Example sentences of "[noun] that [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matthew McIllvanney was not the real boss of Cutwater Yacht Charters ( Bahamas ) Limited , which belonged to a retired theatre owner who now lived in Bermuda and was a long-time friend of my father , a friendship that had secured me the job of skippering Wavebreaker when Masquerade was wrecked , but McIllvanney actually looked after the day-to-day running of the charter business . |
| 2 | ‘ There is another point , Dr. Briant , ’ Kegan said hastily , regretting the self-indulgence that had allowed him the dig at Briant . |
| 3 | Spain was still deeply divided by the war and the choice of its commemorative dates ( such as " Victory Day " , or 18 July ) for the announcement of important political decisions was a tactic frequently used by Franco , reminding people that it was the outcome of the war that had given him the power to alter the country 's course as he thought fit . |
| 4 | It had been Mme Guérigny 's and Montaine 's intimacy with the creatures of the forest that had given them the idea of hiding their deserter in the cave . |
| 5 | They had co-operated on several criminal cases ; the scoops that had brought her the professional acclaim she revelled in . |
| 6 | And a performance that helped make him the Queen Mum 's favourite . |