Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] that [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , she admits , ‘ There was a part of me that secretly felt evangelism was something you should n't do to your dog , let alone a friend ’ ( Pippert 1980:16 ) . |
| 2 | But even if this had not been the case ( and there was a part of her that still believed that he 'd come that second time to explain , or apologize ) she would have found an excuse for returning to England , just to be out of Marlin 's company . |
| 3 | I suppose he thought I was another weirdo like him that always sit on benches talking to themselves . |
| 4 | They were suspicious about my past , my age and a picture of me that simply did not add up . |
| 5 | ‘ There was instantly that feeling between us that probably happens once in a million . |
| 6 | It was a burning , raking scrutiny , designed to make her aware of his pulsing desire to slake his sexual hunger with her that only needed her nod to unleash itself . |
| 7 | She bit her lip , watching his face for that familiar , fleeting shadow of pain , which mention of Ryan always brought to his features — and waiting , feeling suddenly tense , for the bitter attack on her that invariably followed it . |
| 8 | This sound , tautening to the pitch of a screech , interrupted Davide 's growing up ; it had frightened children like him as they played in the streets , but sent a shiver through them that also excited them . |
| 9 | Visits of inspection to the cookhouses and latrines had a squalor about them that scarcely repaid even average keeness . |
| 10 | You know , cos I 'm , I 'm spending money and time on him that really has those in theory I would be spending on my own grand children , however , I take the attitude that in modern times , people do n't , people are not obliged |