Example sentences of "that [verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Bob Hoover sponsored by Victor Aviation , flew the Shrike Commander in his famed ‘ energy management series ’ of engine-out manoeuvres ; Pepsi sponsored Joann Osterud in her ultimate 300 Biplane as well as Susan Asbury-Oliver in the Pepsi Skywriter ; First Interstate Bank brought Wayne Handley and his Raven to Reno ; Sean Tucker 's amazing aerobatics were sponsored by Randolph Sunglasses and Dreyer 's Ice Cream ; the Acme Duck and Airshow returned to Reno for a repeat of their funny comedy airshow act ; Scott Hammack 's Smoke n Thunder jet dragster was on hand to show what an afterburning J-34 jet engine can do for miles per hour versus miles per gallon ; seven-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion Leo Loudenslager flew the Bud Light 200 in a routine that demonstrated why he is such a success in competition aerobatics ; and Team America added precision three ship aerobatics to the programme . |
2 | I am running a 1986 V8 County 90 which at 25,000 miles has no more than normal backlash in the transmission line , yet a most irritating noise has developed which can only be described as a clunk that occurs whenever I apply or lift off the throttle in any gear . |
3 | Though the turning of oval objects is routinely employed now , it is remarkably difficult to find a textbook that describes how it is done , or a mechanical engineering department that can teach it . |
4 | Once documented the data can be rearranged in a way that reveals how you can reorganize matters to give you more time . |
5 | Make a list of words that describe how you think Brian Smart would feel about coming to school each day . |
6 | Telling stories that describe how you had a similar experience fall into the same camp . |
7 | She looked at Tommaso Talvi in her mind 's eye , she adjusted her image of him to fit with her sister 's , she inventoried his features , beginning with the eyes , and redrafted them in order to see them as ‘ pretty ’ , she scanned his caffelatte pallor and his big hands , grasping the bread she had cut for him , she looked at his mouth , the purplish fullness of his lips and the strong teeth that showed when he grinned , as he had done , often , but without laughter , when the men were disagreeing about the possibilities of change , the chances of the election on returning the Socialists , of bringing about improvements for the labourers now that the franchise had at last been widened to include some people who were n't bosses , like her father , a music teacher with a sense of honour , of justice . |
8 | It 's the job that dictates where we live now , I 'm afraid . |
9 | Was it a game today that went how you thought it might do ? |
10 | You had certain of them that knew where you could slip in — you could slip in for a smoke and a cup of tea , so long as you were n't caught . |
11 | But they seemed to have reached that point where they could not sleep despite their tiredness . |
12 | Briefly , er I think that explains why we have n't got the erm item mentioned in paragraph seven . |
13 | Between demonstrates how a multiplicity of different discursive systems intertwine to form the substrata of an individual mind which plays them off against each other , combines them and uses them to generate the repertory of stories that determine how she ‘ reads ’ the world in which she lives . |
14 | Even as his broken body had followed its spirit into the night woods , there had been something about him : his fingers flexed just so , as if signalling to her ; a frown on his face , as if he was struggling to turn his eyes to the woman by the fire ; a sparkle in those eyes , the dead eyes , the tears that said how he longed to stay . |
15 | The way to recovery lies in learning to place that blame where it belongs , to use the anger it arouses and to give yourself the praise you deserve just for surviving the abuse . |