Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it 's a few pence out , they 're not going to worry about it , particularly if I tell them , I , I added a bit on so that I 'm telling them less . |
| 2 | In three hours we managed to get the contractors to build an earth ramp , roll it flat , cover it with gravel and put a handrail alongside so that people could walk down from the road to a flat area beside the ceremony site . |
| 3 | And did he think there was a clerk up there that went into one 's ancestry ? ’ |
| 4 | keep up a reserve here so that |
| 5 | My plea : give the Hesketh Hubbard society or similar a stand again so that people can escape the hurly-burly to an oasis of calm and do what the like best : draw ! |
| 6 | My plea : give the Hesketh Hubbard society or similar a stand again so that people can escape the hurly-burly to an oasis of calm and do what the like best : draw ! |
| 7 | One of the most interesting and spectacular devices of the old farm horsemen was the stopping of a horse dramatically so that it would not move . |
| 8 | Right now I should be putting the frighteners on the lot of them — by flinging Rainbow back behind the wheel , and sending the taxi southwards down the northbound carriageway at a speed so fast that all the aunties ' lives flash in a whizzing 360-degree pan before their eyes , or by rendering the whole equipage airborne while the driver uses the remnants of her chopped-chicken-liver-on-rye to strafe the unsuspecting Anglicans of Wherwell , Winchester and Nether Wallop . |
| 9 | Oh yes , we 've got such and such a fella out there that does nothing but that out all day long . |
| 10 | A booster cushion raises a child up so that she can safely use an adult seat belt or a child harness . |
| 11 | Normally , a ride in a car , even a police car , would be something of a treat for a child particularly now that a gratifying crowd was beginning to collect to witness his notoriety , drawn by the yards of white tape which sealed off the whole of the south part of the church and by the police cars and the unmistakable black and sinister mortuary van parked between the church wall and the canal . |
| 12 | The vessel wobbled , Holly-jack chittered and watched Tallis curiously , a girl again now that the haunting of wings had gone from her — for a while . |
| 13 | Enid Nightshade , the new girl who arrived last term and was now their friend , came zooming over the treetops and screeched to a halt so forcefully that her cat and suitcase shot off the back , and Maud and Mildred had to leap out of the way to avoid being run over . |
| 14 | my Lord , my Lord erm my Lord that really brings me to what are , er my conclusions , my Lord erm , can I just practice my conclusions with two erm comments , first of all about the , the my learned friend seems to paint erm in relation to this of course Mr made a point quite strongly that he agrees this is a relevant consideration and that er have exaggerated the situation and if they are willing to make a point a like this it would require evidence , they did point to their accounts , Lord erm I do n't see to put in evidence , but the , the statutory statement of business served er filed by on the first of September this year with the D T I , revealed that has a total of sixteen and a half billion in it 's members premium trust funds which is up four billion from the end of the previous year , erm , set against that the claims now made against the names is , is relatively speaking er small , erm my Lord |
| 15 | This suspension can absorb a bump so quickly that the driver hardly senses it , yet it still keeps him in perfect control of the car . |
| 16 | Incidentally erm next Friday no the Friday after , so Friday the eleventh anyway , we 're gon na set the whole t erm Hall out for the banquet a day early so that people can come and see it . |
| 17 | And I 've got a wok up there that I 've never used . |
| 18 | Then , in a movement so fast that Isabel had to replay it later in her mind to sort everything out , fitzAlan flung his cloak over the drunk on his left and brought his sword slashing through the air to slice through the arm of the man on his right . |
| 19 | and er she 's chuntering on to on to her granddad and he pulled a stalk out like that he said brussel sprouts , she says brussel sprouts granddad |
| 20 | ( Who knows , they may even enjoy a book so much that the next time the author is published they may even buy it at full price ! ) |
| 21 | ‘ There 's a hunt afoot tonight that I think your Tutilo would be well advised to avoid . ’ |
| 22 | Gianola will also be a threat too now that Derbi are fast again and Cobas and Aprilia both have good bikes this year . |
| 23 | ‘ Pulled one on her , ’ Farrell rasped , taking a step closer so that his face was inches from Crossley 's . |