Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A buffeting wind rushed over the land , bringing with it salt that clung insistently to Elisabeth 's face . |
| 2 | Dressed in a plaid shirt and faded jeans that clung lovingly to his muscular thighs , he was leaning against the door-jamb with his usual easy animal grace , and she was forced to swallow hard against a rush of desire that totally unnerved her . |
| 3 | Hearing the sound of his footsteps at the bottom of the stairs , she quickly pulled on the first things that came to hand — a pair of well-worn jeans that clung lovingly to her like a second skin , and a sweatshirt . |
| 4 | And that laid there bottoms up when Mr Collyer come up with his throshing tackle at night , and he say : |
| 5 | Will the Secretary of State explain to the House the confusion that arose yesterday following the Prime Minister 's statement on the United Nations meeting ? |
| 6 | It seemed to me that there were two types of variations that I wished to explore , and there were a number of different methods that I would have to employ to resolve some of the problems that arose once I started to ask questions about these variations . |
| 7 | Firstly , we were able to pinpoint a particular problem that arose only in the context of a complete system . |
| 8 | And the vigorous , life-enhancing breakers that plunged inland , that might have deposited her on soft , rich , regenerative soil , were involved in a never-consummated effort , frustrated by the moon . |
| 9 | To all who thought as Joyce did , the Munich crisis of 1938 had posed a problem of conscience that admitted only one solution . |
| 10 | The first sounds heard by ground troops approaching Verdun reminded them of ‘ a gigantic forge that ceased neither day nor night ’ . |
| 11 | Without further ado , he slipped around the corner , and rushed towards the gangplank , ignoring the shots that zipped past . |
| 12 | Service changed hands eight times and there were four lets in between until Soutter broke the deadlock with a tight drop that created an opening and a lovely cross-court forehand slice that zipped away for a winner . |
| 13 | As we crossed ground that became increasingly boggy , the vegetation increasingly salt-spattered and sparse , Tony began to enthuse on the likelihood of our seeing geese and red-necked phalaropes . |
| 14 | One group , the art college or trendy mods , developed a style of dress that became increasingly resplendent , while the other group , the hard mods , or the gang mods , developed into the skinheads . |
| 15 | However , post-war industrialisation and the alarming rate of scientific and technological progress ( particularly the discovery and use of atomic weapons ) created a shift in public opinion that became increasingly evident during the 1950s and 60s , and culminated in the formation of various national and international groups dedicated to campaigning on behalf of the environment . |
| 16 | Monsieur de Levantiére smiled benignly , thrilled at the unique combination of willingness , reliability and intelligence that became increasingly apparent in his protege . |
| 17 | Edward III 's orchestration of support for the war was skilful and successful , yet fundamentally he depended on the co-operation of the nobility , who recruited and led the contract armies that became increasingly important as the war continued . |
| 18 | Caterling was a lethal swordsman in the time of Richard III , a protector of the Royal Forests who was renowned for his evil grin , a grin that became even broader when he was despatching a poacher with his trusty sword . |
| 19 | Out-migration , however , had become more interregional , a trend that became even stronger during the interwar depression years . |
| 20 | There was nothing dramatic to mark its going — just a stream of air bubbles that became gradually smaller and ceased altogether after about twenty seconds . |
| 21 | Behind them she could work with a charm and singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes . |
| 22 | However , what such an analysis fails to take into account is that the evidence of wrong-doing that became so public in the United States would almost certainly have never surfaced in the United Kingdom , given the laws of libel and the willingness of the British people to tolerate secrecy in government . |
| 23 | Behind them she could work with a charm and a singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes ’ . |
| 24 | Clarke thereby played a major part in the thrust towards international standardization that became so important in late nineteenth-century European science . |
| 25 | When the Irish victory became clear the audience of several thousand inside the showjumping arena broke into a chorus of ‘ Ole Ole ’ , the anthem that became so popular during Ireland 's progress throughout the 1990 soccer World Cup finals in Italy . |
| 26 | Another patient with a low fistula has had her pouch excised and has been successfully converted to a Kock ileostomy because of severe ileoanal stenosis requiring pouch intubation that became socially unacceptable . |
| 27 | He began to cough in rasping barks that became horribly convulsive before eventually subsiding . |
| 28 | So he was interested ; it was just an interest that became less important to him . |
| 29 | But their styles were really very dissimilar and that became very plain from the moment really that Mr Callaghan took over . |
| 30 | They seem to be experiments in animal design that did not work efficiently enough to survive in the competition that became more and more intense as time passed and animal life proliferated . |