Example sentences of "the [noun pl] that [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally the inherent constraints of the archaeological evidence , our caution about the relationship between the archaeological record and the activities that formed it , and the limited research which has been carried out determine the cohesion and balance of a work of this type . |
| 2 | The blackbirds that saw it quickly treated this bird as though it were potentially dangerous and mobbed it , even when their fellows could not see the owl and so were making no noise . |
| 3 | ‘ What are you doing ? ’ he shrieked , twisting about madly on the ropes that suspended him . |
| 4 | Then they cut the ropes that tied me and I was able to get to my feet . |
| 5 | The hasty note , the spluttering pen , the exasperated correction , the careful clerkly hand , the grandiloquent flourish , the obsequious subscription , the torn seal , the glint of sand still held in the writing from the hand that strewed it centuries ago — all these and much else bring me into close company with the past , more than the rooms in which men sat , the streets they walked , the clothes they wore or the trinkets that adorned them . |
| 6 | In America small town-dumps have been closed , or sold by the cities that owned them to private operators . |
| 7 | And all the birds that saw it stopped singing upon the instant . |
| 8 | Even more than their magnificent appearance , I think it was the movement of the birds that captivated me — their ability to fly fast or , in the case of the owls , slow and in absolute silence , and pinpoint their prey with breathtaking accuracy , even in total darkness . |
| 9 | They covered a large tract of ground , quite deserted , but conveniently illuminated by the high powerful lights round the warehouses that separated it from the still-working mainline railway . |
| 10 | You said , do you actually eat the products that made you allergic Paul ? |
| 11 | 's Thus the women who stayed at work sometimes acquired the skills that made them " fully " trained in the trade . |
| 12 | Now it does occur to me to wonder and I , again a personal view , to wonder whether intended that section fifty four A should be counteracted by the terms of the policies that followed it . |
| 13 | The second fact is that Labour , despite the recession and its junking of almost all the policies that made it unelectable in the '80s , has not made a significant advance . |
| 14 | FED UP with being Beatles copyists , the Stones invented the riff that would sustain them forever , flipped the finger to the authorities that wanted them jailed , punched hippies in the throat and threw the blues into a seething vat of hydrochloric sex acid . |
| 15 | How would he act if he knew that his career was to be made into fiction , to serve as an object lesson , and a name of opprobrium , to the generations that followed him ? |
| 16 | For humanities students , as for science students , the values that attracted them to a subject were values which were also important to them as individuals . |
| 17 | They will use the information not to understand the individual transactions recorded in the data , but the society(ies) that created it . |
| 18 | For the Stones , satisfaction was the goal : everything would be all ALL RIGHT if we shed the inhibitions that held us back and down . |
| 19 | ‘ It was brilliant to hit the goals that took us to the top , and it 's got to be the best 90 minutes of my career . ’ |
| 20 | The principal purpose of this book is to examine Ronald Reagan 's efforts to deal with these problems ; to examine the techniques he and his staff used as they sought to break free from the ties that bound them ; and to assess how successful Reagan was in mastering the system of government and in achieving his policy objectives . |
| 21 | OK , there might n't perhaps be all that much left over now from the early joys of their marriage ; yet , in an odd sort of way , the longer they 'd abjured the divorce-courts , the stronger had grown the ties that bound them together : home , children , friends , memoria , insurance policies ; and above all , perhaps , the sheer length — the ever-increasing length — of the time they 'd spent together as man and wife . |
| 22 | The lips that touched hers were firm and warm . |
| 23 | His dark head bent , his lips trailing over her face gently , and Maggie swayed forward , immediately entranced , immediately hungry for more , turning her head to meet the lips that captured hers . |
| 24 | The lips that covered hers were soft and warm and salty . |
| 25 | And the eyes that challenged her across he table were just brown eyes , filled with lazy amusement . |
| 26 | The temperature in the restaurant seemed to drop by several degrees , and the eyes that met hers across the table glittered threateningly gold . |
| 27 | His dilated pupils told one story , the honesty of the eyes that enclosed them another . |
| 28 | ‘ These are the songs I grew up listening to , ’ she says , ‘ they are the songs that made me want to be a singer . ’ |
| 29 | Was it the Cages that prevented you helping her ? ’ |
| 30 | Alike in size and general appearance , but not in the guards that operated them . |