Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [vb past] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clare helped her into a black car that stood by the kerb with its door open . |
| 2 | Philip went out into the garden , stepping into a patch of snow that lay by the step . |
| 3 | Under Allen 's guidance she climbed on to an oak that grew by the ford , clambered along a branch , and swung easily into a chestnut . |
| 4 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 5 | So I sat down on a chair that stood by the counter and looked around the shop while waiting for Mary to emerge from behind the colourful painted screen where she was trying things on . |
| 6 | Victorine tossed them into the plastic waste bowl that stood by the side of the sink . |
| 7 | He poured his boiling water into the enamel basin , then started to strop his razor on the leather strap that hung by the side of the sink . |
| 8 | Thick slabs of bacon sizzled on a pan that sat by the fire , and they mopped up the fat with grainy bread , washing it down with spring water . |