Example sentences of "that [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The only disappointment was that after opening up a 50-point lead at the beginning of August , they failed to win any of the next four matches .
2 She observes that by taking out the old fuse and putting a new one in she has caused the iron to work again .
3 France 's Carrefour did just that by setting up a hard-discount subsidiary , Erteco , in the mid-1980s .
4 Elena knew instinctively that by building up a separate cult of herself — in many ways more spurious and grotesque than anything created for her husband — she was laying the foundations for her own take-over in the event of Nicolae 's death .
5 They also claim that by bringing out a similar model , the XJR15 Jaguar failed to keep its supercar exclusive .
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