Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He took it to the shop counter , then told the sales assistant that he had changed his mind and wanted lager . |
| 32 | Later she told him that she was surprised he 'd found the place , grateful that he 'd taken her . |
| 33 | Afterwards I would feel so guilty that I tried to make myself sick but actually , it never worked . |
| 34 | All she could see of him from this angle was that he was a very large man , broad as well as tall — so tall that he had to bend his head over his task . |
| 35 | One afternoon we became so depressed that we decided to drown our sorrows in drink . |
| 36 | A regular in wellington boots plastered with cow dung ordered a pint , took off his overcoat and hung it up , unaware that he 'd lost his trousers somewhere en route . |
| 37 | Unaware that she had called him by name for the first time , she halted , still some feet away , gazing at him uncertainly . |
| 38 | ‘ For the sake of the few unfrazzled nerve-endings I have left , I sincerely hope not , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she returned coolly , completely unaware that she 'd crossed her fingers behind her back in the old childhood gesture of protection against telling a lie . |
| 39 | However , having overcome that obstacle we headed down the major road for Arad and despite the large pot holes which had to be avoided and the need to keep your eyes skinned for mobile hayricks ( horses and extremely overladen carts with no lights ) doing approximately 2 miles per hour , we arrived at our friends ' home in Arad at around 8.30 very relieved that we had reached our first destination . |
| 40 | She was so relieved that she had saved him . |
| 41 | In fact , the response was so uniform and repetitious that it started to irritate him before long . |
| 42 | She loved him , so much that it seemed impossible that she had lived her life this long without him , impossible that he could n't know it from her response . |
| 43 | The final score was 4–3 to Royston with everyone content that they had given their best . |
| 44 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 45 | They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant . |
| 46 | She hesitated , sadly , desperately anxious to accept , absurdly delighted that he had asked her , that he had so coolly bothered to cross the room to ask her , and yet at the same time horrified by the thought of displaying herself , by the thought of dragging her hideous dress from its hole-in-the-corner obscurity , by the thought of dancing at all , for she did not know how to dance . |
| 47 | I was dismayed that we had disturbed her and apologised for having made a noise . |
| 48 | They had all been staunch Congregationalists , and Mary occasionally felt sad that she had left it all behind in childhood . |
| 49 | First he 'd been crazy enough to subdue her with a kiss which , though it had begun in anger , had aroused a need for her so hot and instant that it had stunned him more than her slap , and now this . |
| 50 | In the end the man became so nervous that I had to hold his arm and literally steer him through the crowd to the right spot . |
| 51 | Was n't it possible that in years to come she and Susan , doomed to loneliness themselves , might feel very glad that they had done their best to make someone else less lonely ? |
| 52 | She was a little sorry for him , but also glad that she had improved her position since they last met . |
| 53 | Breeze was glad that she had mastered her momentary depression , as she was now able to run up and say goodnight quite cheerfully . |
| 54 | All the same , if it happened that David made her with child , she would bear the child proudly , and be glad that she had brought him a degree of happiness . |
| 55 | He was glad that he had held her hand . |
| 56 | I am glad that he did answer it , as I wanted to ask him this : has he learnt any lessons from the report , particularly those related to ability streaming ? |
| 57 | Lenny Campion gripped the Bakelite microphone so hard that it began to hurt his hand . |
| 58 | They said that , in the narrow passageway , a corridor whose opposite walls I can touch comfortably with two hands , I had picked up an aluminium chair , ripped it in half , swung it around and hit a policeman with it so hard that he had to shield his head . |
| 59 | Robert Maxwell reassured shareholders and the world at large that he had turned his giant mind to the greenhouse effect . |
| 60 | ‘ My love , ’ he said , ‘ what was so urgent that you had to summon me so soon after we parted yesterday afternoon ? |