Example sentences of "[that] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was the fact that you needed to be told that made telling you impossible . ’ |
| 2 | Here the image that offers to convey something about somebody also strives to protect itself and its subject from that process of narrative unfolding by which portraiture always seems to be accompanied . |
| 3 | ‘ I want the bastard named , then I want to be part of a team that goes hunting him . ’ |
| 4 | Russell pretty good figures , this is er fifteenth over , two for seventeen , eight maidens , giving the one wicket that goes field him for thirty-four and he comes up again , that little hop and bowls to DaSilva goes down the pitch , tips this one up to mid-on , but er wo n't get one as figure Lawrence is there to stop it , so no run , to play to sixteen overs , seven twenty eight . |
| 5 | ‘ Some businesses that planned to shelve their old computer systems have stuck with them instead , ’ he says . |
| 6 | I 've then got rolling I A P's with Rob and whoever it is that got to help us with individual action planning |
| 7 | Well , I 'eard — well , someone told me you was lookin' after some poor tart that 'ad 'urt 'er leg , an' young Linda said so . |
| 8 | It is necessary for the plaintiff to establish that the train that caused the damage was the train that failed to sound its whistle . |
| 9 | to anywhere that failed to pay its tribute |
| 10 | In its earlier years it was extremely outspoken in its condemnation of anything that failed to gain its approval . |
| 11 | MAKING an obscure joke that failed to impress anyone the other week ( it was about warts and the treatment of them ) I did , at least encourage one reader in Israel to send me a palindrome about them . |
| 12 | The seeds are all the external influences that tend to throw us out of balance and they may affect us on any level of our being ; on the physical level it may be something simple like being exposed to a cold wind , getting soaked in the rain or even some form of trauma . |
| 13 | It is clear that this change is highly evaluated in Belfast in terms of social class hierarchy and status , as it is the more prestigious groups that tend to adopt it and the more ‘ advanced ’ ( generally female and younger ) group who introduce it to the conservative inner-city communities ( which are characterized by dense and multiplex network ties that tend to resist innovation and maintain conservative forms ) . |
| 14 | The presence of teenager Kevin Thomas in the Hearts ' squad may be designed to supply the goals that tend to elude them at Broomfield . |
| 15 | They accept the forces that tend to bring them into equilibrium with their surroundings . |
| 16 | And God help the little sparrow that dares to close its eyes or shuffle its tiny feet during a performance . |
| 17 | It contained a poem by James Kirkup entitled ‘ The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name ’ . |
| 18 | It was fourteen days since the force had crossed the Tweed , eluded the levies that rode to intercept it , and roved south towards Newcastle , pillaging and burning what was left of the standing crops . |
| 19 | The team that wins gets their presents . |
| 20 | Not the bottle that guarantees to turn your grey hair black or make your bald pate sprout again , but something else . |
| 21 | STEVE OJOMOH flies to Lanzarote with the England squad this week sensing he is fated to play for the country that tried to deport him . |
| 22 | The manufacturers of BSB 's MAC receivers , the traders that tried to sell them , and the public who were encouraged to buy them , have lost confidence in the whole business of MAC , Marcopolo and 31° West . |
| 23 | with hocked gems financing him/ our hero bravely defied all scornful laughter/ that tried to prevent his scheme/ your eyes deceive/ he had said/ an egg/ not a table/ correctly typifies this unexplored planet/ now three sturdy sisters sought proof/ forging along sometimes through calm vastness/ yet more often over turbulent peaks and valleys/ days became weeks/ as many doubters spread fearful rumours about the edge/ at last/ from nowhere/ welcome winged creatures appeared/ signifying momentous success |
| 24 | Two days — she would give herself that long to see him again . |
| 25 | If you are sincerely dieting in a way that has led you to lose weight in the past , just stick with the same regime for a further week or two . |
| 26 | I really feel a foreigner and walk up the drive cursing the mud that has ruined my gold stilettos . |
| 27 | IT 'S a question that has intrigued us , and doubtless thousands of others , for years . |
| 28 | Maybe , then , it is The Smiths ' natural unease before cameras that has motivated their hatred of video . |
| 29 | This backward projection is one of the things that has motivated my own work on present-day speech communities , and my interest in how the authority of the legitimized variety is promoted in linguistic scholarship J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1985a ) . |
| 30 | After the kick is executed , he returns the leg that has kicked it to the ground and immediately follows up with a roundhouse kick off the opposite leg , using the front leg as a support . |