Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Every now and then things happen to you in life that put everything else in perspective , ’ he explains . |
| 2 | It is time , it is thought , for English to organize itself in ways that make it more like a proper academic discipline , with clear procedures and goals . |
| 3 | There was something about Mortimer that made her uneasy . |
| 4 | Ian is OK — friendly and cheerful — but there 's something about Robert that makes me want to fight him all the time . ’ |
| 5 | There was something about Rourke that stirred her in a way no other man had ever done … but , even so , a tiny voice of caution held her back . |
| 6 | If we see something in others that makes us angry , if they are causing hurt or pain , then our first task is to look at ourselves . |
| 7 | Once she had seemed to know a good deal about him , but in her idle rancour of the last few weeks she had abused him for faults that seemed nothing to do with the truth of him . |
| 8 | It was fitzAlan , looking down at her with eyes that ripped her heart into pieces , speaking to her in a voice so hard that the words were like blows . |
| 9 | Pain and nausea swept over him in waves that left him hot and sticky and weak at the knees . |
| 10 | The man 's trembling want of her made her feel that speck grow into a force ; she began to enjoy denying him , then permitting him again , she used her strength to grip and pin him and squeeze him in parts that made him cry out , to gouge and scratch his pale , thin flesh , she fortified him with tisanes that make men what was called in her language ‘ cross ’ , and gave him leaves to chew to stay his excitement so she could explore the crustacean pinkness of his flesh and turn her curiosity and its tinge of disgust to a form of power over him which gave her pleasure . |
| 11 | ‘ What is it about work that gives you the most pleasure ? ’ |
| 12 | What is it about PolaGraph that sets it apart from all the other black and white films ? |
| 13 | What was it about Judith that threw him into such confusion now , as then ? |
| 14 | It should be clear now that whereas for Marx it is one 's economic class position ( crucially how one relates to productive property ) that determines much else in one 's life , for the Functionalist it is the status one has established through developing marketable skills and the value put on them by society that determines one 's life chances . |
| 15 | ‘ Is there anything about Toby that makes you uneasy ? ’ |
| 16 | See there 's lots of people that make me laugh , Liam makes me laugh . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , and look at you now , ’ thought Philippa , ‘ woe betide anything in trousers that came your way , you filthy old hag . ’ |