Example sentences of "but the [noun] that [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the gentleman that said there are three categories , like travellers , gipsies and drop outs , he was right . |
| 2 | But the scene that awaited them was worth the walk . |
| 3 | But the things that seized my whole attention were the yellow blobs of pus in the corners of the eyes , the much purulent discharge from the nostrils and the photophobia which made the dog blink painfully at the light from the surgery window . |
| 4 | He wore the usual faded , dun-coloured every-day clothes of the peasant and labourer , coarse woollen chausses and short homespun tunic , with a capuchon pushed back from his head and dangling at his back ; but the belt that circled his hips was of finely-tooled leather , and had straps to attach both sword and dagger , though he wore neither ; and his boots were knee-high , and also of soft leather , no doubt hand-worked somewhere in Wales , from native deerskin . |
| 5 | A strange start to the development of a technique popularly associated with ‘ good posture ’ — but the problem that threatened his career bore out exactly one of the central principles of Alexander teaching : ‘ use promotes function ’ — or , more explicitly , misuse of the body in the everyday activities of walking , standing , sitting and talking , causes dysfunction , while good use promotes healthy function . |
| 6 | But the structure that emerged which judiciously mixes the rigidities of lifetime employment for a minority with flexibility for the remainder , has been maintained ever since . |
| 7 | They will use the information not to understand the individual transactions recorded in the data , but the society(ies) that created it . |
| 8 | But the paragraph that interested her most concerned Melanie Gandell herself . |
| 9 | But the virus that killed him is so lethal that once it 's in the lungs it kills one in three of its victims . |
| 10 | In keeping with this traditional matter went another , equally traditional : ‘ Spare the rod and spoil the child , ’ though in Leonard 's case it was not ‘ the rod ’ but the dog-lead that reminded him of his responsibilities , accurately wielded by his mother . |
| 11 | But the note that accompanied it made no mention of the choice of name and it was rather a cold note . |
| 12 | But the thing that fascinated me last night was the statistic about Gillette do you know they said when Gillette started When Gillette started doing the erm Gillette Cup , it cost them five thousand a year . |
| 13 | But the thing that concerned me , my little lad 's had tonsillitis three times on the trot . |
| 14 | I write about Agnes , I try to imagine her , I let her sit on a bench in the sauna , walk around Paris , leaf through a magazine , talk with her husband , but the thing that started it all , the gesture of a woman waving to a lifeguard by the side of a pool , it must seem as if I had forgotten that . |
| 15 | But the thing that impressed me most was the friendship between the rabbi and the rector . |