Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only last year the four-star Tiroler Adler underwent an extensive renovation that made it one of the best hotels in Kirchberg . |
| 2 | We want an economic revival that puts our people back to work and restores our companies , large and small , to prosperity . |
| 3 | He said ‘ You do n't look well , ’ to her once , meaning to be sympathetic , but she clouted him and said , ‘ It is living with an old man that makes me not well . |
| 4 | For a bigger event , it is always better to go for an empty room that allows you scope to do your own thing rather than a place which has limiting fixed features . |
| 5 | An exciting yacht that fulfils everyone 's expectations , she is stylish , luxurious and very fast . |
| 6 | It is however an interesting program that takes you through placing the actors to shooting frames . |
| 7 | Because of the show 's alternation between historical tales and science fiction adventures , it happened that Barry Newbery wound up doing most of the stories in Earth 's past , while Raymond Cusick got the bulk of the sf material — an on-going process that tested his imagination to the limits . |
| 8 | An individual bat that boosted its tickover rate would pay an additional price in energy , etc. , which would not be justified by the increased sonar acuity . |
| 9 | Daphne 's huge bosom and vast posterior looked as if they were about to burst from her too-tight black costume ; Rose , small-boned and slender , looked remarkably young and pretty in an aquamarine bikini that suited her fair colouring . |
| 10 | Another pleasure is the little note from Bonnard , who in May 1946 had borrowed two pictures by Matisse , including ‘ L'Asie ’ ( sold to the Kimbell Art Museum at Sotheby 's , New York in December 1992 for $10 million ) : ‘ Your two pictures decorate ( that 's the word ) my dining room , against an ochre background that becomes them . |
| 11 | Birds did it all the time with ease and grace , but for the crews of the bombers that flew from Fenton Bishop aerodrome she knew that to take off meant dry-mouthed apprehension and an ice-cold hand that twisted your guts and made you want to throw up the supper you had neither tasted nor enjoyed . |
| 12 | The grape variety used is Chenin Blanc but when it is picked before it is fully ripe , it makes dull , acidic wines , with an off-putting nose that reminds me of wet dogs . |
| 13 | She came off the slope at an uncontrollable pace that took her across the clearing and into the trees . |
| 14 | For a number of shopaholics , however , that price turns out to be dizzyingly high — when shopping turns from a pleasure , or an occasional treat , into an uncontrollable obsession that chomps its way through the bank account , with sometimes disastrous effects . |
| 15 | Laying her basket down , she ran towards the shriek , her feet slipping on the loose ground as she came under the trees , until she finished with an uncontrollable slide that landed her almost on top of Oz . |
| 16 | The point , is that the existence is presupposed of an objective order that enables us to distinguish meaningfully between " x is greater than y and " A judges ( thinks , believes , surmises , etc. ) that is greater than y " . |
| 17 | If you look closely at the situation and try to understand why it happened , you will be able to adopt an objective approach that stops you feeling anguish , prevents you from feeling a failure . |
| 18 | It 's an ill recession that blows nobody any good . |
| 19 | My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good ! |
| 20 | It 's an ill wind that blows nobody any good , thought Neil platitudinously , as a large bruiser pushed him against one of the pillars of the Haymarket Theatre — I might get my nose broken , but at least my virtue looks like remaining intact ! |
| 21 | The touch of his hand sends ripples quivering through your blood , his kiss is like an electric shock that sets your body on fire . |
| 22 | She reached up , holding his face between her hands , drawing his mouth back to hers to kiss him with an open-mouthed urgency that sent them both spinning out of control . |
| 23 | Her whole body was aflame , with rage , embarrassment , and beneath them something else , an elemental thrill that terrified her . |
| 24 | Marie Collinge specialises in cooking goat meat and she says it 's an ideal food that keeps you healthy . |
| 25 | Structuring your material into an effective pattern that allows you to present your ideas as effectively as possible . |
| 26 | We 've teamed up with Channel 4 's top show Brookside to bring you an exclusive competition that gives you the chance to be seen on screen in Merseyside 's favourite soap . |
| 27 | Jake smiled fleetingly , an affectionate smile that softened his features . |
| 28 | The body has an organising intelligence that orders it and runs all the processes and functions of the parts and integrates them into the whole . |
| 29 | ‘ Maybe next time Ellis will find me an undercover job that takes me to opium dens in Hong Kong , dusky maidens in Peru and shark-fishing amongst the coral reefs , or whatever it is they do there . ’ |
| 30 | But if a particular is to be successfully identified non-demonstratively — it is argued — there must be an individuating fact that relates it uniquely to the " present situation of reference " . |