Example sentences of "that [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only disappointment was that after opening up a 50-point lead at the beginning of August , they failed to win any of the next four matches . |
| 2 | Mr Justice Ognall said that after carrying out the killing , Green ‘ took determined and sophisticated steps in an effort to mislead the police ’ . |
| 3 | Mr Justice Ognall said that after carrying out the killing , Green ‘ took determined and sophisticated steps in an effort to mislead the police ’ . |
| 4 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |
| 5 | She observes that by taking out the old fuse and putting a new one in she has caused the iron to work again . |
| 6 | France 's Carrefour did just that by setting up a hard-discount subsidiary , Erteco , in the mid-1980s . |
| 7 | Elena knew instinctively that by building up a separate cult of herself — in many ways more spurious and grotesque than anything created for her husband — she was laying the foundations for her own take-over in the event of Nicolae 's death . |
| 8 | They also claim that by bringing out a similar model , the XJR15 Jaguar failed to keep its supercar exclusive . |
| 9 | Their refusal to do so had more to do with a laager mentality than with calculations that by spinning out the conflict they could buy time to mop up more territory . |
| 10 | ‘ We felt that by cutting out the broker to reduce the cost , building up a team of very friendly tele-sales and tele-service operators to talk to customers and explain and do all the form filling for them , they would eventually sign . |
| 11 | Some basses are a little better than others , but the truth is that by turning up the line level you can make it sound like anything you want . |