Example sentences of "a [noun] that [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly the stillness rose in a tide that lapped at the rage within her ; her breathing steadied . |
| 2 | What the maker has done has been to start with a 12-fret guitar design ( not a guitar with only twelve frets , but a guitar with a neck that joins at the 12th as opposed to the 14th fret ) and then he 's combined this with a deep cutaway on the treble side to open up the whole fingerboard for exploration . |
| 3 | He might try to justify the principle by appealing to logic , a recourse that we freely grant him , or he might attempt to justify the principle by appealing to experience , a recourse that lies at the basis of his whole approach to science . |
| 4 | Marian made a bed of dry bracken for Hugh while Allen lit a fire and fetched water from a brook that ran at the foot of the bank on its way to swell the nightmare of the Swamp . |
| 5 | Marian made a bed of dry bracken for Hugh while Allen lit a fire and fetched water from a brook that ran at the foot of the bank on its way to swell the nightmare of the Swamp . |
| 6 | The gall bladder is a reservoir that empties at a slow pace . |
| 7 | Neural crest cells are a group that arise at the site where the folds of the neural tube fuse . |
| 8 | You mentioned er you had a friend that worked at the , the bomb dump at Lindley . |
| 9 | An episode which attracted particular concern was a strike that occurred at an obscure photo-processing plant in North London , the Grunwick works . |
| 10 | In a career that started at the age of seven in top hat and tails , she brought her superb soprano voice to both shows and especially concerts , often sharing the platform with nationally known Opera singers . |
| 11 | One passenger on a train that arrived at the station seconds before the blast said : ‘ It was a miracle no one was killed . ’ |
| 12 | And it was a belief that to cut at the roots with small scissors would make a difference , because it would have a cumulative effect and that 's why I think we can do it in our own society . |
| 13 | It was a tenet that lay at the roots of his later reputation as the over-cautious general , later still as a pessimist , and finally , a defeatist . |
| 14 | The eastern edge of the gardens is defined by Corso Venezia , a road that ends at the Barriera di Porta Venezia . |
| 15 | It was the final piece in a jigsaw that started at an auction at a rundown farm in 1970 . |
| 16 | It is a show that progresses at a terrific pace , none of the performers , from Duncan downwards , spare themselves . |
| 17 | first of all you have to find the right branch — a pine-branch that splays at the end into three , four or five separate limbs . |
| 18 | ( In modern French , a discussion that proceeds at a businesslike pace , even briskly , may be said to do so rondement . ) |
| 19 | Meanwhile his father , his voice reverberating in a way that hinted at the extent of the invisible spaces about them , told him about the tunnel , when it was opened and how long it was and how deep below the surface . |
| 20 | If doubt is human and universal , why do so many Christians treat it as dark and unmentionable , a problem that gnaws at the mind like the suspicion of cancer or troubles the conscience like a guilty thought ? |
| 21 | A Rose that faded at the rising Day , |