Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun sg] that i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moon rose high in the sky and shone unfalteringly into the woods , a silver goddess that I felt like worshipping . |
| 2 | I had worked out a peace formula that I thought might be acceptable , but when I showed it to Wilson he scoffed at it as being altogether too legalistic and proceeded to provide me with a formula of his own . |
| 3 | I was offered a cleaning job that I did n't much like the look of so I left quietly before the final curtain . |
| 4 | As noon approached John adopted a behaviour pattern that I knew well : stretching , scratching , complacently sighing . |
| 5 | And when I had put these into a plastic bag that I found lying beside them under the dressing-table , I put my hand on her shoulder , about to shake her . |