Example sentences of "that [modal v] [verb] [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no notices , no signs , nothing that could indicate where he was to a traveller , so that the clean worn wood of the country platform and the solid unadorned brick of the little building seemed very much a part of the wooded slope at the back of it . |
| 2 | Sandy tried to think of something to say , something that would explain how she felt ; but the image that formed in her mind was of a punchbowl brimming with vomit , and she knew instantly that she was about to do likewise . |
| 3 | The flight from Tenerife was due in fifteen minutes and he saw that there was a screen on the wall that would show when it landed . |
| 4 | From what I had heard in advance , I expected to see nothing much more than four or five students on the course drinking regulated amounts of alcohol and then being subjected to a variety of tests that would show how their motor skills deteriorated . |
| 5 | Natural selection favours those individuals that can tell when they have been parasitised and eject the cuckoo 's eggs . |