Example sentences of "[det] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He had changed physically but the movement of his body down the carriage for coffee still had that freedom that set him apart from the suited composure of the brief case brigade that filled the train .
2 To my way of thinking you had seen too much of my secretary , I decided on that instant that to take you out of his vicinity was an excellent idea . ’
3 ‘ It was that advert that did it , I think .
4 And each cough that forced its way past his throat brought with it more of the bright frothy blood , which dribbled from the corners of his mouth faster than his red-soaked handkerchief could mop it up .
5 But now suddenly he came out with it violently , almost in the manner of Hotspur himself over-riding some constraint that tied his tongue :
6 Have you made a note of some kind that reminds you to research the blank spots further ?
7 This afternoon that put them on environment minister Michael Howard 's hit list .
8 And it is this struggle that showed us a way .
9 Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election .
10 But if you are n't prepared to wade through acres of news and advertising print , your financial adviser should be able to pick out a few plans that suit your needs .
11 If you are restrained from doing something , then there is often some force that prevents you .
12 The emotion that goes into art is subtle and it is the faculty of being able to feel this emotion that constitutes our appreciation of art .
13 Well there must be another force that makes them see them things must n't there ?
14 When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ?
15 After a while when the sickness had subsided , she opened the door and was about to creep cautiously away , when she heard her father speak some words that halted her : ‘ Who 's to blame for the club nights , I ask you ? ’ he was saying .
16 It was this condition that brought him close to his parishioners .
17 I will find some shops that suit me . ’
18 It was this casualness that led him , as Edmund Wilson reported , to be humorous in private about his own reputation , and " offhand and vague " about matters he had once taken seriously .
19 Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory .
20 There was the snap of something breaking behind the lorry , a couple of bumps , and then another thump that brought them to a halt .
21 And yet , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , I also knew that it was this cold that drew me , this steady destruction of body and imagination , this utter alienness , as though only that could still excite me , as though anything less alien would only leave me indifferent .
22 You will find that there are a number of other problems in this question that test your knowledge and understanding of standard accounting practice in a group context .
23 It was this question that decided me .
24 On leaving school he went as a labourer to Hunts Farm ( visible from the 6th green ) and it was this work that brought him to the course .
25 The other thing to remember is that Mobs already engaged in hand-to-hand combat are not affected by Animosity and ca n't be attacked by another Mob that fails its Animosity test .
26 Timidly she tacked on another question that bothered her .
27 Yes , and I never heard of this And there 's another lady that brought me a picture with four generations in .
28 And it is the freak subversive genius of this record that makes them the single most important rock band of our time .
29 I was on a local council for some years that thought it was well run , but we still found it possible to get rid of a tier of management .
30 And to eat there — how she longed to , to drop the few years that made her different from Cad , to lose the ripeness and rotundities that would always make her different from Cati , who was , really , almost boy-like with her stringbean limbs , yet not quite boyish either , angelic rather ; she was not afflicted with the need Rosa felt , the gap opening inside her , where a longing for something other than what lay within her sights sat in occupation , banging her drum and marking out a new rhythm and new steps for Rosa 's spinning wants , calling down the corridors of Rosa 's body to her innermost inguinal life , till her blood rang to the beat .
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