Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paid her a small allowance , as she , as a married woman , was no longer eligible for the grant that had supported her at university . |
| 2 | But perhaps , by telling him of it she might break through the shell of quiet self-sufficiency and recollection that had kept her at bay since his return from Student Cross . |
| 3 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ Alexandra said , feeling a recurring surge of the courage that had invaded her at Langley Dene , ‘ but I think — with respect , I think that everyone is making too much of my meeting Mr Swinton . |
| 4 | She had no intention of dancing another record with him ; Callum 's hands were far too slippery — in fact she was beginning to regret having anything to do with him at all ; the pleasant , confident smile that had greeted her at the beginning of the evening had now turned into a quite definite leer . |
| 5 | ‘ This is quite delicious , ’ she remarked to her host , and when he looked over at her quite affably , with no sign of the fury that had enveloped him at lunchtime , she felt that she could , and should , bring the matter into the open . |
| 6 | The melancholy that had struck me at first was very much a part of his character . |
| 7 | The darkness that had possessed her at once scattered into light , and the joy that replaced it was too powerful to contain . |