Example sentences of "something that [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often impossible to say what moves you in a poem ; somehow in this poem there is something that touches my heart and links me in sympathy to this Bolivian poet whom I shall never meet . |
| 2 | Ca n't you see that if you were to say or do something that caused my father , for example , to die when he was still a little boy , then I should never get round to being born , should I ? ’ |
| 3 | It seemed that , every time she resolved not to let her wayward emotions get the better of her , he said something that had her responding to him like a fourteen-year-old star-struck teenager all over again . |
| 4 | It was only after he had asked for the bill that he said something that had her on guard again , although there was nothing about his lazy , ‘ Enjoy the party , did you , by the way ? ’ that should have caused her muscles — including her tongue muscles , it seemed — to instantly tighten . |
| 5 | You landed on something that pierced your leg . ’ |
| 6 | And with unnerving certainty she knew that something was in the corridor with her — something that blended its colour and shape so perfectly that it was invisible . |
| 7 | He jerked his head round and saw something that chilled his blood . |
| 8 | She was about to turn and go back when she saw something that made her stop and purse her lips disapprovingly . |
| 9 | Just for a moment he met her eyes , his own very dark and filled with something that made her heart start to beat rapidly , high in her throat , yet nothing could have prepared her for the shock of what he said . |
| 10 | Her tone was a little agitated for she had also just seen Faustina mount the refreshment table and pick her way delicately among the dishes of the cakes and savouries , sniffing the air , ready to pause and pounce when she came upon something that took her fancy . |
| 11 | But there was something that took my attention one night , on one of the shop windows , and I was flashing the torch on the window and he comes up . |
| 12 | But he was a bisexual , and his sexuality was something that coloured his life to a great extent and , along with a chronic alcohol problem , contributed to his decline . |
| 13 | I was interested in all this for the simple reason that as something that takes your fancy passes you , you only get a glimpse . |
| 14 | No , not necessarily , no , an active task is something that takes your department forward , actively improves the way your department runs , which could be something like . |
| 15 | But she was n't looking up high enough to see something that shifted my pulse rate along a notch or two . |
| 16 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm always happier when I 'm wearing something that covers my behind ’ Shirlie |
| 18 | He laughed and said something that included my name — it stands out from his other noises : blah blah Killer blah blah . |
| 19 | So , if you are in the market for a text only system stick to something that resembles your current word processor while if you already use business graphics you 'll find the simpler page makeup programs fairly straightforward . |
| 20 | If you see something that tickles your fancy you 'll have to force yourself to bring the waiter outside and use sign language . |
| 21 | But there are a number of crime novels that make use of the immediate past to excellent effect ( Gladys Mitchell 's Late , Late in the Evening is one ) , and if the root causes of today 's events are something that set your imagination bubbling then perhaps this is the sort of book you would be best to write . |
| 22 | In the process , soul has been installed as something that bolsters your life , rather than knocks the ground from under your feet . |
| 23 | And so we , we are in the process of setting up an online database computerized which would be accessible by not just branches , but individual erm health and safety reps for a fairly minimal affiliation which will tap into the latest information which will be updated er every three months and we feel that again that 's something in conjunction with , clearly with the unions in the city something that a trades council should be doing , something that raises our profile , explains to people what trade councils , what the trade union movement is all about and does it effectively using modern techniques and modern methods . |
| 24 | If there 's something in our music that someone can identify with in some way , something that makes their life easier … |
| 25 | Sometimes I look at the other women , see one with a baby on her knee , then a little child runs up and tells her something that makes her laugh … |
| 26 | It has to be something that makes your mouth drop open . ’ |
| 27 | Tasteless ridicule of her religion should be absolutely forbidden in the family circle ; not only has she a right to her own beliefs , but an attack on them would be an attack on something that gives her strength and comfort and , best of all , hope as she nears the end of her life . |
| 28 | It 's something that gives his performance in Glory a genuinely affecting complexity , something which suggests he may develop into an actor with some depth . |