Example sentences of "that [vb past] [verb] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps more fittingly it might commemorate the slaves that died to win it form the Earth . |
| 2 | time that took to get them shod a halfpenny cheaper ! |
| 3 | America 's economic sanctions failed to dislodge General Manuel Noriega but squeezed the economy dry ; the invasion that did dislodge him left a war-battered city , with some 18,000 people homeless and unemployment soaring . |
| 4 | Flaws that had led me to sign a contract for yet another coffee table book on the British hills . |
| 5 | Something that had caused her to use the phrase ‘ turn you on ’ several times , which was uncharacteristic . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , it was his high principles that had obliged him to reject the daughter he loved ; a sad deed that had left its mark on him . |
| 7 | In Canada the British not only deluded themselves that they had defeated the axiom ; they also imagined it was the federal ingredient that had enabled them to do the trick . |
| 8 | The power that had selected him to fulfil the prophecy . |
| 9 | The letter on the mantelpiece irked her and she eyed Mrs Rae over the steaming cup and wondered at the impulsive gesture that had made her invite the woman in for tea . |
| 10 | Mandy had assured her it was a cinch , but it was the hours that had made her take the plunge into something so totally out of her realm of experience . |
| 11 | And that she could n't stop thinking about him now was infuriating , never mind that the thoughts were angry ones and not the sloppy , sentimental stuff that had made her weep the first few nights after she 'd left Rome . |
| 12 | Even placed amongst its own kind in the very best environment , the tips of the leaves soon browned and both the shininess and perkiness that had enticed me to buy the plant were wilting with each day . |
| 13 | With the amazing eyesight that had helped him become a great player , Luke pointed out egrets , storks and even a snake that whisked into its hole before Perdita could see it . |