Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Miss LA contest that followed which she lost Michelle met a commercial agent and began auditioning for adverts , which again she hated , but again swallowed her pride . |
| 2 | Firms in the area of information technology can be included here as , strictly , IT constitutes the subsection of the electronics industry that covers anything to do with computers , telecommunications or office equipment . |
| 3 | His eldest son had a mastoid operation ; there was a big building programme that needed his personal attention . |
| 4 | Even many Christians have split lives , with a thinking faith that leaves their emotions untouched . |
| 5 | It was a Frankie Howerd interview that made me realise I do not even want one . |
| 6 | It may be only outsider skepticism that leads me to see a subtle , probably subconscious new emphasis on the word ‘ choice ’ . |
| 7 | It was a clear silver flame that hollowed her with its hunger . |
| 8 | The shark , which attacked the man as he swam in a bay north of Sydney on his honeymoon , rammed the fishing boat that netted it yesterday and disgorged John Ford was grabbed by the 16ft shark as he was diving east of Byron Bay , 370 miles north of Sydney , police said . |
| 9 | At to page nineteen my Lord of the transcript passage that begins my reading of this judgment down to the bottom of that paragraph at letter G , so from B to G on page nineteen my Lord |
| 10 | and my Lord er the appeal to the court of appeal er which is at erm tab five was exclusively on the issue of whether Lord Justice and the divisional court were correct in the ruling they have docted for the interim , er and the court of appeal judgement , the main judgement is given by Lord Justice er reviewed with and the erm the heart of Lord Justice judgement on this issue is to be found at page nineteen my Lord of the transcript passage that begins my reading of this judgment down to the bottom of that paragraph at letter G , so from B to G on page nineteen . |
| 11 | One or two odd shapes were found , but most authorities dismissed these as patterns produced by the physical processes of rock formation that had nothing whatever to do with living organisms . |
| 12 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |
| 13 | What we have tonight is a labour group that says they no longer believe in that philosophy . |
| 14 | What we have there is nothing strikingly original , just a fantastically good club record that enforces nothing more than that irresistible urge to jack your body . |
| 15 | The wind tugged at the banner-pole that carried his standard , outside at the turret , and made a dolorous creaking sound that accompanied his steps along the chilly corridor , and whined faintly in his ears even after he had closed the door and shut out the sound of the rain . |
| 16 | Bourgie Bourgie : Appallingly-titled jazz quartet that got its just reward . |
| 17 | She inaugurated the practice outfit that distinguished them in press photos — black pants , white blouse , ankle socks and the black bow tie that they were so nervous of mislaying . |
| 18 | Our notion of Indians has been conditioned by the frontier mentality that saw them as savages inhabiting the geographic void that civilisation would tame . |
| 19 | Vadinamia has spent lavishly on all kinds of state-of-the-art technology There are no longer any bribable Vadinamian in direct contact with the stored valuables — just servo-mechanisms , including mandroid guards and Intelloid overseers with multiphase fail-safe level of programme reinforcement that make them incorruptible . |
| 20 | With the national and strategic interest of the United States as part of its more elevated terms of reference , the CIA would co-opt DEA informants at will or take over a DEA operation that suited its purpose or use the DEA as a cloak for its own interests or activities without much regard for the lesser claims of law enforcement . |
| 21 | She now has a wedding dress that cost me the national debt , but which now bears no relation to the original creation because all the expensive seed-pearls are strewn around her bedroom floor , and which the dog thought would be marvellous to eat and is now residing at the local vet 's and which will cost me even more money . |
| 22 | Maud talked with a mixture of pedantry and horse sense that impressed him as singular and forcible . |
| 23 | He looked like a man who needed a quiet evening , an easy chair , a drink , and soothing music unlike the vibrant strains of the rock number that reached them . |
| 24 | My mother would visit on Speech Day and Sports Day , wearing a Jaeger-style home-made camel coat and a pillbox hat , or her green velvet coat that made her look , I thought , like the Queen . |
| 25 | It is their own direct labour organization that run it . |
| 26 | Not even a Guy-Fawkes bonfire that scorches you head to toe with a hot and lavish lick and leaves your back frosted and tingling . |
| 27 | He wrote a 30-second piece for a shampoo commercial that enabled him to buy a house in the country . |
| 28 | It proved enough for a most handsome victory over decidedly off-colour Ontario and it was an enormous pity that Rod Snow , the dynamic Newfoundland no.8 , sustained a neck injury that kept him out of the final . |
| 29 | Nicandra went down the steps and under the dark carriage portico that put its pillared bulk between evening light , or the light of the moon . |
| 30 | But let's face it , the sleeping bag that did you proud on those hot summer nights in Italy , and got you through the night on the floor after the party , is n't exactly going to be your best friend when the temperature drops below freezing . |