Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] that [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … the primal father had prevented his sons from satisfying their directly sexual impulsions ; he forced them into abstinence and consequently into emotional ties with him and with one another which could arise out of those of their impulsions that were inhibited in their sexual aim … . |
| 2 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
| 3 | When his head jerked back to look up at Grant again , it was n't his teeth that were gleaming in the dark now , it was the whites of his eyes , wide with fear . |
| 4 | In any case , he recognized the success of Dej 's gambit and made it his own after 1964.4 In fact , when Khruschev was toppled by Brezhnev in the autumn of 1964 , three counts in the lengthy criticism of his methods that was levelled at Khruschev by the new Soviet leadership referred to his errors in his dealings with the Romanians . |
| 5 | He lay back , resting his head on his hands that were clasped behind him , closing his eyes even though he did not feel like sleep . |
| 6 | When psychologists have told us things that were based on intuition rather than science many of those things have been important . |