Example sentences of "that [noun] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was then that Chuck had carried out a quick examination of the unconscious Grant , to ascertain the extent of his injuries . |
| 2 | Although unconfirmed at the time , rumours that DEC had struck up a deal with Auspex Systems Inc , the Santa Clara , California network server company that already counts IBM among its customers , have turned out to be correct ( UX No 384 ) . |
| 3 | There are also rumours that DEC has struck up a deal with Auspex , although DEC UK would n't comment . |
| 4 | At the earlier hearing , Sheriff Reid had heard that Walters had dreamt up the fraud after a Jersey-based financier had failed to come up with cash to back market research for a new board game . |
| 5 | HOUSEWIFE Sarah Fox 's dream of making a fortune from soap that FLOATS has disappeared down the plughole . |
| 6 | Charlie stared up at his mother 's framed photo that Becky had hung on the wall . |
| 7 | Planted in horizontal rows across hillsides , the grass sinks deep roots and grows into a living retaining wall that traps soil washing down the slope . |
| 8 | Imagine , then , that Mandela had written down the story of his life , and that the manuscript was for sale . |
| 9 | She clung to the belief that Friend had sneaked down the wires through Karel 's network and one day he would come to rescue her … . |
| 10 | Even with only limited information , it is clear that auditing has taken on a new significance in many firms . |
| 11 | ‘ At least you left Fernando on good terms , ’ he went on as he pulled up in front of the stone steps of the mansion that Ruth had fled down a century ago . |
| 12 | She remembered that Aycliffe had brought up the matter of clothes , that Benedict himself had scolded her for her nip-cheese ways . |
| 13 | He claimed in an open letter to BA directors that executives had set up a secret ‘ anti-Virgin Atlantic unit ’ to discredit him and his company . |
| 14 | It was claimed that Goebbels had raised up the Führer to be the ‘ German god ’ . |
| 15 | Geoff Cooke left him out of the first international squad gathering on the grounds that Skinner had dropped down a division to play with Blackheath and therefore was obviously not too bothered about his international prospects . |
| 16 | In the 23 August 1968 issue of It the plug was provided , next to news that Knullar had taken over the It workers ' co-operative . |
| 17 | Since you signed it 's been a little bit up and down , some goals conceded , not necessarily down to you , so you must be pleased that things have settled down a bit ? |
| 18 | It seemed clear that Gilbert had wiped out the landmarks . |
| 19 | Instead , a ‘ position de barrage ’ a well-organised defensive wall was to be erected along the ‘ Line of Resistance ’ that Pétain had traced out the night he took over command . |
| 20 | Harry Curwen , his friend and cycling companion , had a story that Father wanted to ride up a very long hill on one of their excursions but fell off near the top . |
| 21 | It was clear by the late 1950s that TV , like radio before it , would provide the ‘ main facts ’ and the latest news , and that people wanted to follow up the details in a newspaper . |
| 22 | He will also be aware that Gwynedd has set up an inquiry into those incidents . |
| 23 | The idea behind it is that Arnie has to move along an ever-scrolling backdrop , punching and headbutting all and sundry while ducking underneath projectiles hurled by his assailants . |
| 24 | It was found that mothers preferred to grind up the rice prior to boiling , due to the scarcity of fuel — the ground rice requiring less boiling time and hence less fuel . |
| 25 | At the end of his visit Hurd announced that Britain intended to set up a £25,000,000 fund to promote Hungary 's economy . |
| 26 | Just as he had been wont to do as a boy , so this morning after waking , he had lain and thought of the day ahead and what he had to do in it , and he was aware that life had taken on a tinge of colour . |
| 27 | The UK distributor has performed the best of all overseas market , so well in fact that Aldus have set up a UK subsidiary . |
| 28 | It was alleged that Moin tried to scuff up the pitch — but England officials said yesterday that they would not study the video . |
| 29 | In an improbable , but typical , detour in a review of a book about corsets , she asks : ‘ How has it come about that feminists have picked up the masculine notion that those women who are n't self-confessed feminists do n't known what they 're doing , half the time ? ’ |
| 30 | That 's a bit of a long drag that one , not that Paul take open up a bit there and go a bit faster , level , but that was a bit Well 's done a left up to Chell 's Field and that , bloody that killed him , I bet , you know the bit I mean , and up over the fields , where you go through the fields and fields , that was the killer , cos and coming back Bell 's straight round to , got to the bottom , Hill was n't too bad . |