Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] that [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 According to Friedman , it is the unwillingness of governments to tax-finance their activities that induces them to cover the gap between expenditures and taxes with money supply increases .
2 But those that came from arid islands and had to crane their necks in order to reach branches of cactus or leaves of trees , had much longer necks and a high peak to the front of their shells that enabled them to stretch their necks almost vertically upwards .
3 Both her mortality and her immortality scared them until they kept their distance , and invented stories about her powers that made them shiver in their bones .
4 Apart from making a number of impressive black and white studies of the rugged terrain , he also photographed local people , always on the look-out for strength and dignity in their faces that showed they had not been eroded by the harsh circumstances in which they lived .
5 Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed .
6 To make a character worse than oneself it is only necessary to release imaginatively from control some of the bad passions which , in real life , are always straining at the leash ; the Satan , the Iago , the Becky Sharp , within each of us , is always there and only too ready , the moment the leash is slipped , to come out and have in our books that holiday we try to deny them in life .
7 What process is it that goes on in our brains that enables us to recall people and past events ?
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