Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 2 | Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time . |
| 3 | Charlotte had blamed Grant 's affair on the work that kept him all week in a rented London flat while she and her three small daughters lived in their Suffolk cottage . |
| 4 | And it would have remained little more than a name but for the immense political danger that threatened it 21 years ago . |
| 5 | Subsequent financial woes — he had quit his job as a broker to work on a show for the Boone gallery — sent Koons back to Pennsylvania , where he lived with his parents for several months before heading to Florida for a political campaign job that brought him enough money to return to New York . |
| 6 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 7 | Recently , TCS entered into an agreement with Lotus Development Corporation that gave them exclusive distribution rights for the whole range of Recently there was uproar in India following ‘ body shopping ’ by American software firms . |
| 8 | James was continuing to play cricket throughout this period having become a member of the Maple Club , and while his reputation as a player was growing it was his overall knowledge of the game that brought him most attention . |
| 9 | Yes , it 's the game that brought you big-busted blondes in bikinis , two hard-assed interplanetary SWAT men , the ‘ Weetabix ’ monsters and a jaw-cracking title . |
| 10 | Underwood 's new book , Flying Wing ( Stanley Paul £1499 ) , was intended to signal the end of a glittering career that brought him 55 England caps and a record 35 tries . |
| 11 | Davis had such a good time in Paris that when he got back to the US , he was so depressed that ‘ before I knew it , I had a heroin habit that took me four years to kick . ’ |
| 12 | I returned to the toll office , got our money refunded plus a signed waiver that allowed us seven days to return to St Michael without having to pay on the Austrian roads . |
| 13 | Though the business was thriving , there was one aspect that gave him great concern and over which he was powerless to exercise any sort of control . |
| 14 | But the thing that fascinated me last night was the statistic about Gillette do you know they said when Gillette started When Gillette started doing the erm Gillette Cup , it cost them five thousand a year . |
| 15 | An irresistible softness with an inner strength that made them million sellers . |
| 16 | Murphy has recaptured the old form that earned him two honours with the Ulster senior team , winning one inter-provincial championship at Lahinch , in 1986 . |
| 17 | The school that won it last year bought a skeleton . |
| 18 | ‘ By the way , Piper , the patrol that relieved us this morning , one of their number had his leg blown off and has other serious injuries . ’ |
| 19 | Software engineering outfit Dazix is now Intergraph Electronics after the company that bought it two years ago . |
| 20 | In a bid to recreate the magic that brought them 27 hits , the girls have made a lavish video . |
| 21 | It was the last movement by the spider that recalled to Quinn the tiny detail that eluded him last night . |
| 22 | Nonetheless , it was British fears that began the process of creating a political group ( rather than a religious one ) , and British political tactics to safeguard their continued power that gave it national significance . |
| 23 | The only thing he seems to be good at is denigrating Labour , the party that brought him political prominence . |
| 24 | ‘ I carry in my pocket a bit of a bullet that missed me two months ago . |