Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 4 | I provided the calm , the cleanliness , the order and nourish-ment that made it possible for him to work . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was this condition that brought him close to his parishioners . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Michael felt sick suddenly , the choking kind that made it difficult to swallow . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The sudden jerky movement rocked the boat , creating a wave that knocked them both off balance . |
| 17 | It was an experience that bound us more closely than ever . |
| 18 | Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time . |
| 19 | In the winter that followed we all had a house together and Giorgio came to stay , and the winter after that Anna took me to Switzerland while Constanza travelled with someone in Spain . |
| 20 | They gave the place a summery look , an ironic note considering the winter that cloaked them both . |
| 21 | Charlotte had blamed Grant 's affair on the work that kept him all week in a rented London flat while she and her three small daughters lived in their Suffolk cottage . |
| 22 | The main reason for the flow of emigrants was the farm crisis in Europe , and the circumstance that made it possible was the availability of cheap steamers . |
| 23 | On the other hand , the writing by a testator of his name on a testamentary document , as for instance by writing ‘ My will by John Smith ’ or perhaps by typing ‘ The will of John Smith , ’ or in some other passage that left it uncertain whether in doing so he was intending to authenticate the document , would not , by itself , satisfy either paragraph ( a ) or paragraph ( b ) of section 9 . |
| 24 | Would we wish a return to be days when children were deported for stealing the loaf of bread that kept them alive ? |
| 25 | Glancing down at the package as though it might just possibly bite , she took a deep breath and began to unpick the sellotape that held it intact . |
| 26 | She gave a loud , bitter shout of laughter that made them all stare . |
| 27 | Karelius was about to correct her when she blundered on into a question that left him speechless . |
| 28 | Yet , their frame of mind was always streaked with anxiety that caused them both to be forever on the watch . |
| 29 | My problem , as you call it , is that he was 19 and serving his first year in the Light Infantry , in the Bogside of Londonderry , and the weapon that shot him dead was an MI6 high-velocity rifle , product of America , put into the hands of those scum by scum in America protected by American judges . ’ |
| 30 | And it would have remained little more than a name but for the immense political danger that threatened it 21 years ago . |