Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [noun sg] that [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maria Iñes was dumpy and talkative ; Maria Teresa was dark and very like João , though not quite so good looking , and Maria de Graça was taller , plainer , and so intent upon winning herself a place in Heaven that she had little conversation for anyone apart from Padre Jorge , an oily man with plump little hands and a great anxiety to be first to agree with Dom João in everything he said . |
| 2 | Drugged again , they regained consciousness outside the valley in anguish that it had all been a dream . |
| 3 | But there was no doubt in law that he had done so — and that he had done so for ever . |
| 4 | He took the precautionary step of warning the Prime Minister in advance that he had ‘ no intention of embarrassing the Chancellor by making unreasonable demands on the Exchequer ’ . |
| 5 | An interest in music that I had rather forgotten about until the thought of Millie in the lane reminded me . |