Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] that [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack often thought he was n't quick enough to match Charlie 's easy repartee , but now he had thought of something that would make his friend smile . |
| 2 | Some people literally develop another life in which they display a side of themselves that would shock their pupils as much as their colleagues if they were to find out . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't think of anything that would please her more than to be investigated by you . ’ |
| 4 | She went into the hall , glad of anything that would take her mind from Dana for a few minutes . |
| 5 | Exorcising ghosts , no memories , it all has to be cleansed of anything that might remind him , no shadows of personality to be left behind like a coat on a hook , no toothbrush in a glass like a withered flower . |
| 6 | We are afraid of the new , of anything that might make us grow or change . ’ |
| 7 | His first impulse was to throw it away , to rid himself of anything that might link him with Maidstone and Maidstone 's death . |
| 8 | But so far — and this may be what you 're driving at — we have n't found evidence of anything that could explain her murder . ’ |
| 9 | I am going to say something about you that may shock you . |
| 10 | But it 's well , ’ he said seriously , ‘ that you should have a token about you that will get you in to me or the prince at need , and stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul unawares of any of his officers or mine . |
| 11 | Tom Scotland flew 62 ops from Italy with a Pathfinder squadron ( 614 ) ; his autobiography is a story of his search for truth , for something that would enable him to make sense out of all the destruction and chaos that was a part of wartime life . |
| 12 | ‘ I kept looking for something that would tell me ( the PTL managers ) kept it from Bakker himself … but it never came . ’ |
| 13 | In her early days , looking for something that would make her consultancy just that little bit different , she chose to have an all-women agency . |
| 14 | Pascoe was walking through their house , ten years before , going from room to room , first puzzled , then anxious , then searching for something that would explain her absence . |
| 15 | It 's different when a respected UK dealer makes substantiated claims for something that will affect his reputation for better or worse . |
| 16 | First you require a second enlarger , an old anything with a lens , together with something that will give you a reasonably diffused light . |
| 17 | First you require a second enlarger , an old anything with a lens , together with something that will give you reasonably diffuse light . |
| 18 | ‘ Give me a minute and I 'll come up with something that will turn your face the same colour as your tie ! ’ |
| 19 | What demon was inside him that could take her soul from her with one look ? |
| 20 | It therefore seemed logical to press a little of every suitable plant in her garden and later to create a design from it that would remind her for many years to come of her treasured garden . |
| 21 | Do n't heat up bottles of formula in the microwave — there might be hidden ‘ heat spots ’ in it that could burn your baby 's mouth . |
| 22 | After what that evil bastard did to me , you could n't possibly tell me anything about him that would make me more frightened of him than I already am . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't you know anything else about her that might give you a lead ? |
| 24 | So , while you may well have some trait or peculiarity about her that will give her a mark of distinction , this must be something that does not disqualify her from maximum general sympathy . |
| 25 | I 'll slap a warrant on you that will stop everything . |
| 26 | And when he talks about a means of grace , he means something that happens to you that can bring you to faith . |
| 27 | Get out your grammar books and I will explain a few things to you that will help your conversation if you can get them into your so stupid heads . |
| 28 | I think he realises that living in the same house would be very hard for both of you , and might lead to something that would worry your tender conscience no end . |
| 29 | I am sure your grandmother would have wanted you to spend it on something that would bring you happiness . |
| 30 | From the bold opening words , in which Christian appears with his Bible in his hand and his great burden on his back , crying , ‘ What shall I do ’ , readers of all denominations and cultures have been entranced by the story right through to the end , when Mr Valiant-for-Truth gives his sword ‘ to him that shall succeed me … and as he went , he said , ‘ Death where is thy sting ? ’ and as he went down deeper , he said , ‘ Grave where is thy victory ? ’ |