Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] that [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was not his opinions so much as their force of expression that caused his hearers to stare at him in awe on these occasions . |
| 2 | It compelled him to look closer ; to feel the smooth , damp surface ; to grasp the ring of iron that held it prisoner ; to look into the black space behind it . |
| 3 | In comparison to his contemporaries in 1967 he had completed a lot more films than most ; the difference was that his were a succession of B-movies that paid him little . |
| 4 | This was the time she enjoyed most ; when she could relax in the cosy drawing room , with its pale green walls and deep floral armchairs , and with the cheery fire-glow sending out waves of warmth that made her deliciously sleepy . |
| 5 | The infusion of desire that rushed her was so immense that she obeyed instantly , drawing her legs up to his hips . |
| 6 | And it finds an echo in the chapter of Isaiah that formed our first lesson ; the word ‘ peace ’ is n't actually used , but the picture of deliverance has a thread of divine peace running all the way through it . |
| 7 | The child might never have known his or her grandfather nor seen the small piece of land that made him a landlord , yet the child remained stubbornly a landlord in official eyes decades after land reform . |
| 8 | I mean , it could be just a piece of grass that cut him . |
| 9 | The house of Baskerville , the eminent Birmingham printer , was sold in 1788 and the seven acres of land that surrounded it were advertised as ‘ a very desirable spot to build upon ’ . |
| 10 | For Saussure this was perhaps mainly a methodological convenience , a way of concentrating on the aspects of language that interested him . |
| 11 | The rain started , a few heavy drops at first and then hissing spears of water that struck her sharply on the head , on her neck , pricking through the thin stuff of her dress . |
| 12 | Only now that he was safe did he feel a little black jet of fear rising in his chest , a gobbet of bile that filled his mouth , washing his teeth in acid . |
| 13 | Thirdly , it was not just the bald declarations of innocence that impressed me , but the nature and quality of those declarations : there were passages in both books which , as in Meehan 's letters to me , had the sharp ring of truth . |
| 14 | She saw Naylor 's sharp glance go over her , but , while she quickly lowered her glance , she could do nothing about the unexpected riot of colour that flooded her face . |
| 15 | Laboriously tilled fields of corn became within a few hours torrents of mud , houses slipped down hillsides , church-towers were struck by lightning , sheep and cattle were carried away in swirling waters and dawn revealed their bloated corpses jammed against the piers of bridges that had themselves been partially destroyed by the weight and fury of the swollen waters . |
| 16 | There was a thread of anger in the question , but Fran ignored it , just as she forced herself to ignore the sudden surge of hope that filled her heart . |
| 17 | In that instant , Juliet felt a surge of happiness that filled her chest and almost engulfed her . |
| 18 | It was there within them , a fiery surge of power that raced their breath . |
| 19 | He played a leading role in the $5m deal with Morrow that gave his novel Whirlwind a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the recipient of the highest ever advance for a single work of fiction . |
| 20 | It was crucial to his remarkable success in winning the nomination of his party ; without that asset it is most unlikely that he would have secured his narrow victory over Gerald Ford , but it was his insistence on remaining an outsider in spirit that limited his accomplishments in office . |
| 21 | It was presents from Gran that kept her attired as she was . |
| 22 | It was furnished with a certain meanness of equipment that made them feel like poor relations . |
| 23 | It was the wickedness of men that removed her from our care . |
| 24 | Delaney and Forster were engulfed in a hammering storm of water that forced them almost to their knees . |
| 25 | The strange fragrance was stronger now , coming over the top of the rise in a wave of scent that struck him powerfully — as the scent of orange-blossom in the Mediterranean strikes a traveller who smells it for the first time . |
| 26 | And then in the second half when there were chances at both ends … it was Villa 's coolness … experience … little bit of sparkle that won it … with Dalian Atkinson hitting the winner … 2-1 to the Villa … |
| 27 | ‘ Demented I tellee , ’ Sally Dade said , revelling in this juicy bit of news that brought her so much attention . |
| 28 | Kate could n't stop the tide of colour that swept her pale cheeks . |
| 29 | ‘ This is my ghost ! ’ he would openly announce , in the kind of voice that enabled him to give an inimitable rendering of the handbag speech in The Importance of Being Earnest . |
| 30 | In a way , I think it was a kind of pride that did it . |