Example sentences of "that was [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blanche 's antennae were very sensitive at gauging the progress of an investigation but she relied on Dexter to hoover up male gossip that was beyond her reach , idle chatter in the canteen or the gents ' toilet that sometimes hardened into hostility or resentment at some way a case was being handled . |
| 2 | She started to tremble deep inside , a nervous quivering that was beyond her control . |
| 3 | Perhaps his anger was intensified because he saw her getting pleasure from something that was beyond his reach . |
| 4 | An undercurrent of shared knowledge that was outside her experience . |
| 5 | He kissed her with an expertise that was outside her experience , with a knowledge that was never learned from any book , and , much to her surprise , she felt a stab of jealousy for all those other women who must have stood as she stood now , arms round his strong frame , mouth ravaged by his skill . |
| 6 | He lived in at that time just over the road er down the road here and then something went wrong during the war that was over my father and er cos matter of fact when my father come off the dredger erm the Harbourmaster wanted to give him er he give him the push and turned round and he said my father name was . |
| 7 | The cashier grumbled about changing Swiss money , but made a calculation that was to his advantage on the rate . |
| 8 | The pair alighted on W Williams , a quoted foundry business that was on its last legs and , with City backing , went shopping . |
| 9 | I would want someone that was on my wavelength , roughly my age , preferably a supporter , and I would n't sign anything until I had at least a serious gentleman 's agreement that nothing could be issued without the artist 's agreement . |
| 10 | While I was waiting I glanced at the stamp that was on my hand . |
| 11 | He unlocked the door with the key that was on his chain . |
| 12 | Creggan was not afraid but instead filled with the feeling that there was strength in the Man that was on his side ; and anger too ; and that something was happening , something that concerned Minch . |
| 13 | But the hunting party that was on his trail now , was unlike anything he could have anticipated . |
| 14 | Frank 's voice carried the expression that was on his face , and Mrs Funnell came back at him , saying , ‘ Do n't you bawl at me , Frank Conway ! |
| 15 | There was not an object on that table that was without its history of contention ; every implement lay there in the pride of hideous superiority . |
| 16 | He looked at his watch that was beside his bed . |
| 17 | But Roxy er Roxy that was from his new C D Midnight Postcards and er he 's going to be at Nottingham 's Theatre Royal March the twenty eighth next year in Alfie , coming well ahead of it to tell us about it , and that 's going to be a blockbuster I think next year , and then goes on to Los Angeles . |
| 18 | And yet , she felt sure now , it was this that was in her mother 's mind because , as far as her mother knew , her cousin was childless . |
| 19 | Nan had no trace of the coarseness that was in her father 's face . |
| 20 | No longer interrupted by shooting , the zombies continued their steady slow pace , completely ignoring the Marines other than to step around any Marine that was in their path . |
| 21 | Thus the author of A Remonstrance of Many Thousand Citizens , probably Richard Overton , reminded the House of Commons in 1646 that " wee are your Principalls , and you our Agents- … wee possessed you with the same Power that was in our selves … |
| 22 | Because y you , obviously you 've presented different information in your talk this afternoon , you 've given us more information that was in your abstract , so the figures are different , where you , in your abstract you just talked about differences between G three , T three tumours . |
| 23 | Oh that was really so I 'll swear , I do n't know what that was that , that clump that was in your hair but it was , oh god ! |
| 24 | The person that was in my cell before me had urinated in it , so I had to clear it up before I could sleep and that was n't nice . |
| 25 | At about this time he returned to Courthill to assist his father , and so he was able to use all the resources of the smithy to make the kind of machine that was in his mind . |
| 26 | Harvey said that if he had the thermometer that was in his baggage he could show me whether he was il or not , and that then I would n't think it was so funny . |
| 27 | As de Lattre presented his case , his plan to construct 1200 bunkers of the Siegfried Line-type ( one wonders why its French counterpart was not mentioned instead ) was to provide against future Chinese attacks but , on the assumption that the Chinese might be deterred , French success seemed to be simply a matter of US munitions and confidence and , although it might have been misleading as a performance indicator , at the end of his visit to the Pentagon de Lattre was rewarded with Defense Secretary Lovett 's assertion that General de Lattre was regarded as a comrade in arms and that the US would do everything they could for him that was within their capabilities . |
| 28 | When it was first available 1-2-3 Release 3 was a product that was before its time — a 3D spreadsheet that allowed file linking and more than one program to be open at a time . |