Example sentences of "a [noun sg] that [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What has been taken as kind of definition , which I 'll paraphrase I think for this purpose , is that it 's a condition that shows itself in children 's reading difficulty and erm that they are having this reading difficulty despite the fact that they have had reasonable , normal teaching , that their level of intelligence appears to be normal and that they come from an adequate social cultural background . |
| 2 | now we 're going to finish off with a sport that enjoys itself in the summer … grass track racing … thousands were out over the weekend to watch the midland finals in Worcestershire |
| 3 | Gillian Freeman 's Termination Rock ( Pandora , £12.95 ) is a novel that inserts itself under your skin leaving you wanting more . |
| 4 | New York is uncommon political turf , and Mr Brown has been helped mightily by a press that prides itself on its aggression and which does not much like Mr Clinton . |
| 5 | In a region that prides itself on its cuisine and that boasts a strong tourist industry , it might have been supposed that indigenous entrepreneurs would leap at such an opportunity . |
| 6 | The bed could either be a sofa bed or a studio couch with , perhaps , extra drawers underneath , or , in a smaller room , an armchair that transforms itself into a bed . |