Example sentences of "that [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of the iciness of the day he felt warm and exhilarated , and he was determined that nothing would prevent him from attending . |
| 2 | Artemis threw the reins at his head so that nothing would check him . |
| 3 | Local residents who gathered at the site of the testing were assured by County Engineer Liam Mullins that nothing would go ahead until a full meeting of the County Council discussed the matter . |
| 4 | Polgar claimed that nothing would change ; when the girls married , their husbands would become part of an extended family . |
| 5 | ‘ The Prophet ’ had always been made welcome at Priesthill and Isabel assured him that nothing would change ; their door would be open to him at all times . |
| 6 | And she knew that nothing would change , that she herself , a Special Woman on her second glass of neat spirits , deserved something better than Cameron could — or would — offer . |
| 7 | AS FOR the government 's negotiating strategy , Harkabi forecast that nothing would scare the ‘ extremists ’ like a readiness to talk from the other side . |
| 8 | But that was your real nature , and it told me that nothing would make you kill an innocent man , a complete stranger , who had done you no harm . |
| 9 | You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it . |
| 10 | Mortified , inwardly seething with fury at this last suggestion , Caroline had endured Roman 's taunting smile as he 'd wryly assured his hostess that nothing would give him greater pleasure … |
| 11 | My arched body had moved gingerly toward the only hold , and once there I stood upright and whooped knowing that nothing would stop me now . |
| 12 | Odd-Knut was ahead of us , so that nothing would stop him being first away . |
| 13 | It seemed certain that nothing would alter the situation . |
| 14 | Against this , protected by the sheltering arm of state-owned companies and compliant politicians , the nuclear industry has set its strongest claims — that nothing would undercut power from the miraculous uranium . |
| 15 | Respondents understood very clearly the difficult role of the manager , and some workers openly confessed that nothing would induce them to take on the manager 's job ! |
| 16 | In both cases , one could make the point against Flew that the believer does not accept that nothing would count against his or her belief in God . |
| 17 | This assumption — that nothing would persuade the Chamberlain Government to make an alliance with the Soviet Union — was axiomatic on the left . |
| 18 | Miller was also interested in the fruit garden at Goodwood and reported on trials carried out with various walls to see if a circular construction might be beneficial , but he came to the conclusion that nothing would thrive in a constant draught of air . |
| 19 | By December it was clear that nothing would happen . |
| 20 | She wished fervently that they might be allowed to be together , that nothing would happen to make them part . |
| 21 | He did not keep a watch on her ; there was no necessity , and in his own mind he was almost convinced that nothing would happen . |
| 22 | Is it not true that spending pledges such as those made by Labour politicians would mean that nothing would happen ? |
| 23 | So long as the possibility remained that nothing would happen they felt no compulsion to educate themselves . |
| 24 | Only too conscious of the depth of passion simmering in him , and conscious too of her crumbling resistance and his vow that nothing would happen that she did n't initiate , she took a deep , shaky breath and got into the car , shutting the door firmly behind her . |
| 25 | Her husband , taking his cue , murmured that nothing would surprise him nowadays . |
| 26 | The two assistants swore that nothing would have changed by the time he returned . |
| 27 | Was that branding so early and deep that nothing would heal over it ? |
| 28 | If the mountain is beautiful from the shore , it is mouth-watering from the top of Ben Damph , and as we retraced our steps through the snow , elated at having finally swapped slippers for boots and crampons , we knew that nothing would keep us from it . |
| 29 | I looked at the old man calmly sitting on his mat and hated him , knowing — knowing myself — that nothing would come of this . |
| 30 | I felt certain that nothing would cut out this mad idea until I found those missing relics , and the un-supernatural explanation I knew , in my heart , existed . |