Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 You can even create subject profiles that guide you to the pages containing stories most relevant to yourself .
2 Consider those stately columns , regard the coils of plaster vine that trail from the windowsills , meditate on the dados in the shape of fasces that stud its pitted hide . ’
3 The sun set alight the water drops that speckled their leaves and shadowed the ground beneath them .
4 Dexter turned round one of the gold rings that adorned his fingers and made a stab at humour .
5 This series of cookbooks illustrates each stage of every recipe with attractive colour photographs that show you exactly what to do .
6 ‘ When I look back I wish that had n't happened , because out of that comes the written situation and something develops that has nothing to do with the game at all . ’
7 She liked to dazzle Montparnasse with her originality ; sometimes she wore long flowing veils , usually she appeared in the smocked Liberty dresses that suited her pert little-girl look .
8 And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness .
9 But then , it was not his good looks that made him famous .
10 Control F seven , that what causes that Got it in caps .
11 Aerobics ( or exercises that make you puff ) have the advantage of making your heart fitter , but sometimes the disadvantage of pushing the body too far and causing excess wear and tear on ligaments and joints .
12 He was like a gold miner , chipping away at the rocks and occasionally discovering tantalizing little nuggets that spurred him on towards his dream of striking a rich seam .
13 And plainly Peirce does not deny that we have some common sense grasp of it ; but he holds that taking it seriously transforms the character of inquiry .
14 As production techniques improve , brewers and winemakers are able to produce reduced alcohol drinks that retain their original flavours .
15 GOLFBREAKS HOLIDAYS THAT SUIT YOU TO A TEE
16 Before entering battle , the warriors stripped to breech-cloth and moccasins , some donning war-bonnets , then prepared their medicine bundles and applied sacred body paint to invoke the Wyakin medicine powers that gave them supernatural protection .
17 I have to make two remarks that bring me great pleasure .
18 Weingast , Shepsle and Johnsen ( 1981 ) explore the implications of projects , programmes and grants that concentrate their benefits on specific geographical constituencies but are financed through general taxation .
19 ‘ But he who is in quest of picturesque scenery of the Lake ( Derwent ) must travel along the rough side screens that adorn it and catch its beauties as they arise in smaller portions , its little bays , and winding shores … its deep recesses , and hanging promontories , its garnished rocks and distant mountains . ’
20 It 's what the Godfathers might have in mind for when George goes that worries me . ’
21 They 've been revolting for years under the surface and then some thing happens that make it possible course the continued revolutions have gone on through the world and because they 've seen the success of a revolution in Russia although we did n't know the full facts of it in the West , it was , it did establish a huge area in the wake of a revolution .
22 A Grand Jury in California handed up indictments against two officers of Symantec Corp alleging that they stole trade secrets from Borland International Inc after a six-month investigation by the district attorney 's office of Santa Cruz County , California into the allegations that a Borland officer brought confidential company material with him when he left Borland to join Symantec ; Symantec says that last it hired an independent law firm to look into the charges , and it was given the opinion that there was no crime committed and that none of the items constitute trade secrets .
23 " Mr Drew says that wearing anything like that is idolatry .
24 She says that changing her accent while at university was not easy for her parents to accept .
25 Q What is it your child does and says that makes you refer to his/her actions/words as a temper tantrum ?
26 Even if only one person uses that document it should be in the precedent bank .
27 And what terrible damage they do , have done through the centuries , from the Inquisitor General to Stalin , to your young neighbour in the IRA who believes in the Catholic God and uses that to justify his murdering you in your bed , to the Mullah who whips up the faithful to civil strife in the name of Allah , to the Moonie who steals your children 's money and affections .
28 If he 'd been thrown in cold against Juventus 's £8 million man , McLaren might well have suffered a very different fate from the rave reviews that greeted his outstanding display .
29 A new range of weather monitors that enable everyone to keep an eye on prevailing conditions is now available from Davis Instruments .
30 Answers that leave you hanging in mid-air .
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