Example sentences of "[noun] [that] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 2 | She flashed me a glance that made it clear there was some backbone in there , it was just the training that made her act like a dipstick . |
| 3 | He joked with them like a cheerful , older brother and sang one or two shockingly rude Army songs that made them both giggle . |
| 4 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 5 | I provided the calm , the cleanliness , the order and nourish-ment that made it possible for him to work . |
| 6 | Pain and nausea swept over him in waves that left him hot and sticky and weak at the knees . |
| 7 | His dilated pupils told one story , the honesty of the eyes that enclosed them another . |
| 8 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 9 | She kept on his wavelength by talking about the subjects that pleased him most — and these frequently concentrated on the state of his behind . |
| 10 | Denyer decided to put together a mix of landscapes and portraits , images that gave him particular visual pleasure . |
| 11 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |
| 12 | It is certainly amongst the oldest of the European herbs , and it was its very pungency that made it popular with the palates of our tougher ancestors . |
| 13 | So in this merry mood of self flagellation I shall tell you the story of one monumental cock-up that taught me two very important lessons . |
| 14 | We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed . |
| 15 | It was this condition that brought him close to his parishioners . |
| 16 | He said it 's not an offence he said if you 've broke down , you ca n't help , he said but you 've got ta really move it so I went round to Paul and there was about seven or eight blokes that pushed it all the way round to Bernie 's . |
| 17 | Not even Europe 's governing body knows exactly what happened in a Russian League game involving Dinamo Moscow that earned him such a heavy punishment . |
| 18 | Did you not yourself say that our love must be holy ? ’ or when she pointed out that his ‘ lovely poems ’ would have been less lovely if she had not pro vided ‘ the unrest and storm that made them possible ’ : ‘ Beloved I will pray with my whole strength that suffering and temptation may be taken from you as they have been taken from me and that we may gain spiritual union stronger than earthly union could ever be . ’ |
| 19 | He was demanding , but so was she , both of them raging out of control , riding the wild storm that flung them helpless before it , clinging to each other as the only certain thing in a world gone mad . |
| 20 | The second fact is that Labour , despite the recession and its junking of almost all the policies that made it unelectable in the '80s , has not made a significant advance . |
| 21 | The 12 hours that shook us all |
| 22 | It was the Royal College for the Blind at Hereford that gave him new inspiration by teaching him how to sculpt . |
| 23 | I wish him and his friends no evil , ’ said Bishop Jon , shaking down his book-satchel and peering into it , ‘ but it 's a difficult thing to make plans for your country with them sitting there , their heads switching from this shoulder to the other , and so sleek you would think it was a cow that licked them all . |
| 24 | You said , do you actually eat the products that made you allergic Paul ? |
| 25 | Michael felt sick suddenly , the choking kind that made it difficult to swallow . |
| 26 | The following year Ballesteros became involved in an endless , tiresome hassle over appearance money that left him isolated and a stranger on the European Tour . |
| 27 | Mr Hunt 's last campaign was to oppose , vigorously , a court decision that declared it illegal to fly the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol . |
| 28 | The sudden jerky movement rocked the boat , creating a wave that knocked them both off balance . |
| 29 | It was an experience that bound us more closely than ever . |
| 30 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |