 's been so impregnated in the child 's mind that she just Well they just could n't they could n't fathom it because he used |
| 5 | Jane says it 's a tribute to the player 's determination that he ever played again . |
| 6 | But Neath are backing the player 's insistence that he merely took a cold remedy . |
| 7 | The name is a reference to Mr Donovan 's evidence that he sometimes applied lemon juice to lighten his hair , although never bleach . |
| 8 | This latest open letter from the rebel leader , cashiered Colonel Gregorio Honason appears to confirm the government 's belief that he no longer has the ability to launch another military uprising . |
| 9 | Initially this satisfied the Marne growers , since they were pleased that the government had not ratified the Aube 's claim that it too was part of Champagne . |
| 10 | However , such was A Smooth One 's superiority that she quickly made up the lost ground to score by four lengths . |
| 11 | ( However we should still heed Mr Castro 's warning that nothing now happening in Europe is going to help the desperate problems of the Third World . |
| 12 | Mrs Crumwallis poised herself over her urns in her favourite position , while Hilary Frome acted on Milton 's assurance that they also served who only stood and waited . |
| 13 | The adpeople 's nostalgic remoulding of this period attempted to persuade Britain 's youth that it really was hankering for those wholesome , innocent , optimistic times when guys courted gals with dignity , respect and slick-back haircuts . |
| 14 | The rhythmic movement of volumes and planes in space is so basic in Cézanne 's design that it usually extends to the treatment of the background — whether that be sky , wall or drapery — and makes it serve the dual purpose of a screenlike area or space boundary and of a rhythmic sequence of semivoluminous planes which continue the movement of the units in the middleground and foreground ; this sequential ordering thus contributes to compositional unity in the widest sense as well as to the expressive movement of the total form . |
| 15 | The pensioners complained on the eve of the first anniversary of the publisher 's death that they still did not know how long their pensions would be paid . |
| 16 | It was not the fault of Annie Besant 's biographer that I often longed to put this book down . |
| 17 | Such was Gallacher 's prowess that he once scored five goals in a 7–3 victory against Ireland . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ said Henrietta , smiling meaninglessly , confirming Liz 's view that she never listened to a word that Liz said to her . |
| 19 | The High Mages of the Elves attempted to stop them , but such was the power of the Witch King 's magic that he slowly and inexorably gained the upper hand . |
| 20 | But I think it 's going in the right direction , that in , in a sense what is not wanted is , is facts to , to cluster the , the , the memory but erm imaginative qualities to kindle the , the intellectual spirit 's curiosity that we really want to awaken . |
| 21 | One way of characterizing Althusser 's intervention would be Martin Jay 's observation that he effectively destroyed the Lukácsian notion of totality . |
| 22 | William of Jumièges ' statement that he later offered the æthelings a share of England is very difficult to credit ; it may owe something to Dudo 's story of the offer made to Rollo , or result from confusion with the events of 1041 , when Edward returned to England at Harthacnut 's invitation and according to the Chronicle C text was sworn in as king . |