Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the death of her father in 1866 she suffered physical and mental breakdown , confiding in a letter that it was her religion that held her up . |
| 2 | The Ancient Greeks had a word , ‘ hubris ’ , to refer to any human action that over-reached itself — of the kind that the Greeks regarded as an offence against the gods . |
| 3 | Swallowing his pride , Lexandro inveigled , connived , and bribed his way as a junior shrimp into the very Ducas clan gang which his father had heard would soon be pressed into service — an action that grieved his parents . |
| 4 | Rosen eked out a conversation with her and without Leon Kennedy , who was sewn into an isolation that made him more powerfully present . |
| 5 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 6 | It was a headline that did it , I think I put something like , ‘ Like Lambrettas To The Slaughter ’ … |
| 7 | Roman shot her a glance that told her nothing of what he was thinking . |
| 8 | She flashed me a glance that made it clear there was some backbone in there , it was just the training that made her act like a dipstick . |
| 9 | It was an association that made him an appropriate keeper at Loseley of Montague 's imprisoned son-in-law Henry Wriothesley , second Earl of Southampton [ q.v. ] in 1570 . |
| 10 | It 's your thinking that got you into this place ! ’ |
| 11 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 12 | Wild exultation at having him so close made sure her momentary pain was no more than that , as he slipped easily into the rhythm that had her half sobbing with delight until his voice joined her own . |
| 13 | It was not Manvell 's displeasure that worried him , but Jane 's anger . |
| 14 | He felt subtly in touch with higher forces , as though he had become the Tarot card that represented him . |
| 15 | He gave me an orange card that advertised his status as PROFESSIONAL SURFER. but he was still a child at heart and surfing was still a game . |
| 16 | So we were better being turned down until we found a deal that suited us better . ’ |
| 17 | To illustrate this , let us imagine Heinrich Hertz , in 1888 , performing the electrical experiment that enabled him to produce and detect radio waves for the first time . |
| 18 | He concentrated on drawing cartoons and in 1932 had his first acceptance from Punch , the beginning of a partnership that established him as a major comic artist and one of the most original talents in the long history of the magazine . |
| 19 | The future was like the blackness that surrounded her , in which there were n't even shadows . |
| 20 | Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny . |
| 21 | Sung , following her , held out his hand and for the first time she let him help her , gripping his hand with a force that took his breath , her fingers tightening convulsively with every little jolt she received . |
| 22 | His anger reached out with a deadly force that made her flinch back from him . |
| 23 | Behind Thorfinn , the door slammed shut with a force that made her bed jerk . |
| 24 | How the poor fellow finally got his report together I do not know but I doubt that even he did n't realise that he was dealing with a supernatural force that did what it liked when it liked . |
| 25 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 26 | Fran did n't want to look at him , did n't want to turn her head and see the anger in those dark eyes , but there was no escaping the powerful force that drew her . |
| 27 | He did n't look effeminate , even when you considered the plain gold ring that pierced his left earlobe . |
| 28 | The crucial ingredient that turned his clothes into something outstandingly elegant always came from the woman wearing them . |
| 29 | And they got their wish — one goal against Sweden in a 2-1 defeat that ended their Championship . |
| 30 | A chronicle that recorded his reign includes this fascinating footnote to history , ‘ Another law that he made , that wives of common men shall be free to the nobles ; and the Lord of the ground shall have the maidenheads of all the virgins dwelling in the same ’ . |