Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] of " in BNC.

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1 It does seem though , that nothing came of these leases , and during 1749 upon request by Sir William Fleming , one John Lawson ( a Quaker ) sent up Joseph Vipone to see the mines at Coniston and for this Lawson paid him 12s. plus 4s. for a horse for four days .
2 I gather that nothing remains of the site today .
3 She says that everyone dreams of winning a medal , but at the moment she is just hoping to get there .
4 No-one would argue with the statistics — marriage breakdown has reached epidemic proportion , so the CMAC must make sure that everyone knows of its existence .
5 Yet , despite all this , Baxter wrote , ‘ not one that I hear of are fallen off or forsake their uprightness ’ .
6 It was while filming at this den that I heard of yet another place , only a few miles up the Wye , where mink had been seen killing mallard chicks .
7 Sir — It was with deep sadness that I heard of the death of Fred Daly , to date the only Irish winner of The Open .
8 The first time that I heard of Maastricht was on 12 May 1940 , when the RAF was shot out of the sky and knocked on the ground .
9 This was a very comforting thing , although I must admit that I heard of no cases occurring in the period that I was in Mespot .
10 ‘ Well then , I 'll take it , ’ he said , ‘ because it 's all I have to prove that I come of good family .
11 Did n't happen any town that I knew of except London and I can understand why they did it in London — very expensive place for a young detective to make a shape — cost too much money keeping in front of your job there .
12 As for the old houses , there were none in the immediate area that I knew of , other than these which had been built as a nostalgic memento , as a reminder , as a gift both to himself and his family from a man who must have known innately that in discarding the past his people were in danger of losing their touchstone .
13 One of the most interesting cases that Maureen came across that I knew of was a peregrine falcon .
14 There had n't been any lapses in my security that I knew of .
15 It is hard to imagine the effect water can have on the lives of normal everyday people , there were about six or seven houses that I knew of that almost completely wrecked .
16 Not in the same way that I knew of his brother , who made money in biscuits and owned a gleaming Daimler car which he drove very cautiously over the potholes in the road outside our house .
17 that , that I knew of , you know ?
18 Nothing that I thought of seemed adequate , but in the end I decided to keep it simple .
19 I think it was when I saw the London policeman wagging a finger at a scowling urchin that I thought of Wesley Binks and the time he put the firework through the surgery letter box .
20 Erm , the only example that I thought of , reading through this was erm , that of intelligence testing , erm , because intelligence testing er was held in high esteem about forty or fifty years ago .
21 Finniston proudly describes it ‘ as the first essay in caring capitalism that I know of . ’
22 ‘ Not that I know of .
23 Even if the patient is compulsorily admitted under the Mental Health Act , and can therefore be deprived of his liberty , there is no authority that I know of to justify medical treatment against his express refusal .
24 ‘ None here that I know of , thank God . ’
25 The earliest general discussions that I know of are in the works of 17th century philosopher , René Descartes , Rules for the Direction of the Mind and Discours de la Méthode .
26 And the people here consisting generally of seamen , neither I nor the pressmasters can be safe from … curses ; and not a house that I know of that would not receive a fugitive and shut the door on him …
27 ‘ Nothing that I know of , ’ I said .
28 ‘ Not that I know of .
29 Not that I know of .
30 I 'm sorry , Mr Spratt , that I know of no cure for either her disorder or yours , except , perhaps , tolerance .
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