Example sentences of "[verb] [det] that [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 2 | Some of the revisions are relatively trivial , but collectively , they show that the principle of stylistic variation — that there can be alternative ways of saying " the same thing " — can explain much that goes into the process of literary composition , as well as much that is involved in the reader 's interpretation of the text . |
| 3 | This reduces the number of primitives to be compared by establishing those that intersect with the one under consideration . |
| 4 | In science , for example , the earth science component ( attainment targets 9 and 16 , with aspects of attainment targets 5 , 6 , 7 and 8 ) includes much that has in the past been described as geography , while the materials component ( ATs 6–8 ) includes a great deal that has conventionally been regarded as technology . |
| 5 | For the client , the advantage was that he could go direct to those various tradesmen who , collectively , could provide all that made for an average funeral . |
| 6 | And in front of all the gathered company at the gate of the city he makes his declaration , he says I have bought all that belonged to Elimelech . |
| 7 | I have belonged , I have bought all that belonged to Chilion . |
| 8 | The monastic continuator of the Croyland Chronicle wrote of the same events in hysterical terms ; the northern army moved south like a swarm of locusts , ravaging all that lay in its path . |
| 9 | And I suppo I mean all that happened with that particular one was a couple of erm of er black black I think they were youth workers , I 'm not actually sure . |
| 10 | Eva 's knowledge of mathematics meant she could handle the budget at Usher with few problems — apart from the usual one of there never being enough money to do all that needed to be done . |
| 11 | Cameras and sound recording equipment were discreetly sited in the shop so as to record all that occurred over the counter . |
| 12 | ‘ I heard all that passed between you and my son . ’ |
| 13 | You got a very good committee , dedicated committee erm who , you see the young trainees were sent to the technical colleges and you see , erm some of them did go on if they graduated to Stanford Hall , but I mean those that went to technical college , we used to have to get the committee to sit in at the examinations . |
| 14 | By effective digits we mean those that vary in the list of numbers under consideration . |
| 15 | Oslear produced a 2,000-word dossier recording all that happened from the moment that Lamb and England manager Micky Stewart lodged complaints about the state of the ball at lunchtime . |
| 16 | Humiliating him in that little paddock of privacy just outside the back of the house where he would try so hard to keep all that remained of his dignity and self-esteem . |
| 17 | Discreetly sited cameras and sound equipment recorded all that occurred over the counter . |
| 18 | T. Behrens gives the impression that he has more to say about himself than the progress of this mad love — to which he did not stand all that close at the time , brother as he was — has allowed him to come up with . |
| 19 | Anticipating this difficulty for their new employee , the oil company installed an incinerator loo which , at the press of a button , was triggered into fiery life as six flame-throwing nozzles squirting blazing diesel in all directions enveloping and consuming all that lay in its path . |
| 20 | I have belo , bought all that belonged to Mahlon . |
| 21 | He did n't say a word ; instead , he played very quietly a short quotation from an opera which said all that needed to be said . |
| 22 | It said all that needed to be said in a clear enough manner . |
| 23 | Membership benefits include some that arrive through the post , and others that are waiting for you just around the corner … |
| 24 | If Saint Winifred did indeed conceive and decree her departure with the wagon for Ramsey , and if a saint 's plans can not be disrupted by man , then surely she must also have willed all that happened after … the ambush by outlaws , the theft of the cart and team , the abandonment of the load , and with it , her reliquary , to be found by my tenants , and brought to me here . |
| 25 | PACHE LEAVES THOSE THAT HOPE FOR A HAPPY OUTCOME TO BULL 's TRAVAILS WITH LITTLE TO CHEER |
| 26 | ‘ For they are a proud and fierce race and would kill any that claimed to be their kin who was not . ’ |
| 27 | The Daleks are right behind them , attacking any that stand in their way , including the crew of the clipper , who hastily abandon ship . |