Example sentences of "and [adj] that it [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the control samples no one said the strain had lightened , five that it had remained the same , and six that it had worsened . |
| 2 | In fact , the response was so uniform and repetitious that it started to irritate him before long . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One planning officer commented that ‘ probably no planning circular and all that it implies has ever been so popular with the public . |
| 5 | It had grown so wild and unruly that it threatened to smother all the flowers . |
| 6 | At last , with a little shaking of his arm , and thrice his head waving up and down , he raises a sigh so piteous and profound that it does seem to shatter all his bulk and end his being . |
| 7 | Numbers are very small , and of course tabular data are only an extremely crude summary of a very complex range of feelings ; however ( excluding those whose attitudes were not known or impossible to summarise ) , it appears that three carers in the action samples felt the strain had lightened , four that it had remained the same and five that it had worsened . |
| 8 | It was a look so burning and intense that it had left her fearful and uncertain , and it was only by immersing herself in paperwork that she had been able to recapture some of her habitual calm . |