Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his waking hours the thought that haunted him was the Renault 18 and its two occupants . |
| 2 | I saw no one on the long lonely road home , and the only enemy that attacked me was the midges . |
| 3 | That 's been sort of revolutionized , when you when you think that you used to have to buy , did n't have to buy your tea , but you used to buy a tea from the chemist shop and the only person that sold it was a chemist , that was . |
| 4 | It was a position of strange intimacy ; as if the steam that shrouded them was a veil that cut out the world . |
| 5 | The next climb that attracted us was The Magic Line on El Gorro Frigio — a large dome higher up the massif . |
| 6 | The only thing that linked them was the embarrassing albatross of a marriage in whose death both of them had been guilty . |
| 7 | He claimed the punishment and the law that allowed it was an ‘ inhuman and degrading ’ breach of the European convention on human rights . |
| 8 | Another thing that surprised me was the manager 's quotes after the defeat at Spurs . |
| 9 | ‘ The right hook that finished him was the best body punch I 've ever thrown ’ said Damien with the air of a winner . |
| 10 | The only thing that spoilt it was the absence of Robert . |
| 11 | All that betrayed her was the slight tremor in the hand holding her wineglass . |
| 12 | In the crowd that surrounded him was a man called Jairus , who was the president of one of the local synagogues . |
| 13 | Another thing that interested me was a comment from an ex-Liverpool defender who said , and I quote : ‘ If Alan Shearer had joined Manchester United , it would have been a question of who finished second ! ’ |
| 14 | One thing that frightened him was the thought that , for some reason or other , Busby might prevent them from leaving . |
| 15 | He reached into a drawer down to his left and produced a cheque-book , one of the big fat jobs that meant it was a company one , not a personal account . |
| 16 | Ace was n't willing to trust Dubois further than she could throw him , since he seemed to use much the same methods as their enemies ; perhaps that meant he was no better than them . |
| 17 | The constituency that chose you was the Conservative party . |
| 18 | The meal that accompanied it was a feast , cooked and served by the patronne with justifiable pride : tiny moules marinières , which tasted as if they had been cut from the rocks that morning ; bifteck , brown and crisp on the outside , perfectly rare within ; a platter of thin crisp sizzling hot pommes frites ; an excellent salad , served in a plain white bowl . |
| 19 | Another flower that astonished me was the bloom of the Golden Abutilon . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's not me , ’ she said ‘ The woman in those papers , ’ It was confusing , sometimes , when she 'd go on about her papers , Sometimes she meant the ones that proved she was a citizen , sometimes the others , the ones that proved she was n't So she believed . |
| 21 | The first thing that struck her was the cold . |
| 22 | One thing that struck me was the great need to bear children . |
| 23 | It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect . |
| 24 | Another thing that struck me was the difference in sexual attitudes between Germany and Britain . |
| 25 | The first thing that struck me was the weight of everything . |
| 26 | He instructed me to look after you , ’ she finished with a look that said it was no use arguing . |
| 27 | Roman exclaimed in satisfaction and , turning into a wide drive , pulled up in front of a building that said it was a motor halt . |
| 28 | And in the middle there was an area open to space , just a circle of bare surface with a window all the way round it , and a sign on the window that said it was the site of the Capellan arrival in the solar system . |
| 29 | ‘ And all this from the party that said it was the party of low taxation . |
| 30 | One of soccer 's great trouble-shooters clocked in at the Cadbury 's chocolate factory where Rovers train but the last thing that greeted him was the sweet smell of success . |