Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] that [pers pn] have [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I am most upset that you have been treated so badly by my countrymen , ’ Gennaro said in a quiet steady voice . |
| 2 | The American legal system is so odd that I 've been told I could get Tristram deported in my custody . |
| 3 | He had sunk so low that she had been obliged to approach Dr McNab for his help . |
| 4 | Not all the people who have been called structuralists have been happy to accept the label , but this suggests not so much that it has been over-enthusiastically applied , but that far from being a school or a doctrine , structuralism is indeed a generalized revolution in ways of thinking . |
| 5 | ‘ He deserves a proper thrashing , ’ Cissie protested , fiercely indignant that she had been unable to defend herself while her cowardly brother took delight in whipping her . |
| 6 | I 'm only glad that we 've been able to sort it all out so quickly . |
| 7 | Suddenly conscious that she had been holding her breath , Katherine pulled the door closed and then leaned back against the wall , aware of the pounding of her heart . |
| 8 | The transcript of the " trial " is so unique that it has been reproduced here in full … |
| 9 | But three years later on 27 July 1795 the new head of the Macclesfield company , Abraham Mills , wrote to the new agent Thomas Harrison of Kendal , advising him , alas , that " … the Coniston Mine has for some time been so unproductive that it has been determined to discontinue the working … " |
| 10 | I 'd been excited about Brownies for so long that I 'd been warned about wishing my life away nearly a hundred times by the week of my first Pack meeting . |
| 11 | His family was so poor that they 'd been obliged to sell him . |
| 12 | Some have suffered symptoms so severe that they have been given medication by their doctor . |
| 13 | We males naturally reject the idea that we 're not at all times ready to cream anything that moves as a monstrous slander on our virility , while women certainly do n't want to think that creatures whose sexual urges are so undiscriminating that they have been known to rape grannies and animals and even corpses , for God 's sake , could possibly find them so unattractive that they need to simulate orgasm . |
| 14 | I 've been , oh , so aware that you 've been more than generous , with your time , your coaching , your support against Gesner . |
| 15 | At one stage , in her early fifties , the depression had been so bad that she had been admitted to hospital . |
| 16 | She was suddenly aware that she had been looking forward to her new life in Portugal far more than she had realized . |
| 17 | ‘ I was so astonished that I 've been waiting until people started to come to church so that I could show somebody and you 're the first and most suitable . |
| 18 | The result is of that is not fortunate that they 've been delayed but that in fact we have as much money to spend on them next year from the capital receipts as we will have spent this year , so in a sense we , we 're not going backwards there either . |
| 19 | She remembered the needle going into flesh , but she was not sure that it had been her own . |
| 20 | I was not sure that I had been baptized ( having shrunk back from the outstretched hand with water in my late teens , believing baptism a piece of medieval nonsense ) , while wanting to be a member of the church . |
| 21 | A CLERGYMAN who trains priests yesterday said he was saddened but not surprised that he had been sacked after admitting he does not believe in God . |
| 22 | Informations were listed for hearing but the justices were not satisfied that they had been served so further summonses were issued . |
| 23 | I am acutely conscious that I have been a source of aggravation to Pa recently over my stupid allergy to vegetables ; it can not be pleasant to see the products one has slaved over summer and winter being regurgitated on to the dinner plate of one 's elder child . |
| 24 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 25 | Men like Ryan , and probably Leo , could have their pick of women , which made it even more unbelievable that she had been so stupid as to believe Ryan . |
| 26 | Twenty years later Craig was still convinced that he had been right . |
| 27 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 28 | They were slightly embarrassed that he had been left out , but had agreed at the time that there was no sense in phoning him at home because he would have nothing useful to say . |
| 29 | Instinctively I went into a steep spiral dive , furiously angry that I had been beaten at my own game . |
| 30 | It really should not strike you as odd that I have been enquiring into your affairs — if I may so phrase it . |