Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun] that [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She often brought in mussels , gritty with tiny pearls , for the evening meal , or sometimes nesting birds , or a hare that ignored her approach to its form till she had her hand on it . |
| 2 | She was aware that the colour that flooded her cheeks could n't be blamed on reflection from her sweater . |
| 3 | And from this close Ronni could see that the lashes that framed his eyes were as thick and sooty as a chimney-sweep 's brush . |
| 4 | He did his work here well and thoroughly , but he hankered , every so often , for the rough grey seas and painted , cloud-dappled hills of Northumberland , and his children , and the soil that knew his step and warmed under the sole of his foot , like a caress . |
| 5 | She rubbed as if she would erase the images that flitted through her mind as she worked , like an unconnected pageant — the images , and the thoughts that crowded her mind around them . |
| 6 | and the a the idea of of erm the butch woman in dungarees , as being the feminist , erm and the women that burnt her bra or whatever was a feminist of the seventies , but it does n't mean to say that the ideas are n't still there , and I still want to be treated as an equal , but I do , I do n't see that I should change the way that I dress or the way that that I want to act |
| 7 | Ariel was n't thinking clearly , her brain was fogged by the din around her and the rage of Sycorax , but the message in the stones summoned her to some action , something to break the silence and the stasis that held her prisoner . |
| 8 | The Report itself and the debate that followed its publication have helped us considerably . |
| 9 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 10 | In 1973 Waddell admitted to two BBC reporters that he had taken part in the Ayr murder , unaware that one of them was carrying a concealed tape-recorder ; and a programme that included his confession was subsequently broadcast . |
| 11 | Beneath the giggling , bubbly little-girl exterior was strength and depth ; an uncanny maturity and a sensitivity that belied her years . |
| 12 | In order to finance an 11 month trip around the world shooting anything and every thing that caught his well-honed eye , he sold his most treasured and expensive possession , his home . |
| 13 | But the things that seized my whole attention were the yellow blobs of pus in the corners of the eyes , the much purulent discharge from the nostrils and the photophobia which made the dog blink painfully at the light from the surgery window . |
| 14 | He wore the usual faded , dun-coloured every-day clothes of the peasant and labourer , coarse woollen chausses and short homespun tunic , with a capuchon pushed back from his head and dangling at his back ; but the belt that circled his hips was of finely-tooled leather , and had straps to attach both sword and dagger , though he wore neither ; and his boots were knee-high , and also of soft leather , no doubt hand-worked somewhere in Wales , from native deerskin . |
| 15 | A strange start to the development of a technique popularly associated with ‘ good posture ’ — but the problem that threatened his career bore out exactly one of the central principles of Alexander teaching : ‘ use promotes function ’ — or , more explicitly , misuse of the body in the everyday activities of walking , standing , sitting and talking , causes dysfunction , while good use promotes healthy function . |
| 16 | But the paragraph that interested her most concerned Melanie Gandell herself . |
| 17 | After the prayer that ended their silent repast that evening , the cadets were filing out of the refectory to return to their barren cells . |