Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it was , above all , the very conduct of the campaign itself that made it such a sickening mockery of anything approximating democracy . |
| 2 | It was n't so much the ageing process itself that sent my spirits plummeting — although greying hair and wrinkles were n't exactly adding to my self-esteem — as the realisation that time is marching on and I had better not waste a moment of it . |
| 3 | As once you have dealt with history , you have to put in place something that keeps it up to date , without too much labour and without erm , a major hole there where things fall into the middle cover and come out . |
| 4 | ‘ Glory be to God , if it was not the Lord himself that sent His Holy angels to spread their blessed wings over you and keep you from all harm . |
| 5 | It was partly the language itself that suggested it . |
| 6 | Likewise , there must be factors other than the diets themselves that cause them to fail . |
| 7 | By 1969 Laura was spending much of her time poring over old books — the endpapers of novels were a rich source of small prints as were old plates , teapots , and patchwork quilts , in fact anything that caught her eye in a variety of odd shops . |