Example sentences of "[det] a [noun sg] that i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She even told Sybil that the frog in the school pond was enchanted , and poor Sybil was in such a state that I thought someone ought to teach Mildred a lesson . ‘ |
| 2 | At least I you see , with the virus I was sometimes in such a state that I thought I might have bowel cancer |
| 3 | I got such a shock that I toppled over sideways , ending up chest deep in freezing water . |
| 4 | To such a degree that I had hold of P C . |
| 5 | [ reading ] " I always thought my young master a fine gentleman as everybody says he is , but he gave these good things to us with such a graciousness that I thought he looked like an angel . " |
| 6 | ‘ Working with Mel is such a joy that I did n't mind doing scenes ‘ blind ’ . ’ |
| 7 | My mental health has deteriorated to such an extent that I had to be admitted to hospital and am currently on sedation . |
| 8 | The nineteenth-century physiologist , physicist and psychologist , von Helmholtz , who contributed substantially to every discipline that he engaged in , described the process thus : It was always necessary , first of all , that I should have turned my problem over on all sides to such an extent that I had all its angles and complexities " in my head " and could run through them freely without writing … |
| 9 | I was overlooked repeatedly , to such an extent that I became completely disgusted . |