Example sentences of "[adv] that [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 61 | A second later she had fallen to the ground , her hair covering her eyes so that she had only a vague impression of the man bending over her . |
| 62 | But within a few days , all her mother 's youth and vigour were gone and the energetic , independent woman whose health and dependability she had taken for granted for so long had turned into a helpless invalid , unable to hold down the thinnest gruel , unable to sleep more than a few minutes at a time , unable even to answer the calls of nature on her own , so that she had to be lifted like a child onto the pot and lifted back into the jumble of stinking bedclothes . |
| 63 | If only he would stop staring at her and winking at her and getting in her way about the house so that she had to brush past him ! |
| 64 | And indeed it was , for over the brow of the little hill a bright-red motor-scooter erupted and upon it swayed the figure of a monumentally built woman , her classic features frozen into a mask of anger and her grey hair flying in the wind so that she had the appearance of a vengeful Medusa . |
| 65 | Gripping the hammer in one fist and propping the hatch up with her free hand , she crouched low so that she had about an inch gap through which she could see the back door . |
| 66 | But the desire and the longing in his eyes had given her strength , and he had moved to her at once , so that she had known , once and for all , that there could never be anything strained or awkward between them . |
| 67 | Not for sustenance , but so that she had something on which to focus her attention while she thought about her response to him . |
| 68 | The farmer put Tess next to the threshing-machine , so that she had the hardest and most tiring job of all . |
| 69 | She felt grateful because it was Kate 's day out so that she had this to do . |
| 70 | Instead he stood , so that she had to gaze up to see his face . |
| 71 | He threw the handkerchief carelessly into a laundry basket , then before she knew what was happening , he was kissing the tips of her fingers , then her palms , then drawing her hands towards him so that she had little choice but to slide her arms around him and receive his kiss . |
| 72 | As the moist heat of the mouth working at her breast penetrated the soft material of her shirt , that pang repeated itself , over and over again , so that she had to bite back a whimper . |
| 73 | What Margaret had n't known were the twin reasons for her decision to immerse herself in work : her need to occupy each waking moment with creative thought so that she had no time to dwell on Marcus 's sudden vitriolic departure from her life , and the struggle for economic survival which was facing the advertising agency where she was employed . |
| 74 | Occasionally he asked for her opinion but showed no particular reaction when she gave it , so that she had no way of knowing if he was completely satisfied with her grasp of the work . |
| 75 | He grabbed her , reaching over to where she sat at the end of the sofa , turning her roughly by the arm so that she had to face him , had to look deep into his angry , ice-blue eyes . |
| 76 | ‘ Your design is very , very good , ’ he told her smoothly , curving his free hand under her chin , so that she had to look directly into his eyes . |
| 77 | He had manoeuvred her just right , pressing her into the tightest corner , standing squarely in front of her so that she had no choice but to stare into his dark , angry face . |
| 78 | ‘ Oh , do n't be boring , Robyn ! ’ he mumbled , and then , before she could get up , do anything , he was pushing all his weight against her , pressing her back against the bed , half lying across her , holding her wrists so that she had no way of fighting him off . |
| 79 | The tin was just wide enough for her to lie on , but it was very hot and burned her , so that she had to keep moving her bare legs . |
| 80 | A sense of adventure remained with Sara for the next few days , a sense of adventure tempered with trepidation , so that she had a sensation of flying high . |
| 81 | Then he actually made a paper aeroplane so that she had an example in front of her that she can look at to see what she is aiming for . |
| 82 | He smiled again , so that she had to look away . |
| 83 | as if the kiss he had forced from her had been forgotten , he released her and swivelled , abruptly leaving her so that she had to follow like a servant at his heels . |
| 84 | Sarella ran a hand over her face , toying with the phone , then moving away out of range so that she had time to think . |
| 85 | Luke moved round the table and came closer , so that she had to tilt her head to look up into his face , and that — and only that ! — increased the whirling inside her head . |
| 86 | The pressure of his hand increased as he moved nearer to her , so that she had no choice but to let him tip her face up to his . |
| 87 | His hand curled around the nape of her neck , the pressure of it light but steady so that she had no choice but to lift her head and meet his gaze . |
| 88 | His eyes had been a brand on her flesh , stripping away her clothes , caressing her so that she had felt her heartbeat quickening . |
| 89 | When Miguel tipped her chin so that she had to look into his eyes , she said rather bitterly , ‘ It sounds rather like where you took Victoria in the Mercedes , Miguel . |
| 90 | ‘ I ca n't believe it ! ’ he cried , but held on to her firmly so that she had a very concrete impression that , if it happened that it was the truth , he had no intention of letting her go , not now . |