Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [vb past] [that] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him .
2 I could not understand this and only knew that I was angry .
3 Slingsby first visited Norway in 1872 and soon discovered that he was in a country with whose inhabitants he had almost everything in common ; where the language was familiar to him from the vocabulary surviving in the Yorkshire dales , and where the temperament and customs were akin to his own .
4 She did not appear to be unduly depressed and now said that she thought the act had been rather drastic , but did not regret it .
5 His criticisms have become so predictable and strongly worded that they are counter-productive .
6 She did n't bother tapping on the door but pushed it open and straightaway saw that her sister was n't in the room .
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