Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of claims by some delegates that a settlement was imminent , prices suffered a setback after a report that Nigeria would not accept a cut in its output of more than 50,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , compared with the 75,000 bpd which it was reported previously to have offered . |
| 2 | It reminded me of a diary that Bruce Page , the last editor of the New Statesman but five , wrote in these pages years ago . |
| 3 | They were still interested in patterns rather than processes , although the patterns they were now discussing were of a kind that Darwin would be able to explain . |
| 4 | But of his courage , though it was not of a kind that Hotspur admired , there could be little doubt ; and of his ability and calculating detachment , none . |
| 5 | The pack animals were large tawny-coloured beasts of a kind that Rostov had only ever seen in illustration . |
| 6 | ‘ I wonder what sort of a person that Roger Kenyon is , ’ said Susan thoughtfully , and Breeze felt mean . |
| 7 | The bed is a copy of one of a pair that Lutyens designed for his own eldest daughters . |
| 8 | After her disastrous first year at the academy , it was something of a miracle that Mildred was returning there at all . |
| 9 | He had got wind of a rumour that Vincent planned to sponge off his rich relatives and he hoped it was n't true . |
| 10 | It was along this thread of a path that Mary made up her mind to go . |
| 11 | The picture she presented was the echo of a picture that Lisa , long ago , before she had put all such thoughts behind her , had so often regretfully imagined . |
| 12 | Nobody suggested that the Parliament at Westminster did not have the authority to pass such legislation , perhaps out of a feeling that Britain was paying enough for the defence of America to be entitled to impose a unified industrial policy , possibly more out of a feeling that it would be hard to enforce . |
| 13 | It was like a dream that Sam could neither halt nor awake from : the gulls were screaming overhead and the rollers were thundering up against the Gribbin . |
| 14 | The product sounds exactly like a sketch that Amstrad issued at the launch of the PDA , and which was described as a possible future direction . |
| 15 | And , although he was halted on the line , Cambridge retained possession , Flood sending Richard Batstone hurtling in on the left for a try that Davies converted . |
| 16 | But Dzagnidze then followed his own kick for a try in the corner , and Mironov swept through for a try that Dzagnidze converted . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , now that we 've decided that nothing is going to happen tonight that does n't happen every Saturday night in Pepe 's Bar , tell me — why on earth can you even think for a second that Miguel is falling for me ? ’ |
| 18 | She had hoped for a while that Seth could straighten Joey out . |
| 19 | He had suspected for a while that Nancy had become tired of Bill Sikes ' brutality and violence , and that she had found a new friend to take his place . |
| 20 | It had appeared for a while that Coronation Street 's rival EastEnders , boosted by a weekend omnibus , would oust it from top spot in the ratings . |
| 21 | Not everyone was absorbed with play — most were looking for a sign that Syd was back |
| 22 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |
| 23 | Jane was fearful for a moment that Flopsy might be lying in state . |
| 24 | One horse had detached itself and ambled towards the line of protesters but it was not for a moment that Meredith realised , with a pang of dismay , that it was Blazer carrying Harriet . |
| 25 | Suppose for a moment that Mr Gorbachev himself does not know what he has in mind ; assume that he is just a moderniser with no clear idea where modernising leads . |
| 26 | I 'd love to help her , and I know every one of us would ; but I do n't think for a moment that Miss Miggs would let us pay her fare , even if we could raise so much money . ’ |
| 27 | He had thought for a moment that Hoomey was going to ask him back , but he knew he was n't the sort of friend that nice mothers were all that pleased to see . |
| 28 | It released Strachan for a pull-back that Wallace switched from right foot to left before beating the sluggish Beasant with a mis-hit shot into the bottom corner . |
| 29 | Benson reached out a grateful hand for a glass that Jenkins had brought . |
| 30 | Carver knew for a fact that Hauser had a collection of Roosevelt film clips , that he studied them to perfect the famous American president 's mannerisms . |