Example sentences of "that [verb] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Smith , the car 's owner , told magistrates at Eastbourne : ‘ It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies . ’ |
2 | It is no secret that there was great division among Transvaal administrators in releasing Rice from his contract to enable him to join the Channel 9 TV commentary team for the World Cup that clashed with the latter stages of the South African season . |
3 | It is possible to have a pattern that tucks on the same needles for 12 rows , providing the needles are not adjacent to each other and providing the yarn used is fairly thin . |
4 | Just voices echoing in the dark ; images that burn for a few centuries and then fade ; stories , old stories that sometimes seem to overlap ; strange links , impertinent connections . |
5 | It was Desmond who put me on the game — that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it . |
6 | When Crawford left for London , there was another five weeks ' filming still to do , and that overran by a few days . |