Example sentences of "that [n mass] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Stok that made it dangerous by sending that cavalry patrol to pick them up . ’ |
| 2 | Was he perhaps , an applicant for the Coniston lease earlier , only to find to his mortification that Roe had effected a fait accompli ? |
| 3 | Although there appears no evidence that Roe did do any work under this option , they were certainly deepening their workings in the Coniston Mine , on the Bonsor Vein . |
| 4 | A few days later , the storm became so violent that sheep became buried in six-foot drifts of snow , and the camera recorded farmers scrabbling down with their hands to release buried sheep , pin-pointed by amazingly perceptive border collies . |
| 5 | However , many horses that buck seem to pick their victims ; they may always be well-behaved with a competent rider and only buck when their rider has less ability . |
| 6 | A MORI poll of members of the big six published on May 17th showed that 65% want to keep the union/Labour link . |
| 7 | Despite the obstructions it was clear that aircraft did use the runway , for it was marked by the black rubber streaks of fresh tyre marks , but the two trucks , together with the yellow cross , were evidence that the runway could only be used by invitation . |
| 8 | Lotus 1-2-3 release 3.4 , on the other hand , promises a more graphical outlook than its predecessors for the DOS user , whilst maintaining the power features that folk have come to expect . |
| 9 | Rostov guessed that Yuan had decided that the emotional shield which was provided by conversational Manchu was no longer necessary . |
| 10 | This represents income ( including profit ) of £11 for the mill — remember that £10 has had to be paid for the raw wool . |
| 11 | She straightened the skirt that Thérèse had lent her , dusted it with both hands , then descended the stairs . |
| 12 | We have already mentioned that kin continue to play an important part in family life and that families vary considerably in the density and complexity of their kinship networks . |
| 13 | That fish came zooming up to the top then , to see what you were doing . |
| 14 | A whole fish in a rich sweet-and-sour sauce came as a relief to those of us who knew that fish tends to come near a banquet 's close . |
| 15 | Always remember that fish have to swim in their own ‘ loo ’ . |
| 16 | There is nothing alarming or unusual about methodological problems ; all sciences have them and it is quite common for the questions that people ask to run ahead of the techniques available for answering them . |
| 17 | It was only when he plunged , wallet-first , into the great post-war building wave that people began to take notice . |
| 18 | Suddenly , great guffaws of laughter that went on and on broke the silence , so much so that people began to stretch forward to see who they were coming from . |
| 19 | Before the match the Aussies had established such a reputation that people began to believe they were unbeatable . |
| 20 | Studies reveal that people asked to rate their own abilities on a scale of 1–100 pitch themselves at around the 55 mark . |
| 21 | The only information that people seemed to have about diet was the basic lesson from school , if they could remember it . |
| 22 | She comments that people seemed to feel that child care was an appropriate service for kin to perform for each other , but also that they should not be exploited . |
| 23 | This means , says Jose , that people become tied to the drug culture , not only through fear but also through gratitude . |
| 24 | We hope that people trying to read the shell-growth record will now be aware that part of it may have been erased . |
| 25 | One of the details of the New Festspielhaus in Salzburg that people like to gossip about was the fact that the orchestra pit could be raised or lowered by you at the touch of a button . |
| 26 | In particular , what about the point that people like to appear much more rational and in command of affairs than it sometimes seems from an outside viewpoint they really are ? |
| 27 | It is included at this point on the grounds that its central focus is on the meanings and understandings that people use to make sense of their everyday lives . |
| 28 | In Chapter 1 we argued that conscious awareness , the images and representations that people use to communicate with each other and the various forms of deliberate planning and foresight which they use are all partly a result of the myriad social relationships in which they are caught up , and partly a product of deep-rooted instincts and emotions . |
| 29 | What is the main method that people use to achieve social order ? |
| 30 | Time and again it appeared that people had given up secure employment to farm full-time . |