Example sentences of "that [verb] [prep] them [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a consequence the dinosaurs that preyed on them must also have grown bigger . |
| 2 | She could feel the heat of him , the hardness of muscle that lay hidden beneath the elegant cut of his dinner-jacket , and all at once there was a subtle shift in the atmosphere , as if the anger that burned between them could , in the flicker of a heartbeat , become something even more primitive … |
| 3 | Doubtless one of the reasons for this approach is that Parliament is presumed to have considered the interests of those who will be affected by the undertaking or works and decided that benefits from them should outweigh any necessary adverse side effects . |
| 4 | It appears that mainframe manufacturing and that of the chips that go into them will bear the brunt of the increase in voluntary redundancies and plant consolidations announced by IBM Corp last week — and Wall Street , which typically greets news of cuts as positive , is not at all happy with the latest round . |
| 5 | The rocks of the land have a smaller specific heat than water does , which means that any given amount of heat that falls upon them will raise their temperature more than that of water . |
| 6 | Topsel warns that playing with them may destroy the lungs and corrupt the air : ‘ There was a certain company of Monks much given to nourish and play with Cats , whereby they were so infected , that within a short space none of them were able to say , read , pray , or sing , in all the Monastery . |
| 7 | Not only would these novel reactors take too long to develop , but the electricity that comes from them will , in most cases , be needlessly expensive . |
| 8 | She had only ever loved one man — and tomorrow the barrier that stood between them would finally be removed , when Anna married another . |