Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Passing close to , and parallel with , Sturgis ' southbound command , the Nez Perce band silently traversed the now unguarded Clark 's Fork Canyon , ‘ where rocks on either side came so near together that two horses abreast could hardly pass ’ . |
| 2 | Followers of Scottish football know only too well that a lapse in form and a broken leg are often the precursor of disasters to come . |
| 3 | And no touch of tease or laughter in the long grey eyes , eyes set so far apart that they belonged more to the temples than to the full face . |
| 4 | But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub . |
| 5 | This time her mouth fell open so fast that she nearly lost her top dentures . |
| 6 | Does your heart beat so loudly sometimes that you feel the whole world can hear it ? |
| 7 | Léonie frowned very hard so that she would not cry . |
| 8 | Laker knew only too well that the name which had once been an asset in the world of aviation was now a liability . |
| 9 | For example , the late John Strachey , former Minister of Food , used to contend that had the notorious African Ground Nuts Scheme been placed just 30 miles to the West of the site chosen in Tanganyika ( now Tanzania ) , the climate differed just sufficiently there that all would have been well . |
| 10 | But actually the Greeks in their most creative period knew only too well that the basis of existence is horrific . |
| 11 | His decision was taken , and the orders sent out for the triple muster , yet even after news from the northern border confirmed only too clearly that Scotland intended to take a full part in the harrying of his realm , he was slow to move . |
| 12 | Hinged doors opening outwards from floor level facilitate easy cleaning and the hutch must be constructed to stand off the floor , preferably on legs , to ensure that urine and surplus drinking water drain away easily so that the floor remains dry . |
| 13 | And once Julius had made his mind up about something , Jessamy knew only too well that he never changed it . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman knows only too well that in his autumn statement my right hon. Friend the Chancellor was able to announce a £1.4 billion boost to the railways and London Transport and an increase of more than 10 per cent . |
| 15 | King lived in an age when growth rates changed only slowly so that his greatest concern was the possible end of the world ! |
| 16 | Dai knew only too well that the company mentality was to persevere until they got it right . |
| 17 | Once again the control cleavage pattern reappears very slowly so that at several sites the reaction is not complete even after 30 minutes . |
| 18 | And the believer agrees all too easily that he or she must indeed have this sort of proof if belief is to be possible . |
| 19 | Galileo knew only too well that it could , if the province of biblical authority were not scrupulously defined . |
| 20 | The book sold so well locally that she 's now published it for sale countrywide ; available from WH Smith , Sherratt & Hughes and Waterstone 's bookshops or direct from Barbara Geere at 15 Stamford Drive , Bromley , Kent BR2 0XF ( 081–460 3646 ) , priced £2.30 ( inc p&p ) . |
| 21 | Other linguists imply even more clearly that there is no difference in meaning between the two versions of the infinitive by claiming that to is meaningless when it precedes the bare infinitive form . |
| 22 | George leaned forward again so that his bright , good-looking face was only inches from hers . |
| 23 | Mr Groenewald 's boast about hundreds of thousands of white soldiers assumes rather too blithely that ex-conscripts will rally to the cause . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend the Minister knows only too well that that desire has caused concern to parents in Bexley . |
| 25 | But Sairellen knew all too well that had Luke not been delirious with fever that day he would surely have marched to Halifax ; not with a pitchfork or a flail or a home-made pike in his hands , since he had never been a " physical force " man but there , just the same . |
| 26 | Evans spoke softly now so that Pascoe had to strain to catch his words . |