Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] that [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the reaction to my answers that interested me most . |
| 2 | According to Friedman , it is the unwillingness of governments to tax-finance their activities that induces them to cover the gap between expenditures and taxes with money supply increases . |
| 3 | But those that came from arid islands and had to crane their necks in order to reach branches of cactus or leaves of trees , had much longer necks and a high peak to the front of their shells that enabled them to stretch their necks almost vertically upwards . |
| 4 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 5 | But it was her eyes that startled me . |
| 6 | There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause . |
| 7 | ‘ Well … it was her feet that gave her away . ’ |
| 8 | It was the way that their shoulder bones and ribs stood out , and their stomachs fell right into their backbones that reminded me so much of myself . |
| 9 | Unlike the spinal column of any other mammal , it has a network of interlocking protrusions from its vertebrae that gives it enormous strength and resistance to crushing . |
| 10 | It was no longer her orgasms that excited her , but mine . |
| 11 | Both her mortality and her immortality scared them until they kept their distance , and invented stories about her powers that made them shiver in their bones . |
| 12 | Apart from making a number of impressive black and white studies of the rugged terrain , he also photographed local people , always on the look-out for strength and dignity in their faces that showed they had not been eroded by the harsh circumstances in which they lived . |
| 13 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 14 | Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed . |
| 15 | He smiled suddenly , something in his eyes that made her instantly wary , but when she tried to remove her hand from his arm he covered her fingers with his own and held them there . |
| 16 | But it was n't his deeds that made him a Christian , it was his trust in Jesus Christ . |
| 17 | There was one noise he kept hearing again and again on his travels that intrigued him . |
| 18 | It 's not his compositions that interest me but more his attention to detail . |
| 19 | It was seeing his glasses that tore me apart . |
| 20 | A natural Maestro , born with something in his genes that made him capable of re-inventing the workings of the Reconciliation ? |
| 21 | ‘ I knew it would n't win — there was no aspect in his charts that showed he would . ’ |
| 22 | You should aim to strike a deal with your employers that gives you real peace of mind . |
| 23 | To make a character worse than oneself it is only necessary to release imaginatively from control some of the bad passions which , in real life , are always straining at the leash ; the Satan , the Iago , the Becky Sharp , within each of us , is always there and only too ready , the moment the leash is slipped , to come out and have in our books that holiday we try to deny them in life . |
| 24 | There are things in all our lives that displease him : misplaced ambition , wrong relationships , lack of prayerfulness , slackness in spiritual things , and so on . |
| 25 | Memories become bitter-sweet events in our lives that remind us of our grief but also of the pleasure of the relationship we had . |
| 26 | LINK is your magazine and it 's your contributions that make it successful . |
| 27 | What process is it that goes on in our brains that enables us to recall people and past events ? |
| 28 | Something to do with the kinks and chemicals in our brains that give us the Talent . |
| 29 | But it was n't our girls that did it and I am going to prove it . ’ |
| 30 | I always look forward to doing the show 'cause we meet all our friends that watch us on television , do n't we Jeffrey ? |