Example sentences of "that [vb past] [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just show your Family Credit order book or , if you 're paid by direct credit into your bank or building society account , the letter that notified you of the award of benefit . |
| 2 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |
| 3 | The rain had a fine and penetrating quality about it that reminded him of the oil you squirt from an aerosol can . |
| 4 | But William 's grandad was too busy working to notice or care , riding shotgun to a great clattering brute of a knitting machine that reminded him of the Irish cobs he 'd broken in for the brewery ; he could knit thirty fully fashioned stockings an hour , sixteen hours a day . |
| 5 | Lawrence has demanded a battling performance after a Watford defeat that reminded him of the FA Cup knockout by Portsmouth . |
| 6 | And yet he was immaculate , his hair groomed and beaded with rubies ; his tunic an achingly sweet shade of pink that was almost white , edged with black ; his trousers of a blue that reminded her of the summer skies of her youth . |
| 7 | Polly pushed her arms through the webbing straps that reminded her of the restrainer her eldest sister used to stop her adventurous offspring clambering out of their prams and buggies . |
| 8 | But this was an encounter that had none of the froth of those liaisons . |
| 9 | More than a hundred years of systematic captivity had created a whole new genus , animals that had none of the skills and few of the desires of a wild habitat . |