Example sentences of "[num] [noun] that [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Striding as quickly as he could whilst avoiding drawing attention to himself , Sergeant Bird covered the hundred and fifty yards that separated them , and stood close behind a sharp-featured elderly lady who had just placed her shopping bag on the pavement next to the telephone box in a proprietary way . |
| 2 | He has found out one thing in the ten years that separate them , if nothing else ; that now is always better than then . |
| 3 | A good starting point is to ask parents to list ten things that irritate them about the school plus ten things that the school does rather well . |
| 4 | I mean in in the midweek game against us he had very little play and then he produced one ball that got them an equalizer and I suppose that 's what Frank would look for now . |
| 5 | That 's the one thing that stops them using it . |
| 6 | That 's one house that adjoins them and then a little further on it 's a lane . |
| 7 | Well , there are next door neighbours , who I think are very nice , but I do n't think that Jackie and Ned got a lot in common with them that 's , tha that 's one house that adjoins them and then a little further on , its a lane , its about as wide as this Brenda . |