Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adj] that they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inexperienced pilots often try to soar in unusable lift , and they concentrate so hard that they do n't recognise that they are drifting away and are not going to get back to the field . |
| 2 | when I speak about it I get so upset that they 've got three or four and they ca n't ! |
| 3 | Oriental rugs need room to breathe , and unless they are given the right amount of space they can either be swamped by the surrounding decor or become so overpowering that they detract from everything else in the room . |
| 4 | Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me . |
| 5 | Anorexics , who will use all manner of subterfuge to avoid eating , often become so thin that they lose their monthly periods and consequently have difficulty becoming pregnant . |
| 6 | Big ideas : Sometimes the ‘ big ideas ’ of management theory become so fissile that they break out all over the place apparently independently . |
| 7 | With the first morning pull the dogs become so excited that they shit within metres . |
| 8 | In some towns , party rivalries during Anne 's reign become so intense that they resulted in the setting-up of rival Whig and Tory corporations , as was the case for example at Brackley , Buckingham , Camelford , Marlborough and Portsmouth . |
| 9 | Conflicts in the countryside — especially between farming , forestry and conservation — have in places become so intense that they threaten not only the sound use of land resources but also the future prosperity of rural communities . |