Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At ten the Duke of Wellington reached the crossroads and , content that nothing yet threatened the Dutch troops , galloped eastwards to find the Prussians . |
| 2 | It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning . |
| 3 | You know that everyone here does the job of at least two people . |
| 4 | I can see this now , yet it was not until nearly ten years after I became a Christian that I finally faced the issue that whatever other influences had been involved in my conversion ( such as my family and friends and the work of God in my life ) there was a sense in which the decision to believe was entirely my responsibility . |
| 5 | Even the fact that I finally found a trickle of scummy water , which let me rinse some of the filth from my boots , did nothing to lift my spirits . |
| 6 | This would be the day that I finally cracked the North Shore . |
| 7 | In fact , so contemptible did I find his dismissal of my judgement as to what constitutes talent on the football field , that I flatly refused the £200,000 fee they were willing to pay for Colin Webley and let the useless git go on a free transfer ! |
| 8 | May I say that I wholeheartedly support a big increase in the tax on petrol ( even though I 'm a motorist myself ) . |
| 9 | On European monetary and economic union , I will say only that I wholeheartedly support the views expressed by my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister , the Foreign Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're supposed to roll your eyes and assure me that I just had the low-cal , spun-out-of-air version of — whatever all that incredible stuff was . ’ |
| 11 | It was a cold day to be photographing with an open canopy , but the P-40 looked like the quintessentially classic without its war paint and the formation was so smooth that I scarcely noticed the temperature outside . |
| 12 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 13 | I do n't feel at the moment that I even have the right to his name . ’ |
| 14 | It is appropriate that I here take the opportunity of welcoming the thrust of recent authoritative reports detailing guidelines for good corporate governance . |
| 15 | His ring record alone demanded the attention of the BBBC and he believed that : ‘ It was through public opinion that I eventually got a title . |
| 16 | I do not propose to say more at this stage , except that I wholly accept the evidence of the surgeon as to the desperate nature of this situation , and that I grant the declaration as sought , which will include provision for the necessary consequential treatment in addition to the Caesarean operation . |
| 17 | Congress , it 's against this background , against a lifetime of commitment to equality that I firmly oppose the change . |
| 18 | I made a record with Sonny Terry , called ‘ Whoopin' , that I also like a lot . |
| 19 | But I realize , as I sit here in the offices of the Strategy Unit , away from my usual desk and my usual routine , and charged with scrupulous self-examination , that I look forward to being interrupted , and that I also get a certain satisfaction from these sighs and clickings of the tongue . |
| 20 | I recall that I generously made no charge for the time involved in this interview ! |
| 21 | ‘ Prince Philip was interested to her that I already held the bronze and silver awards and asked me whether I had enjoyed myself going for gold , ’ said Christine . |
| 22 | But rigging and sails did , and once I was on deck , coiling and sorting the ropes and making notes of what I would need , I barely noticed anything else , time slipping by and my mind so concentrated on the job that I barely felt the wind force rising , small frozen particles of snow driving almost horizontally . |
| 23 | Too late in the day because all the hotels are full and I end up tramping round in the dark , lugging my pack and money ( cash , a great wad of hard currency ) , nervous of the hatchet-faced youths who watch me meandering round , concentrating so intently on making it look as though I know exactly where I 'm heading that I soon have no idea where I am on the mapless streets of Algiers . |
| 24 | Like many of my colleagues , I plead guilty to the fact that I willingly supported the principle behind the original poll tax Bill . |
| 25 | Well you should y I I I er these la these these labels are so difficult to fit because if you say , Moving to the right , you then have to show me what policies the government is pursuing and you 'll probably find that I either play the part in thinking off argu arguing for them some years before some of my colleagues . |
| 26 | I made my escape you would say , and I know it was the coward 's way out , because I have to confess that I thoroughly enjoyed the proceeds . |
| 27 | ‘ Has it occurred to you that I nearly disturbed the murderer — that I might have been killed as well ? |
| 28 | The hon. and learned Gentleman will know that I recently had the privilege of giving the Sir George Bean memorial lecture in which I set out in some detail to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women the basis for my approach to such matters . |
| 29 | It was against this densely-textured historical backdrop that I recently awaited the delivery of my own fax machine . |
| 30 | I was in such a state that I stupidly paid the £40 bill and stormed out . ’ |