Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's convinced that my lover and I are waiting eagerly for that event , so he 's written a will that leaves me destitute . |
| 2 | As a child in wartime London I must have unconsciously sought a hobby that had nothing of death in it — something that was all beauty . |
| 3 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 4 | He had sat in the store-room behind the shop here and told her how someone in the club had sung a song that recalled his Nelly to him . |
| 5 | Scientists have now produced a pill that allows you to reset your body clock to suit your partner or lifestyle . |
| 6 | Beauty without cruelty has produced a booklet that proves you can look great whatever your age . |
| 7 | Let me see — yeah , yeah ’ — plastic keys riffling — ‘ we 've got a list that tells us who 's bought fridge freezers in the central London area in the past year … |
| 8 | Have you got a book that tells you what to do ? |
| 9 | It 's also good I think for , for cricket in general that he 's got a pitch that helps him a bit on the fifth day and that 's how it should be . |
| 10 | As far as the central grant is concerned , it has developed a technique that enables it to cut the money given to some authorities which it considers to be over-spenders by an amount equal to or more than any expenditure increase . |
| 11 | He was smiling , if that could be called a smile that drew his long mouth out of line , plucking the left corner obliquely upwards . |
| 12 | Her eyes shot to his and encountered a fire that held her mesmerised and sent a shiver down her spine . |
| 13 | Ken , meanwhile , believed he had found a play that suited his temperament and talents better than most of the things on which he had been working to date . |
| 14 | The second point is : Most of us down the years have tried to pray , and have found a pattern that suits us . |
| 15 | To achieve this , we need to help you to do three things : to lose weight to eat a diet that is really healthy and nutritious , providing all the vitamins , minerals and protein you need to feel really well , having found a diet that suits you . |
| 16 | Richard Armstrong has left to become Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh , and Richard Marshall has cut a deal that allows him to remain only until he finds another job . |
| 17 | Opting out of schools , opting out of the N H S and trying to opt out of Europe , but what you forgot is that your leader signed a document that says you ca n't opt out of Europe . |
| 18 | We 've just finished a breakfast that makes you realise Cleese must have really researched Fawlty Towers . |