Example sentences of "[vb base] that [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval . |
| 2 | Stop that snivelling and eat your breakfast , dwarf . ’ |
| 3 | Stop that stammering and speak properly . ’ |
| 4 | Smoke that rippled and soared . |
| 5 | Do n't panic about a squint that comes and goes in the first few months , though , as this is quite normal and happens because she has n't developed binocular vision yet . |
| 6 | She felt as if she was struggling through a nightmare syrup that suffocated and hampered , and yet still this walk was too short — too short ! |
| 7 | ‘ If you do get attacked , remember that shouting and waving your limbs about will egg the dog on . |
| 8 | A barter economy still prevailed widely in 1922 , so that alcohol was a money substitute that kept and travelled better than grain . |
| 9 | Marxist and elitists of course argue that expressed or perceived political preferences can he distinguished from ‘ objective ’ interests . |
| 10 | However , disease occurs only when circumstances exist that weaken and stress the fish . |
| 11 | Yes , well that only , only from the point of view that they 're being used so often , that they 're also almost becoming well can you think of any words that , that are that are that have been introduced recently into our vocabulary that have that have that have been acceptable in common language ? |
| 12 | Often these feelings and beliefs lead people to claim to know God and to glimpse the transcendent ; sometimes they represent that striving and longing for perfection which characterizes human beings but always they are concerned with matters at the heart and root of existence . |