Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Connor came back with a pint pot in either hand , he found his wife in the arms of the young Welshman , and stood smiling , watching them dance together to a song that had become all the rage in the last few years : |
| 2 | Asquith demurred , and also responded discouragingly to a suggestion that they might all serve under Balfour . |
| 3 | ‘ We did not have enough heart or bravery around the penalty area where it matters most against a team that was committed and strong . |
| 4 | At bottom then there was some democratic basis for the Unionist case , for the government was pressing on with a reform that they knew was not backed by the electorate . |
| 5 | At Hamilton Terrace Minton used as his studio and bedroom an airy ground-floor room with french windows opening on to a balcony that overlooked the large garden . |
| 6 | I do n't think he conceived ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ as a concept album , but the songs slotted together in a way that it became a concept , and the way he presented it on stage , how he wanted to look , how the boy 's costumes looked ( facsimiles of his — though his were patterned and theirs were simple ) meant that he 'd breathe life into a concept hero . |
| 7 | Home in on a cause that you can do something about . |
| 8 | Once he had decided on his man he moved in with a determination that usually beat the carefully-laid plans of other interested clubs , often to dramatic effect . |
| 9 | Although composition through improvisation is the major thrust of this department 's practice , this is carried through in a manner that allows children to become skilled in the basic techniques of certain musical instruments . |
| 10 | What if the rain increased and they were trapped underground by a flood that washed them away down one of those awful little squeezes ? |
| 11 | There was nothing revealing about Culley 's pause — the surprise was genuine , as if Sanchez had come straight to a point that Culley had intended to arrive at slowly . |
| 12 | And those that do , grow up in a sub-culture that is a disgrace to England ; unable to read or write , born to crime as a way of life , most of them have never even seen the inside of a church . |
| 13 | I recently bought a Series IIA ex-military Land Rover with the intention of completely rebuilding it over the next few years ending up with a vehicle that will last for years to come . |
| 14 | The problem I get asked about most is ending up with a seam that is not the correct length , or is wavy . |
| 15 | Daniel Galvin in London has come up with a treatment that takes only thirty minutes and rather than causing a dramatic change , it softly camouflages grey hair with a subtle , natural-looking colour . |
| 16 | No hi-fi speaker maker has ever come up with a woofer that low and resonant . |
| 17 | The atmosphere moves from hard bop to cajun crunch and , for once , Billy boy has come up with a record that justifies all the praise that has been heaped on his shoulders . |
| 18 | A RESEARCHER with IBM has come up with a device that might possibly replace the transistor in integrated circuit devices . |
| 19 | Now the Scottish Prison Service and the Scottish Council for Single Homeless have come up with a package that attempts to address the problem . |
| 20 | For political reasons as much as for economic ones , the government needs to come up with a scheme that is simple ( so that its essence can be explained in one sentence ) and seen to be fair ( the duke pays more than the dustman ) . |
| 21 | It will be up to the SMMB to come up with a scheme that is acceptable to them . ’ |
| 22 | How long does it usually take you to come up with a solo that meets the demanding criteria you 've just described ? |
| 23 | Go to a hairdresser , ask him or her to come up with a style that suits you , your hair , your lifestyle , and emerge looking and feeling great . |
| 24 | I 'll try to come up with a part that suits the imagery of the song , and then the tuning seems to suggest itself |
| 25 | We got a call from them recently and , apparently they 've managed to come up with a program that WILL allow for a hundred Lemmings on-screen at once — although they would not be animated to any degree whatsoever . |
| 26 | Basically , the problem is this : due to the sprite limitations of the C64 nobody — as yet — has managed to come up with a routine that would allow more than ten Lemmings on-screen simultaneously . |
| 27 | Why should a female want to pair up with a male that already has several females when there are bachelors around ? |
| 28 | The fact that Christians find themselves caught up with a religion that is no longer related to work or community life , but instead to leisure , tells us something about the whole process of privatisation . |
| 29 | If they start to moan at long , boring nights of inactivity , the bottom could quickly fall out of a tour that in cricketing terms has all the ingredients of being a huge success . |
| 30 | He shouted angrily in a voice that sounded American , but the hijacker hit him and then pushed him to the front of the plane with his machine gun . |