Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Henry embarked on a course in herbal medicine and it was during this that she heard about the Gerson therapy .
2 With direct reference to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , and in response to a ‘ demand ’ for more radical action which he had read in a newspaper , Hitler made clear that he had at the time to proceed tactically and in stages , but that his strategy was to manoeuvre his enemy into a corner before destroying him completely .
3 He made clear that he agreed with the thrust of all the other recommendations , except the one which said that responsibility for food should remain within the Department of Agriculture .
4 They ended in a pair of green bronze doors , each so high that they disappeared into the gloom .
5 The tension in the room was so high that it flowed like an invisible electric charge .
6 It is possible that it came from the east of the Frankish confederacy , rather than the Rhineland .
7 I was sorry that he went to the West Riding after only two terms , although this made me stand on my own feet quickly , which was of itself of value .
8 This camp was so strong that it remained as a major fortress for the Garonne region for centuries to follow .
9 The country was bracken-clothed dunes , the plants so tall that they came over the horse 's withers in places .
10 It was after that that he complained about the brakes to Morrison . ’
11 The appeals court found that the Koons copying of the photo was so complete that it went beyond the bounds of the ‘ fair use ’ doctrine , which allows artists , authors and journalists to ‘ quote ’ from other works .
12 When I got indoors I was still so upset that I tore off the frock , ripping a sleeve in the process , but I did n't care ; I was so angry .
13 ‘ This guy laughed so much that everything came to a stop . ’
14 She was enjoying herself so much that she stayed on the floor longer than she should have done and it was only when she saw Mrs Freer making furious faces at her from the doorway that she turned and glided back .
15 Questions poured towards the chair , and Mrs Murphy banged her gavel so hard on the coffee table that it left a mark , which distressed her so much that she forgot for a moment why she was hammering and stared sadly at the dent in the wood .
16 The thought appalled him so much that he went into the attic and slid back into bed without saying anything more to either of them .
17 It began to prey on my mind so much that I went to the casualty department of Charing Cross Hospital .
18 The operation , originally planned for early afternoon , was re-scheduled and it was n't until quarter to six that she returned to the ward , still feeling groggy from the anaesthetic .
19 There had been stone dragons , and jade dragons so delicate that they disintegrated at a puff of breath .
20 It was not until 1924 that he turned to the measurement of human electrical potentials , and delayed publication until 1929 , when the first recorded electro-encephalogram ( of his young son ) appeared in Archiv Forschung Psychiatrie .
21 The snow was coming down in thick flakes , adding to the unreal appearance as they chugged slowly from one bank to the other , and she was delighted that they stopped at every single stop .
22 One day , in one of these tiny streets , with shops on either side and with stalls of street vendors in front of them , the way was so crowded that I got to a place where it was impossible to move .
23 It stood about a quarter of a mile from the house in a triple circle of beech trees , an isolated building so small and perfect that it looked like an architect 's model precisely set in a fabricated landscape , or an elegant ecclesiastical folly , justifying itself only by its classical purity , as distanced from religion as it was from life .
24 He produced newspaper cuttings proving that BB came to Nefta but I am not convinced that she stayed in the Hotel de la Liberté , whose plumbing leaves everything to be desired .
25 Both seemed to have difficulties with the stage , and slipped and tripped here and there , but they were so magnificent that nobody minded in the least .
26 Since she was not particularly enamoured of Madame de Montijo it is little wonder that she arrived at the Cathedral in a state of high discontent .
27 It was because we were unable to bear troubles like these that we came into the Party .
28 But it was on days like these that one longed for a friend , hoped for a caller .
29 Mine was so tight that it cut into the skin .
30 It is the interactional that I examined in the chapter in some detail .
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