Example sentences of "[adj] that [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 They were the same , of course , that rich shade of brown that lightened and darkened as his mood changed .
2 The imposition of standards then increases private marginal cost , shifts private supply curves upwards , and reduces the overproduction of the good that occurred when the market ignored the divergence between private and social cost .
3 It was the middle-class that kept and circulated family letters , especially those recounting saintly death-beds .
4 ‘ At the same time , there was one other bit of me that was very practical that realized that the only money to be made if you were to stay in England — and I never thought of going anywhere else — was to get into commercials , and I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny .
5 Powers were divided between the Congress of People 's Deputies and the Supreme Soviet , but it was the Supreme Soviet that met and conducted business for about eight months of the year .
6 A large band played faultlessly behind the heroes , the hits just kept on coming , and Johnny Cash stole the show with some country harmonica on an encore of Orange Blossom Special that huffed and puffed like a steam engine on a frosty morning .
7 Like most people , I was brought up in the belief that a nightmare was something bad that happened while you were asleep .
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