Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Unable to help herself , she looked up , and knew at once that her movement was seen , as in the instant gloom that succeeded it the lesser light of the lantern swept an arc and found her face .
2 It was the sound of voices shouting that woke me the next morning .
3 Five talented misfits from Camden form a band playing the most ridiculed form of music in the world , are picked up by the chief of the record label that brought you the Manic Street Preachers — and ZAP ! country is sincerely rehabilitated .
4 It is interesting to note that they come from the same stable that brought us the national insurance surcharge .
5 But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed .
6 The creation of the Educational Priority Areas was one of the last things which Tony Crosland accomplished at the Department of Education and Science , and one of those that gave him the greatest pleasure .
7 Also any that gave her the wrong kind of buzz .
8 THE AUSTRALIANS have decided to concentrate on sevens with the same single-mindedness that won them the 15-a-side title last year .
9 FLYWEIGHT Paul Ingle was eliminated on a 13-12 verdict by strong North Korean southpaw Chol Su Choi — despite a rally that won him the last round 9-4 .
10 When she went to bed she found it impossible to sleep , and started thinking about her ex-boyfriend and about the paperwork that awaited her the next day .
11 But in a sense it failed through the same sort of determination that gained him the earlier success on April 27th .
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