Example sentences of "that [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a Puritan austerity about him that made one doubt whether he ever enjoyed anything at all . |
| 2 | It must have been the totality of the situation that made me feel that heaven was very near and the invisible clearly seen . |
| 3 | ‘ Maybe it was seeing the Dawsons that made me realise that you ca n't lose something you never had . ’ |
| 4 | It was that inner voice that made me cringe as I lay sleepless on my lumpy mattress listening to the pogoing of the bedstead against the wall next door , where my co-tenants were pursuing their nightly quest for the elusive grail of Trish 's orgasm . |
| 5 | And that made me wonder if you were in it , too , and he 'd had a rendezvous at the cottage . |
| 6 | But then , having exhausted his recollections of the circumstances of his writing the paper , he switched to more personal matters and enquired carefully how I was getting on in a way that made me reel that my mission had been worthwhile and that I had by no means wasted his morning . |
| 7 | Though what those powers were that made him think and say such things , he did not know or understand . |
| 8 | He often wondered what they did in there that made them scream and shout as they ran out . |
| 9 | She handed me a glass of cider , others accepted a small glass of a clear liquid that made them wince as they swallowed it . |
| 10 | After a little tense silence that made it seem as though the very air were holding it breath , he said very evenly , and with dangerous softness . |