Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] that [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 2 | The IM reached for the telephone that linked him by direct line to Bacton . |
| 3 | It was not a magical experience , enabling him to go without food for the rest of his flight , but it was a meal for the spirit that kept him nourished and firm in his intention until he reached Horeb the mountain of God ( 1 Kings 19:1–8 ) . |
| 4 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |
| 5 | At the first sign of the emotional see-saw that life so often presents , you go scurrying off for the goodies that give you comfort . |
| 6 | It is important to remember that it was Alexander 's all-consuming passion for the theatre that gave him the determination to find out the cause of his hoarseness . |
| 7 | He still does n't know the exact reason for the problem that kept him in care for a week — more tests are planned at the end of next month — and which has prevented him from going back to Stamford Bridge , where his coaching has transformed the fortunes of London 's Cinderella club . |
| 8 | I made a hand winch with a double handle and a ratchet and room for half a kilometre of twine on the drum ; I made different types of tails for the kites that needed them , and dozens of kites large and small , some stunters . |
| 9 | If this sort of technology was introduced into commercial-sized refrigeration plants , they could be turned off during peak times and then switched back on during low demand periods , saving money for the companies that own them and using less energy . |
| 10 | For a start , it would leave EMU an option for the countries that want it , and a cause of no bother to those that do not . |
| 11 | Always touch the walls of an old abbey — for the currents of ancient idea coming through from learned men , and for the systems that housed them . |
| 12 | The new telecommunications backbone comprises high capacity fibre optic cables and microwave links rather than copper cabling , which means that voice lines are sharp and clear — and that high capacity data links are also available for the businesses that need them . |
| 13 | But his explanation for the lie that cost him his job failed to convince an industrial tribunal which rejected his claim for unfair dismissal . |
| 14 | For here is trance dance grooving at its highest level , a silver drug for the senses that allows you to enter into another dimension of sex and sorcery . |
| 15 | However , he begins , after a fashion that is less rare with him than is commonly supposed , by apologizing for the impressionism that supplies him with the terms he needs : |
| 16 | But at the age of eighteen he was wholly unprepared for the terrors that awaited him . |
| 17 | The paragraph mark is typed at the end of a paragraph whenever you tap Enter It contains paragraph ( not character ) formatting instructions for the paragraph that precedes it , eg tab stops or justification . |
| 18 | We live in a cause-and-effect world and feel uncomfortable if we can not discover the reasons for the events that surround us . |
| 19 | But when her brother died in 1707 , having just completed his second volume of Anthropologia Nova : or A New System of Anatomy , Judith published it , edited the text , and was responsible for the dedication that prefaced it . |
| 20 | There was no malice in Bones , only infinite good nature , a clumsy hope to please , a passing affection for the hand that fed him . |
| 21 | It is odd to speak of the creation of a state as the ‘ pretext ’ for anything : the translator may possibly be responsible for the oddity here , as for the orotundity that precedes it . |
| 22 | When the doorbell rang shortly before ten o'clock , she assumed it was the postman and answered it ill-prepared for the face that greeted her . |
| 23 | STEPHEN HENDRY continues to walk a tightrope between success and failure as he strives for the form that made him world champion just ten months ago . |
| 24 | P.S. As I 've shown , SCF makes sure that your donation works as hard as possible for the children that need it most . |
| 25 | She had n't written to me for several weeks and I was beginning to wonder what stage her marriage plans had arrived at , but was n't at all prepared for the news that greeted me . |
| 26 | and vote for the parties that excludes them , but that mean the sort of thing he he does n't make much of that . |
| 27 | It has been argued that very few electors usually read them and that many of the commitments made do not enjoy widespread support among voters , even among those voting for the parties that issued them . |
| 28 | Rotary clothes lines , umbrellas and some lawn games require a firm fixing for the poles that support them . |
| 29 | As for the bunks that replaced them ( morgue slabs more like ) , they had just enough space if you played dead . |
| 30 | As the triggers that motivate us may change according to circumstance , the ability to listen to your inner voice and let it direct you is a useful one . |