Example sentences of "that [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tadpoles that develop from them are complete with mouths and external gills and they feed within the oviduct on tiny white flakes secreted from its walls , nibbling them just as though they were independent creatures browsing in a tiny pond . |
| 2 | The office that led off it was larger , with two desks positioned so that they faced each other . |
| 3 | Merciless , he lapped her , sucked her , grazed her with his teeth until the waves of sensation that beat against her were more than she could bear . |
| 4 | The only thing that occurs to me is this . |
| 5 | Luckily in all three of the situations outlined above , the carers have eventually discovered that support for them is available and this has made a great deal of difference to their lives . |
| 6 | ‘ Michael 's a brilliant lyricist , he can talk about things that matter without it being obvious , so when we got together there was no way we were going to do a creamy , greasy duet . |
| 7 | As has been made clear in the discussion of country houses , parks and the houses that stand within them are inseparable . |
| 8 | The gloom that fell upon me was deep enough to make me want to die . |
| 9 | One would have thought that the principle of people living in glass houses not throwing stones would have warned Ivan off a career as a journalist , gossip , and so-called satirist , but it did not seem to occur to him that he was asking for trouble of a kind that she knew would cause him the most intimate anguish : but in fact , so appalling were Ivan 's features and physique that comment on them was rare , even his worst enemies ( and he had hundreds ) not considering them fair game . |
| 10 | Rough or smooth , it did n't matter for the bond that grew between us was strong . |