Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] that had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally , the products were made of plane/sycamore wood that had been seasoned for about 6 months . |
| 2 | Anxious that Lally should not return to find her naked , she huddled into a blue satin kimono that had been one of Aunt Tossie 's many over-grand presents . |
| 3 | His great oak coffin that had been ready for him for years was set up like a cupboard at the head of the bier , fresh lined with red and gold damask , its silver handles polished bright . |
| 4 | For example , the addition of magnesium fertilizers in Norway and Germany 's Black Forest has resulted in recovery in young spruce trees that had been suffering chlorosis ( Printz , 1987 ) . |
| 5 | That unhinging extended back at least as far as the Japanese attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 , a crisis which allowed Franklin Roosevelt finally to break free from the congressional restraints on executive action that had been operative in the inter war period . |
| 6 | In 1983 , in order to extend the international scope of our work , a survey questionnaire that had been pre-tested with social work educators from Australia , India , Israel , and the United States was mailed to all member colleges , universities , and national affiliate associations of the International Association of Schools of Social Work and to a list of individuals who had been identified as experts on paraprofessional social welfare personnel in their own countries or internationally . |
| 7 | In one of his experiments , lie detectors were connected to two house plants that had been present in a room at the time of a murder . |