Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that [verb] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ice crystals are pure water , and the concentrated brine that remains after their formation gathers in pockets and channels between the crystals , ultimately to drain back into the sea and sink away from the ice-sheet . |
| 2 | I closed my eyes and watched the sheets of warm colour that came as I relaxed or increased the tension of the lids . |
| 3 | Yvonne 's wearing a little black number that to my untutored eye looks like it could have cost ten quid or a thousand ; Clare is rather more ostentatious in a short , sparkling , crimson creation that looks like it wants to be a ball-gown when it grows up . |
| 4 | Perhaps this was only because he had never had reason to he until he met Mr Evans , but he was n't afraid of him , even after that first , dreadful night , because Mr Evans had false teeth that clicked when he talked . |
| 5 | I like the way the T-shirt falls from their shoulder blades making patterns of straight , hard lines that change when they walk . |
| 6 | There are also the foreseeable difficulties that emerge when one takes as the basis for study the concepts of ‘ normal ’ and ‘ typical ’ children . |
| 7 | Rourke bared his teeth , and in the tense moments that followed as they squared up to each other they heard the unmistakable sound of a cough , and turned to see Adam make an appearance in the doorway . |
| 8 | She had blond hair that swung as she walked . |
| 9 | As they reached their garden gate , he burst into a torrent of foul-mouthed racist abuse that continued as they went inside and closed the door . |
| 10 | He had a large head with his hair cut right into the wood , piggy eyes and a broad flat nose that looked like it had been well punched in its day . |
| 11 | She was at least ten years Cunningham 's junior , Harry judged , blonde-haired and bright-eyed with a sparkling smile ; all pert vivacity and curvaceous promise in a black woollen dress that fitted where it touched , as Barry Chipchase would undoubtedly have phrased it . |
| 12 | Lucy , who had her first baby , Oliver , three months ago , is still reeling from the impact of the blazing row that exploded when she and her husband drew up their will . |
| 13 | Owen Anderson kicks off by telling you the physical changes that occur when you run 26.2 miles . |
| 14 | In Kepler 's construction of the solar system , each planet had its own melodic line associated with a changing speed that increased as it approached its closest point to the sun . |
| 15 | It is an inborn fear that develops when they are only a few months old , regardless of whether they have ever met an owl . |
| 16 | Bites usually begin with a slight tremble , or lift of half an inch or so , and then a steady but determined rise that continues until you strike or the fish lets go of the bait . |
| 17 | He knew it was a person 's natal chart that decreed whether he should become an Ixmaritian , and where he would be educated . |
| 18 | The runway lights came on , two lines of haloed yellow flares that faded as they converged into the curtains of rain and smoke . |
| 19 | There was no door between the kitchens and the alley at the back , only a curtain of brown and yellow beads that clicked when there was a breeze , which was just about never because it was summer and the only time the air moved was when Zervos waved his short arms or a truck went past outside . |
| 20 | You could see her whole body shaking and I remembered Clement Moore 's The Night Before Christmas ; ‘ a right jolly old elf … with a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly . ’ |
| 21 | These contain the same number of electrons as the band of allowed states that exists when there is no magnetic field . |
| 22 | She had perfectly proportioned features and perfectly proportioned hands and feet and small even teeth that flashed as she smiled . |
| 23 | The aged , like any other group , have special needs that arise because they are aged , but they share the basic needs of all human beings . |
| 24 | Is there a written procedure that says if you deal with it then put it in the accident book ? |
| 25 | He seemed to see himself , small and alone , in the centre of a circular chamber that expanded when he tried to see its perimeter . |