Example sentences of "[no cls] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm polyandry 's the last type of example , he has one erm many males and one female and with this system the differences between the sexes is the first and er males that do their larger parental investment females and it 's a very rare . |
| 2 | Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph . |
| 3 | The latter declares *John was seen leave ungrammatical because the embedded clause seen leave is " unsupported " , i.e. constitutes " a subject — predicate sequence that exhibits none of the internal inflectional structures of a full sentence or clausal complementation " ( i.e. neither tense , nor infinitival to , nor progressive -ing ) , whereas John was seen to leave is said to be grammatical because here leave is " supported " ( by to ) , and can therefore serve as an argument for the verb see ( pp. 123 – 4 ) . |
| 4 | Every day this week you can collect pictures of the Grand Prix victories that made him king . |
| 5 | Erm shit that reminds me I 've got to write a letter . |
| 6 | Children starving , children who who are orphans , children on the move , refugees erm people that have nothing , nothing at all and a lot of the money is spent in this country erm particularly in cities , very poor areas of the cities . |
| 7 | But it was your idea of erm entrances that got me a bit scared . |
| 8 | and he convinced them he did n't need an operation , he was , he was cured , he 'd had his treatment , psy psychiatrist that seen him and he was all right thank you , he said , and they 're so clever they can convince anybody on the outside |
| 9 | The dank smell of the water was not unpleasant , and for years the scent of la Sologne that enveloped me that night would pierce my memory : a combination of stagnant water , slime , wild mushrooms , wispy dry grasses , sand and well-hung game . |
| 10 | Only the Neds possess the kind of lands-next-door-making-a-racket charisma that rockets them into your heart . |
| 11 | Only the Neds possess the kind of lands-next-door-making-a-racket charisma that rockets them into your heart . |
| 12 | Oh well you know peo people that throw their clothes around and untidy , they turn out the best of people . |
| 13 | National Power chief executive John Baker got a 157 per cent increase that lifted his salary from £147,194 to £383,935 . |