Example sentences of "that [vb past] [be] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The picture that emerged was of couples predominantly against the idea of adoption with contact . |
| 2 | It became possible to standardize the matériel and develop strategy in a way that had been beyond Muscovy 's capabilities . |
| 3 | And then Rufus was asleep , his head turned on to the muscle of his upper arm , the fingers that had been on Adam 's shoulder retracting as they relaxed . |
| 4 | They got ashore dry shod — as they described those landings in which you do not get your feet wet — but in these harsh conditions , Lieutenant Arthur Komrower suffered severe back and leg injuries when he was crushed between a rock and the 10-ton assault craft that had been on fire . |
| 5 | Great efforts would be needed to restore the party to its strong position of 1914 and to carry on with the fundamental changes that had been under way then , but the war years had done no lasting damage . |
| 6 | Moreover when the Iraqi First Corps swept up at Panjwin , they evicted Iranian forces that had been in possession since 1983 . |
| 7 | All the images that had been in Patrick 's mind while he drove up to the Barbican the previous morning formed again in his imagination . |
| 8 | Of course , that had been in England ! |
| 9 | In 1860 Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners , who were then operating the ferries , issued metal discs stamped ‘ B'head Ferry ’ to annual contractors in place of the cardboard tickets that had been in use until then . |
| 10 | The anger that had been in Creggan left him . |
| 11 | It is sad that in Britain we have lost most of our old heritage , but when I went to Ireland I was pleased to find that Yeats and others before him had rescued many of the stories and legends that had been in danger of being lost . |
| 12 | His relationship with Don Roberto had been strictly business and even that had been in abeyance since Trent 's posting to Ireland . |