Example sentences of "[pron] that [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , Robert Trivers in the original path breaking paper of his that launched the whole theory of parent offspring conflict , without knowing it , predicted it .
2 Someone that means the world out there is not such a cold place after all .
3 We should remind ourselves that to accept the comprehensive ideal does not entail extremes of mixed-ability teaching .
4 Certainly nothing that proves a conspiracy .
5 She saw three public houses and a shop selling papers , but nothing that looked a likely candidate .
6 Nothing moved at the crossroads , or nothing that threatened a soldier 's life .
7 There is nothing that tells the truth about us , as Christian people , so much as our prayer life .
8 When labour has finished , the world celebrates with gifts of knitted pastels and flowers in ceramic baby booties , nothing that acknowledges the momentous nature of this event : the forging and re-forging or three people .
9 I remember ‘ laying down a fleece ’ that I would not proceed towards the ordained ministry unless the Lord enabled me to lead another to Christ before a certain date : there is nothing that concentrates the mind as such an agreement with God !
10 Nothing that rang a bell .
11 The fretwork is well up to Valley Arts standard , with nothing that offends the eye or fingers in any way .
12 Although the drafting of the statutes leaves much room for argument ( as this case has shown ) it seems to me that reading the statutes as a whole 65 is fixed as the retiring age for a member of the academic staff .
13 Why is it only me that gets the rats ?
14 Er but I used to tell people and they you know people near me that had a lot of children and er they 'd moan and groan about it , I heard one woman say erm , she 'd had quite a few children and I I 'd been in hospital and I said er , er a certain person that 'd had a baby had lost it .
15 " It was me that shot the bull , son .
16 Why did you think it was me that wrote the letter ?
17 To me that lacks a certain degree of intellect and although we have n't made any abrasively bold political statements as such , I think people can guage where we stand . ’
18 You will gather I mean it caught me unawares , and in fact it disturbed me that having a bit of a wobbly on something as simple as this did not bode well for the Devil 's Ridge , which The Munros book described as a section where ‘ some may welcome the security of a rope ’ .
19 Besides , he 'd just tell me that having a tower around was bad for business .
20 You think you 're going to convince me that selling the club would be in my father 's best interests , with you as the kindly soul just waiting to take the burden off his hands .
21 There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise .
22 But that six Rose , I 'm not criticising , well I am criticising , to me that seems an awful lot of money .
23 It worries me that turning a blind eye to the deliberate starvation of these patients is portrayed as contributing in some way to the high ethical standards of the nursing profession . ’
24 With me that rings a warning bell , since it 's one of those suspicious New Age buzzwords that always portend a scam or screwball notion such as crystal therapy or out-of-body travel .
25 So there were parts of me that watched the naming ceremony for the new catapult with some amusement , even contempt .
26 Sitting in a traffic jam with such a car alongside is a contemporary purgatory that produces reactions in me that bode no good for the future of the human race and make me a menace on the roads for minutes afterwards .
27 He met the old T'ang 's eyes , a look of understanding passing between them that escaped the young Prince 's notice .
28 He conducted detailed negotiations with a consortium of the four clearing banks and , enlisting my assistance at occasional meetings , contrived an arrangement with them that made the economics a possibility , while , I have to confess , retaining some attraction for the banks .
29 ‘ Well , one of them that caused the trouble , he has n't got a father , you see , so therefore … and he was mucking about and she told him to get out and of course he answered her back , which I do n't think she could take really .
30 It was the oriental gentleman who sat with them that sent the shudders down Doyle 's spine .
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