Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] [verb] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Within the shortest space of time , they were walking into the lounge of an hotel that had seen better days but was still surprisingly well patronised ; by a variety of habitués , mostly male , and all , whether uniformed or civilian , contriving to give the place an air of distinction . |
2 | Like so much of metropolitan Europe , it was an area that had seen better days . |
3 | A moment later the door creaked open and he appeared , or a fair facsimile , a very old man with grey hair down to his shoulders , a black dresscoat of velvet that had seen better days , a pair of very baggy corduroy trousers beneath of the type worn by peasants on the farm . |
4 | The lodge was an old farmhouse that had seen better days . |
5 | Luiza and Freddi were there , Luiza muffled up in a huge and unflattering beaver lamb coat that had seen better days . |
6 | But from the 1870s , following what was seen as a decline in standards in the 1850s and 1860s , a new confidence in the moralistic ethic can be detected , as if the hesitations that had governed earlier attempts were cast off . |
7 | So instead of a bit of ‘ ooh la la , ’ it was mostly ‘ oh what dross ’ as Sky TV viewers joined Chelsea 's biggest League crowd of the season for a game that had promised better things , even without the absent you-know-who . |