Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giorgio Armani wears navy , beige and more navy — punctuated with the occasional white T-shirt — and he has built an empire on the principle that nothing becomes a woman so much as every shade of sludge on the mud flats . |
| 2 | Because no Sunday School teacher is there to see that everyone gets a prize , that no one cheats or that no one is left lonely and out in the cold , there will be casualties . |
| 3 | In the Court of Appeal , Lord Denning MR decided in favour of Cheall , invoking the European Convention on Human Rights , which declared that everyone had a right to join a trade union , which proposition Lord Denning identified with the common law . |
| 4 | If we listen acutely , we hear that everyone speaks a language that is in some way unique . |
| 5 | It 's vital that everyone has a sense of belonging to the school and is kept fully informed of events that are taking place . |
| 6 | Protagoras ' reply to this is to contend that political wisdom is not a matter of specialized knowledge , but something in which everyone has a share , and in which it is necessary that everyone has a share , " Otherwise the state could not exist " . |
| 7 | 1 Pass round all the stories so that everyone has a chance to read them all . |
| 8 | Exercise 10–1 Suppose that everyone has a utility function , where T i denotes taxes paid . |
| 9 | The fact that everyone has a copy means that a delay in a project , due to neglecting a provision , is known to all and the project leader responsible is very exposed . |
| 10 | For you must really endeavour to get ahead with your composition , and that you can do if you have in readiness copies of symphonies and divertimenti to present to a Prince or to some other patron … the divertimenti can be copied very quickly , even though it is true that yours have a number of parts and are rather long … |
| 11 | Apart from other considerations , he — and specially Mother — believed that my becoming a doctor would be a step up the social ladder . |
| 12 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 13 | It was then that I experienced a side of Max that I had not known before : he was most caring and attentive , almost maternal , getting doctors and nurses , staying with me and looking after me in every way . |
| 14 | I know that I laughed a lot , and that Will said it was a stupid play , with not a word of poetry in it . |
| 15 | When I went to the Royal Courts of Justice , the judge knew what he was going to give me , and I got three years ' probation , on condition that I stay at the hostel for a year and that I attend a day centre . |
| 16 | But it was not until three mornings later that I spotted a horse and cart arrive . |
| 17 | Er I mean , you will know that I wrote a book called No time for Ostriches in when I was on the back benches , in favour of work fare . |
| 18 | It was at about that time that I wrote a paper entitled — I hoped provocatively — ‘ What should a biochemistry of learning and memory be about ? ’ |
| 19 | The weather then turned very cold , so cold in fact , that I installed a heater to warm the water up . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't say that I remember a case . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I suppose now that you 've dragged it out of Edna , I shall have to say that I remember a man and my mother in a yellow frock looking unusually pretty and being angry that they would n't take any notice of me when I tried to get their attention . |
| 22 | If I said to John and Joanne erm that I saw a boy running up the ginnel no you understand ? |
| 23 | I thought once or twice that I saw a glint of sardonic amusement in Conchis 's eyes , but I could n't be sure . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought , ’ Phillis said , ‘ that I saw a shadow . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And that I bring a friend . ’ |
| 26 | It was in this splendid fifteenth-century monument to the high architectural taste of the Catholic sovereigns that I read a message written by a fifteenth-century schoolboy on his classroom wall : Aquí supo lo que es bueno , y lo que es malo , / Lo que es dulce , y lo que es amaro ( Here I had knowledge of what is good , and of what is bad , / Of what is sweet , and of what is bitter ) . |
| 27 | Alec Reid picked me up sharp at six , and gave an approving glance at my clean shirt , spotless white trousers ( bought off the peg in Sydney ) and the fact that I wore a tie . |
| 28 | Perhaps you know that I married a man who was very cruel to me . |
| 29 | Erm the only reason this is an issue that I get a cooking for as Research Process Manager anyway , as Audit Manager I need to have other booking forms , and the only booking forms and additional booking forms I need are all jobs which then got to Mrs which are the so I ask please make amendment to put Audit Manager in and I do n't think we need to specify . |
| 30 | Course Helena Mrs Hold My Drink , not that I get a hangover every single time or anything . |