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Example sentences of "that [vb past] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1	As our inner-city work was mainly focused on very fine-grained differentiation , we have so far paid less attention to these more generalized markers in Belfast English , and in some cases we have not published the quantitative findings that arose from studying these .
2	The eventual combination of colour , texture and tone seemed quite pleasing and I was particularly taken by the subtle effect that arose from having a different background colour beneath the corners and sides of the border .
3	Linda describes the details of their daily lives , the problems that arose in trying to set up a network of support that was sufficient , stable and yet not undermining of the women 's growing independence , and the different reactions of Elizabeth and Helen to their new life .
4	Are you able to give us an estimate of the time that elapsed between breaking the door in and being called away by your team leader ?
5	Now again I but give us as to the length of time that elapsed between flying the door door breaker and you radioing ?
6	It is generally agreed that the primitive mammals existing at that time were shrew-like creatures that lived by eating insects , and that the various groups of mammals that we see today , such as cats , rats , monkeys , whales , and horses , all evolved from this unpromising ancestor .
7	Putting it another way , an individual that succeeded in persuading its partner to play the female most of the time would gain all the benefits of ‘ her ’ economic investment in eggs , while ‘ he ’ has resources left over to spend on other things , for instance on mating with other fish .
8	He walked towards her then , nonchalantly , but with a determined gleam in his eyes that succeeded in halting the flow of complaint from Robyn 's lips .
9	Even those that succeeded in coming alive were populated in their early days mostly by foreigners , that is , by non-Cornishmen , or they too would have failed .
10	EGF itself is used , by others as well as ourselves , at doses 100 to 1000 times that used for inducing DNA synthesis in cell cultures , because the phosphorylation is not readily detectable at a lower dose .
11	( he 's not that used to seeing naked tits ) ,
12	Long-term capital is mainly that provided by selling shares as described above and by retaining profits within the company .
13	Long-term capital is mainly that provided by selling shares as described above and by retaining profits within the company .
14	Probably the most important ‘ alternative ’ tenure — that provided by housing associations — is really a supplement to the existing owner-occupied and public rented sectors .
15	Jesus was saying it 's a fulfilment of all the Old Testament prophecy that referred to becoming a Messiah .
16	It was not compunction that restrained him , but an inherent sense of economy that objected to seeing time and effort and pain squandered uselessly .
17	So that 's all got to happen and can we expect that the improvements that have been made now to the syst to the management of this process will not give rise to the same delays that occurred in getting this system flight safe .
18	For a list of suppliers that helped with building the house , see page 132 .
19	However , I was lucky enough to have joined a tolerant company that believed in giving people a chance .
20	Josef Mauer had been with the Austrian police for eighteen years , the last eleven as a sergeant stationed in Linz , but despite numerous attempts by his superior to change his mind he had never been interested in promotion , preferring the everyday excitement that came with riding the streets in a police car to struggling with a mound of paperwork in some closeted office .
21	Instead , the concentration of energies , combined with the prosperity that came with rising cinema admissions , from 19 million weekly in 1939 to over 30 million in 1945 , enabled some filmmakers to create pictures of high quality .
22	He seemed to know how to do everything that came with running a resort and he did n't seem to mind doing any of it .
23	Think of how surprised the well-heeled audience beyond the velvet curtain would be if it could see what was going on back here , the last-minute mayhem that came of packing a dozen models and heaven only knew how many assistants , hairdressers , make-up people , and general , all-purpose ‘ gofers ’ into the cramped space that lay backstage at the Sala dell'Arte .
24	There were various factors that came into making this decision but one of the things is I 'm heartily sick that I have never been able to go away on holiday in the autumn ever in my life .
25	Because some people came in and had offered sixty , that 's what I was told , the last lot that came in had offered sixty .
26	Quite unable to stop herself , she too reached out to stroke the satin-softness of his skin , her eyes darkening as she saw the many bruises that came from trying to control the incredibly fast cars that flew so low and hard round the Grand Prix circuits .
27	While the french film industry expanded from its well-organized base , the Edison cartel encouraged the more effective organization that came from combining production and distribution in one company , and Edison 's competitors like Shmuel Gelbfisz ( Goldwyn ) , a former glove salesman from Lodz , or Lewis Zeleznik ( Selznick ) , a jewellery dealer from Kiev , began to exploit the potential of the new medium in the US , many of the British pioneers decided to pack it in .
28	Diane told herself that this was just a kind of paranoia on her part , an over-apprehension that came from reading too many doctor articles in women 's magazines , but it did n't make her any less uneasy .
29	She had her own shame , and could not rid herself of the guilt that came from loving a man who was not hers to love .
30	‘ I am very proud of you , lady ’ , he had said and she had glowed with happiness and a secret bubbling excitement that came from believing she could conquer the world with her talent .