Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was then she finally asked me a question that has bothered her for twenty years . |
| 2 | He passed me a note that was propped behind a bottle of Long John . |
| 3 | it cost them a bomb that did |
| 4 | Yet , perversely , she found it a relief that he kept his distance . |
| 5 | They must be independent , not mention in the will you ca n't have a beneficiary who 's a witness , you ca n't have a husband or wife of a beneficiary as a witness either because not I 'm told very first clause there are n't , to get a duplicate made bungalow or something like that he might be missing out on the bungalow and the was The course leader at the time told me the story that saw him and he would n't tell me who it was I want my ten percent commission . |
| 6 | When Gibson and I left the office , Guy turned on me and bluntly told me the fate that would overtake me were I to steal one of his crews . |
| 7 | He thought not : at this moment the prospect afforded him a satisfaction that was almost spiteful in its intensity . |
| 8 | Leigh , with the backing of his newspaper and the NUJ , brought an action against the justices in the High Court , which granted him a declaration that the policy of anonymity was " inimical to the proper administration of justice and an unwarranted and unlawful obstruction to the right to know who sits in judgment " . |
| 9 | His Questions au soleil levant received the Grand Prix de Poesie de l'Academie Francaise , but although it awarded him medals , the Academy never granted him the membership that was his life 's ambition . |
| 10 | The midwife showed me a note that had been pinned to the baby 's jacket under the shawl . |
| 11 | Roman threw her a look that would melt steel and she started to withdraw , but Claudia called her to come in . |
| 12 | " Of course , " he said , " of Course , " and he even showed her the corridor that led to the Ladies ' room , and she escaped , and they escaped from each other . |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was . |
| 14 | She handed her a glass that had original fly contained punch . |
| 15 | It would have been better , would it not , if you had spoken earlier , and spared him the journey that was his death ? ’ |
| 16 | Melissa flushed vivid puce , threw him a look that would have had weaker men quailing , and stormed off . |
| 17 | It taught me the lesson that you should never do something because you feel you 've got to . |
| 18 | Perhaps above all he will be remembered by many as the friend who taught them the craft that is organic chemistry . |
| 19 | He asked a policeman who owed him a favour that he wanted no-one to know about . |
| 20 | Alexander 's method was brought about by his unique way of thinking which made him the genius that he was . |
| 21 | I called on the editor and sold him the idea that I should write the feature on my province ‘ Saskatchewan ’ , which I did , thus earning $30. towards the expenses of my Vancouver holiday . |
| 22 | ‘ Manchester United offered me a contract that was only just better than the one I was on at Ayresome Park . |
| 23 | The senator had beaten down my last defences , and now offered me a compromise that might make my surrender to his wishes more acceptable . |
| 24 | It still niggled me a bit that he could return to a centrally heated and solidly built barrack block , while the girls shivered in their huts . |
| 25 | ‘ When Bonds told me they 'd succeeded in finding you , and sent me a description that tallied exactly , my first impulse was to go to England and strangle you with my bare hands . |
| 26 | Colonel our form commander was not sure he would be here about a month ago and so he sent me a statement that I would like to read . |
| 27 | In fact , he was fishing on a fiord nearby at the precise moment when his detective brought him the news that Lord Mountbatten had been killed . |
| 28 | He sent her a glare that was full of suspicion , then demanded abruptly , ‘ You would n't be laughing at me by any chance ? |
| 29 | FitzAlan sent him a look that would have pierced armour at a hundred paces . |
| 30 | Inside FI , it was known that Emerson could have gone on driving for a major team and many thought it a pity that he had not stuck to doing what he knew best . |