Example sentences of "that [vb -s] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A political process that offers them power over their own lives ? |
| 2 | ( Dustmen have started sueing householders for any negligence that causes them injury . ) |
| 3 | Anything that causes me distress … ’ |
| 4 | The high ball in the air at the back is one that causes us problems . |
| 5 | Now , if any of you get terribly tense at the back of shoulders which we all seem to do nowadays , if you come for just a back and shoulder massage , we actually work on the back of the neck and along the shoulders using massage movements which helps to relax you , which helps to actually break down the lactic acid that builds up in the muscles that causes you pain . |
| 6 | ‘ And what of today , my lord ? 'T IS what took place at the Guildhall that causes you distress , is not it ? ’ |
| 7 | But underneath all the tough-talking , cryptic statements and pipe-lighting that allows him time to carefully think out his replies , there is another Bill Morrison , a schoolboy at heart , who is happiest sitting in the stands at Lord 's or Twickenham swapping cricketing and rugby stories , who idolises sporting heroes like cricketers Denis Compton and Gary Sobers , four-minute miler Roger Bannister , and former rugby international Gerald Davies , and who is in a fever of excitement over the arrival of his new MG RV8 , a ‘ reincarnation of the old MGB ’ , only ‘ more powerful , more comfortable ( I hope ) and certainly more costly ’ . |
| 8 | For a bigger event , it is always better to go for an empty room that allows you scope to do your own thing rather than a place which has limiting fixed features . |
| 9 | Karatzias , 39 , and partner Craigen Pappas are taking part in a £700,000 event against a field that includes US Masters champion Fred Couples , and former world No.1s Ian Woosnam and Bernhard Langer . |
| 10 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 11 | It represents a quantum leap that takes us way past our competitors . ’ |
| 12 | I keep on changing it hoping to spark something off , but sometimes it 's not ability but competitive spirit that gets you results . |
| 13 | Skin 's what , what 's the word that follows it Charlie ? |
| 14 | What is it that sets us Brits apart so unmistakably ? |
| 15 | Is it belief that gives them reality ? |
| 16 | Well that gives him indigestion . |
| 17 | Is there anything immediately that gives you hope that something will happen for the better ? |
| 18 | Now to be agile you 've got to be able to let your body give to gravity and then pull away from gravity , alternating very quickly er that gives you agility . |
| 19 | Matinee is a screen saver that gives you movie mayhem you can edit yourself |
| 20 | I 'm a layman to you and you 're a layman to me in many senses , and therefore erm the , the , the fact that our students are in effect very often laymen is not something that detracts from their motivation to study , in many instances it 's something that gives it stimulus and underlines it . |
| 21 | Mr Bush accepted the Pentagon proposal even though he told the United Nations that he believed ‘ we can achieve the level of verification that gives us confidence to go forward with this ban ’ . |
| 22 | The betting odds here are extraordinarily long ; theory suggests that it is not possible to liberate useful energy this way nor is there any natural phenomenon that gives us confidence that this can occur . |
| 23 | We are not claiming either that He has somehow implanted in us a sixth sense that gives us certainty He exists whilst our other five senses provide no such assurance . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , if we are to define what it is that influences our decisions whether or not to indulge our motivations towards crime we inevitably make suppositions about human needs or requirements , which are in turn predicated on assumptions about what it is that gives us pleasure or pain . |
| 25 | It is , then , custom which persuades us of it ; it is custom that makes so many men Christians ; custom that makes them Turks , heathens , artisans , soldiers etc . |
| 26 | It is not their high income that makes them capitalists , but the fact that they own the means of production ( i.e. inputs necessary for production factories , machines , etc . ) . |
| 27 | At a future review conference — such conferences will occur every few years in the Community — it might be desirable to go even further and press for a clause in the Community body of law that makes it crystal clear that all powers that are not specifically allocated to the Community should remain as of right with the member states , as is the case in the American constitution . |
| 28 | Andy yeah but Andy 's the only one that knows you Charlotte . |
| 29 | Unfortunately your head has a more down to earth message that stops you mid-melody . |