Example sentences of "that [verb] [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The title of this work suggests that it is an essay in the sociology of transport , a subject that has crept into some degree and other courses at University level .
2 Some 45 per cent of British households drink water that has passed at some stage through lead pipes .
3 In short , an action succeeds when it fulfils ( i.e. achieves the object of ) the desire that has combined with some belief to cause that action .
4 Our society too still has recognized ways of marking the change in status that has occurred for some people .
5 But mostly it was directed towards herself , and whatever it was in her that seemed to respond to some call given out by the least suitable of men ; despite what she 'd been through in the past couple of years she appeared to have learned precisely nothing .
6 It has been said that at the court of Poitiers " the gilded youth of Poitou and Aquitaine breathed an air that seemed to belong to some tale of chivalry " .
7 Phyllis enjoyed telling all that had happened for some days .
8 In our view , particularly because of the extravagant results that have arisen in some cases by applying the literal rule , there can be no doubt that in the modern context the object and intent rule is much fairer .
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