Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun sg] that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and that pen that he broke were n't mine it were his . |
| 2 | That evening my men , led by Kassimi , came to my tent and expressed regret that we had been recalled , which I felt was the genuine sentiment of most of them . |
| 3 | She had experienced her mother as a distant figure who at times just grabbed her and moved her about , but she had not had the physical and emotional closeness that she craved and needed . |
| 4 | The ride started and each time that I passed Mum I waved . |
| 5 | Byrkin 's balance was lost , and each step that he took was an agony of effort and fear . |
| 6 | Occasionally a cheeky shop girl in town , caring nothing , and with nothing to lose , would face her out , but Clara on these occasions felt such anxiety and associated shame that she dared not rejoice . |
| 7 | It had been with shame and some irritation that he had recognized in himself for the first time the nagging of jealousy . |
| 8 | Something was happening between her and this man that she did n't understand . |
| 9 | And it was undoubtedly at this deeply atavistic and liberating level that he responded from the first to tribal art . |
| 10 | It is almost as if the modern mind , unable to tolerate cultural restraints , and feeling that discontent in civilization which Freud described long ago , had become so intolerant of the demands of communal existence and civilized behaviour that it saw each and every representative of those restraints as an incitement to revolt rather in the same way that an enraged revolutionary mob , thirsting for the blood of its oppressors , might fall on some unfortunate bystander merely because he happened to bear a resemblance to the head of the secret police . |
| 11 | In fact , it was only as a consequence of this earlier work of literary , linguistic , and historical categorizing that it became possible for a sense of national and vernacular " ancestry " to challenge the cultural and educational rule of the classical languages and literatures . |
| 12 | ‘ These are from the Northern and Southern Railway Company , ’ he said , ‘ to say thank you for the brave and sensible thing that you did to save the train . ’ |
| 13 | The driver was apparently unfamiliar with the area , and the need to call directions forward made questions and conversation impossible ; the only responses he could get were Langstone , a promise of explanations later , and another reassurance that everything had been cleared through his office . |
| 14 | Erm and another idea that I had , the conference office , there I was getting a little down about al all the students knock at the door , excuse me . |
| 15 | Nevertheless the memory of his stricken face was somehow disturbing and made her feel guilty — a strange and unpleasant sensation that she tried to banish by taking a final look at her patient . |
| 16 | Strong-willed and ambitious for her children , she did not retain the affection of her youngest child , Samuel , despite her early devotion to him , and left him in adult life with an obscure and painful sense that she had treated him cruelly . |
| 17 | This means that , should the project have a successful outcome , there is a 0.9 chance that the additional research supported this outcome and 0.1 chance that it did not . |
| 18 | He had shown her round the parish with such an enthusiasm for its social and ethnic diversity that she had warmed to him and , when offered the curacy , accepted . |
| 19 | To press his case , de Gaulle again employed the tactics of withdrawal and threatened resignation that he had used with the British in 1941 and 1942 . |
| 20 | Rory had decided early to make a story out of sex , to lift it from the dark and violent mystery that he suspected had lain between his parents . |
| 21 | Ensure that the candidate got a fair deal and left feeling that he had done himself justice ? |
| 22 | He had a thick crop of wiry hair the colour of good toffee , and heavy eyelashes many shades darker , as lavish as on a Jersey cow , fringing golden-brown eyes of such steady and limpid sincerity that she felt certain he could not possibly be just what he seemed . |
| 23 | His very short statements , and constant insistence that they had done the right thing , made it difficult , if not impossible , to reflect the point of the view of ‘ the other side ’ — the side of the authorities , who then complained that the parents had too much publicity and had the full support of the press and media . |
| 24 | It was natural , but unreasonable , to feel guilt for what seemed like a failure in duty , rather than feel thankful for the years of unremitting and unselfish care that they had been able to give . |
| 25 | Now he was driven by a sensual hunger , a desire to satisfy a deep and powerful instinct that she had no strength , no will to fight . |
| 26 | But there can be little doubt that he had two causes in mind , and great probability that he had also a third . |
| 27 | I had to find her a flat , move her in , go to the Electricity Board , and then her husband Monica 's one of those who need a mother , someone who takes her on An idea came into Alice 's head of such beautiful and apt simplicity that she began laughing quietly to herself . |
| 28 | It was from this position of moral and physical strength that he negotiated the treaty of Troyes , whose terms suggest that he wanted to change as little as possible . |
| 29 | Will the right hon. Gentleman join me once again in congratulating Mr. James Baker on the notable and indispensable part that he played in bringing about the Madrid conference ? |
| 30 | The circumstances in which a break with the past and the need for a fresh start come about vary from country to country , but in almost every case in modern times countries have a Constitution for the very simple and elementary reason that they wanted , for some reason , to begin again and so they put down in writing the main outline , at least , of their proposed system of government . |