Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [that] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tsu Ma laughed ; a soft , generous laughter that made her look up at him again and meet his eyes . |
| 2 | She handed me a glass of cider , others accepted a small glass of a clear liquid that made them wince as they swallowed it . |
| 3 | Then she held out her hand to Eileen and gave it a strong clasp that made her wince . |
| 4 | And often , as I sat writing such poems that helped me cling to the last shreds of my many identities , I would suddenly sense that you were indeed approaching . |
| 5 | It was pure chance that made me notice the writing on the top file , as I pushed open the window . |
| 6 | He led St Colman 's College to victory over old adversaries St Pat 's , Maghera in the MacRory Cup final with a marvellous individual performance that saw him become the first winner of the Iggy Jones Memorial Trophy . |
| 7 | Last year Philips petitioned Brussels for this price rise , without even telling Sony , the Japanese company that helped it develop the digital disc system . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not so sure we 're ill-matched , and I do n't think you are either , ’ he said with a brooding look that made her shudder . |
| 9 | It must be his over-sensitive suspicious mind that made him see a relieved relaxing of those muscled shoulders . |
| 10 | Wagland created the chance with a mazy run that saw him elude several desperate challenges . |
| 11 | Her eyes were a startling violet colour that made her look incredibly strong-minded . |
| 12 | Nowadays , of course , we understand that it was this way of talking about ethical abstractions that made them seem so mysterious . |
| 13 | Souness , who won more than 50 caps for Scotland in a playing career that saw him become the driving force in Liverpool 's domination of Europe , was fined £100 by the Scottish FA in January 1989 for comments to a referee after a Premier Division game at Aberdeen . |
| 14 | Tom , meanwhile , has binned the thigh-slapping choreography that made him look like an excited primate and opted instead for more engaging shapes akin to those thrown by a boxing kangaroo . |
| 15 | ‘ I wo n't take your refusal , ’ he said in a soft voice that made her quake . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was these journeys that made him realise to the full how many of the world 's species were on the brink of extinction . |
| 17 | After a little tense silence that made it seem as though the very air were holding it breath , he said very evenly , and with dangerous softness . |
| 18 | Philip was tall with curly black hair and a little moustache that made him look old-fashioned . |
| 19 | The same applied to her cousin Bean but Jazz , if he had never ridden before , had a natural balance that made him look positively accomplished beside the other two . |
| 20 | All were matted with puffs of trees ; the bright thread of a waterfall was laid over one , a snail 's silver trail ; and one was crossed by a great rift that made it appear a giant 's helter-skelter . |
| 21 | Was that how he had developed the deep tan that made him look somehow so vital ? |
| 22 | Turning back , his strong face set in harsh lines that made him look older , he instructed coldly , ‘ Not one word of this will be breathed to Mother . |
| 23 | Alec wore a navy-blue romper suit — the outfit of a French workman , or indeed that of some little new-wave narcissist at a C. L. & S. screening It was the sight of him in his issued clothing that made me sense just how far he had fallen . |
| 24 | As for Forrester , Whelan , Bowman etc I got the impression that it was more desparation that made him turn to the younger players , granted their performances were top notch but I think the injury situation had more to do with it than Wilko 's judgement , after all where are they now ? ? ? |
| 25 | There had been little birdsong in the devastated places I had come from and I think it was the striking on my ear of the calling of a blackbird , so meaningful somehow as it sounded out clearly from the delicious chatter in those trees that made me feel the war was over . |
| 26 | My soldiers were guarding the master copies of the very instructions that made them do the guarding . |
| 27 | He reached for Stone 's arm , but the man jerked away , panic growing , his pallid features quite flushed , now , with the sense of growing desperation that made him behave so urgently . |
| 28 | My mum was wearing a sort of large red sack and a conical hat that made her look like a gnome in a pantomime . |
| 29 | I 'd swap my vest and plasters for a Marks and Spencer circle-stitched bra , a rigid , pointed contraption that made me look as if I had a couple of ice-cream cones up my jumper : I could never fill them to the end ( not even on a good day ) and the last waltz would result in dents in the ends . |
| 30 | He was still smiling , a charming , guileless smile that made him appear even more handsome than he already was . |