Example sentences of "a [noun] that [verb] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a case that bothered him because he felt that in the Assize Court the unfortunate man 's chances had been wrecked by that fool of a cocky young barrister who had concocted an elaborate defence that gave a totally false impression of what had happened . |
| 2 | Did you have any experience of a kind that helped you before you came to drama school ? |
| 3 | They were watching her intently , with a look that disconcerted her and excited her at the same time . |
| 4 | Irene Daniels , who 's the programme 's researcher says ‘ if you have a clip that makes you and your family laugh , then it 's odds on it 'll make other people laugh too ’ . |
| 5 | From the opening , during the cold New York winter of 1967 , the queues extending round the block outside Manhattan cinemas consisted mostly of young people hugging themselves and each other , and stamping their feet to keep warm , full of the expectation of seeing a movie that addressed them and their problems . |
| 6 | But they disagreed about what this requirement actually requires when the " literal " meaning of a statute suggests a result that strikes them as odd . |
| 7 | In the next few days she had kept speaking of their child as ‘ my son ’ , with a possessiveness that struck him as bestial and prescient . |
| 8 | I was sufficiently idiotic to love with a longing that weakened me as though I was bleeding . |
| 9 | Rhodri Jones , brother of Swansea 's Robert , replaces Chris Bridges at scrum-half in a move that surprised him but it is in the centres where Neath have been stretched . |
| 10 | He would leave them soon — as soon as he found a place that pleased him and set up home , or found work at his own mystery of painting , dyeing and carpentry . |
| 11 | SOME of the world 's most enduring stories are about the disturbingly sudden appearance of a Savage Outsider in a community that regards itself as settled and , by its own lights , civilised . |
| 12 | Your embrace is an expression of a need that unites you and her as much as the sex act itself . |
| 13 | They had to tap the source of my strength and turn it against me , until it formed a carapace , a cage that held me until they were ready to pronounce punishment . ’ |
| 14 | A team that regards itself as hard done by and dreams of crayfish lunches at Doyles in Sydney or windsurfing in the Caribbean can be sunk without trace . |
| 15 | Erm the the County Council have er highlighted open countryside as as a consideration that concerns them and er that 's in paragraph ninety seven of er N Y seven . |
| 16 | To see which variables were related to a subject recalling a junction , point biserial correlations were calculated with each junction being scored as a 1 for a subject that recalled it and 0 for a subject that did not . |
| 17 | It never varies : beginning with an origin or a centre that divides itself and leaves itself , an historical circle is described , which is degenerative in direction but progressive and compensatory in effect . |
| 18 | I wanted to meet Peruvians and speak to them one to one ; and in Cuzco I encountered only the persistence of hawkers , the sullen attention of displaced campesinos , a world that turned itself or me into shadows . |
| 19 | If you choose this type of holiday a good starting point is to decide on a city that fascinates you and which you have always wanted to visit and book a package trip ( that is one in which travel , hotel , and meals are included , with some guided tours ) . |
| 20 | The applicant had to sign agreement to a statement that confirmed he or she was not less than eighteen years of age , and they understood that the bank reserved the right to decline the application without being required to state any reason , and that no correspondence would be entered into in those circumstances . |
| 21 | ‘ Where are you going , Rose ? ’ he asked in a tone that told her that he knew he had gone too far but she continued on her way . |
| 22 | These were the harrowing scenes at Heathrow airport as the group of Russian orphans prepared to return home to a country that regards them as mentally retarded … just because they 're without parents.They 'd spent twelve happy weeks in the Malvern Hills , being cared for by local schools.And they were dreading going back to Russia . |
| 23 | They know that the foreigners have no love for a country that pays them and despises them , and they fear looting and riots . |
| 24 | As the host of an all-night radio show , Shepard would commune with his insomniac listeners in a way that assured them that they , the ‘ night people ’ , were the ones really in tune with life . |
| 25 | Alcoholism is a disease that tells you that you do not have it . |