Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was happening to them that this awareness had reached such a pitch in so short a time ? |
| 2 | ‘ I realised in this day and age that people are looking for something that wee bit different , and we found with the long spell of bad weather we 've had over the summer months that people want to stay inside , ’ explained Mr Nelson . |
| 3 | He had heard so many stories of musket balls lodging in Bibles , not of course that he really believed them , but all the same What he wanted to do now was to find some immoral passages with which to confront the Padre , thereby proving to him that this book could not possibly be the word of God ( unadulterated , anyway ) . |
| 4 | He remembered his wife mentioning to him that some immigrants had moved into the street , and , because he knew that neither Donna nor Mrs Stych would bother to call on immigrants , he felt vaguely sorry for the newcomers ' isolation . |
| 5 | Harry could see the realization dawning on her that small talk would be wasted on this guest . |