Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] that [pers pn] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had badly wanted him to kiss her , of course — so badly that she knew it simply must not happen … |
| 2 | I loved him so much that I knew it would be all right . |
| 3 | Someone touched his elbow so timidly that he thought it had been accidental , until the gesture was repeated with more insistence . |
| 4 | It was n't until much later that I saw it metaphorically . |
| 5 | Some extreme theorists , such as Eric Midwinter , carried such arguments so far that he held it wrong to enter children from deprived backgrounds for any kind of examinations , since they were bound to fail . |
| 6 | ‘ The abuse happened so often that I thought it was normal . |
| 7 | It had been running through my thoughts so often that I knew it by heart , yet now I was suddenly afraid that I might do the wrong thing ! |
| 8 | It was only then that we realised it was a woman . ’ |
| 9 | It was just then that I heard it ; a small knocking sound coming from the direction of the cupboard . |
| 10 | She said it as if it was a joke , but Alan knew perfectly well that she meant it from the bottom of her heart . |
| 11 | The Minister said earlier today that he hoped it would be accepted that the Government had come to the House in good faith . |
| 12 | They decided very quickly that they liked it , then ! ’ |
| 13 | But he had her between a rock and a hard place , and the look in his eyes told her only too clearly that he knew it . |