Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] that [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Are you sure it was n't his cat that scored against John ? ? ? |
| 32 | Easily distinguishable in his bird-lime-encrusted shirt and shorts , he often had a look in his eye that spoke of clouds and freedom , rather than the shin-splitting hordes bearing down on him in the shape of the Corton Heath Corinthians . |
| 33 | Tall , thoughtful , a brightness in his eye that hinted at both humour and stubbornness , William Livingstone was an American , but he looked every inch a Scot . |
| 34 | And I looked to behold a pale horse and his name that sat on him was Death . |
| 35 | His hooded eyes were lifeless , and he had the air of a killer , but there was something in his stance that spoke of a rather different man . |
| 36 | There was a booming sound in his skull that came in waves , and his vision was going at the edges , like burning paper dwindling and darkening . |
| 37 | Something is his unconscious , and the planets or children are aspects of his life that return to him as he slowly readjusts to reality . |
| 38 | There is something in his voice that sounds like regret ; he likes to be inside the minds of craftsmen of 400 years ago , making the furniture , building the house . |
| 39 | There was a smug note in his voice that grated against her nerve-ends . |
| 40 | He smiled and made a little admiring gesture with his hand that took in Lepine 's well-cut linen suit , his handmade shoes and silk shirt . |
| 41 | But , cooped up in his 12 by 10 feet prison cell in the Indiana Youth Centre , Tyson spoke about his sentence and his incarceration that eats at him like a malignant disease . |
| 42 | It is not only the credibility of Mr Major and his lot that needs to be questioned but also their morality . |
| 43 | Bart-Williams ' appearance as a 64th minute substitute transformed the game — and it was his corner that led to Wednesday 's equaliser . |
| 44 | Or was it less his personality that accounted for their compliance than his power — a power so much greater than that of a headmaster within the State system ? |
| 45 | ( Air whistling in his brain that rose in sighs |
| 46 | Similarly , his idea that contact between different cultures merely led to decay and that Magian Jews and Faustian Europeans were bound to live in friction with each other , was to be an important intellectual influence on Mosley 's cultural anti-semitism and to re-inforce his later views on apartheid . |
| 47 | And , just for a moment , in spite of the pain that brought her , it was the thought of his hurt that tore at her heart . |
| 48 | And , erm , so this , it was , in a sense it was not so much as what was repressed in his ears , the structure of his ego that led to this unfortunate consequence . |
| 49 | He made a sweeping gesture with his arm that took in the wilderness of derelict factories beyond the perimeter fence . |
| 50 | Sam Reed had set up two of the goals and in the second half it was his cross that led to Grant 's second goal . |
| 51 | Pat was deeply hurt , but Ken maintained a look on his face that seemed to be as shiny as the brown shoes he wore under those immaculately pressed trousers . |
| 52 | Cowley allowed that slight grimace of disgust to touch his face that told of his total contempt for this particular villain . |
| 53 | ‘ I could n't even have a separation because I know what damage that does to the children and I would never , never , never break up the home for their sake . ’ |
| 54 | Above a certain threshold , these hot spots suddenly transformed into the all-or-none response that appeared as expanding circular or spiral waves . |
| 55 | That will require additional staff and we need to er look at that afterwards to see what effect that has on the er staffing budgets . |
| 56 | I asked him what bearing that had on the cleanliness of the cottage . |
| 57 | It is not clear from the report in Willmott v. Atack whether the police had made it plain that they did not want the defendant 's ‘ help , ’ and , if so , what impact that has on the state of the law . |
| 58 | I ask the Minister to consider what impact that has on innocent people and their families . |
| 59 | Investors have been expecting whatever government that emerges from the general elections on June 6th to lower interest rates and devalue the peseta , in order to revive Spain 's flagging economy . |
| 60 | Or put another way , for every £1 00 of your income that counts for income tax purposes up to £2,000 , you have to pay £20 to the Exchequer — and are allowed to keep the remaining £80 . |