Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |
| 2 | Given that its hero 's fatal handicap was the size of his nose , it seemed to me most tactless that there should be a ‘ pneumological ’ institute named after him in Cambo , when the last thing he can have suffered from was breathing problems . |
| 3 | Commenting on our current series on education , he said ‘ I think that the series is an excellent idea ’ , but he then went on to say ‘ It does seem to me rather odd that such a series should have such a heavy university representation and so little input from the teachers ’ . |
| 4 | It has always seemed to me rather sad that almost any move from beat duty is regarded as a promotion . |
| 5 | That took an hour , and made me so tired that I was able to lie down and go to sleep . |
| 6 | Bag-dragging had exhausted me so much that I went back to bed and slept until afternoon . |
| 7 | All this mental harassment has affected me so much that my doctor has warned me that I 'm of the edge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 8 | It moved me so much that I started to weep , and to this day I 'm often physically moved by great paintings . ’ |
| 9 | I can not paint it as beautifully as that , but it absorbs me so much that I let myself go , never thinking of a single rule … |
| 10 | This troubled me so much that when , in the morning , I found Curtis running the polisher over the hall floor , I asked him , ‘ Did you hear that in the night , Curtis ? |
| 11 | Sometimes he irritates me so much that I could scream at him . |
| 12 | The knocking annoyed me so much that I tried to open the window . |
| 13 | Scholarship [ Wissenschaft ] , art and philosophy are now growing together inside me so much that in any case I 'll be giving birth to centaurs one day . |
| 14 | " Scholarship , art and philosophy " , Nietzsche had presciently written nearly two years earlier , " are now growing inside me so much that I 'll be giving birth to centaurs one day . " |
| 15 | It distressed me so much that I used to keep indoors and go out only in case of necessity . ’ |
| 16 | Did you want me so much that you gave them up ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Cricket gave me so much that I want to put something back into the game and teaching the youngsters how to play is a rewarding way of doing it . |
| 18 | It interested me so much that I 've lost , or won , if you like , the whole day of reading it at the busiest period with the printers I know , waiting for copy ! |
| 19 | ‘ Crilly , ’ I say as we lie together , ‘ when the nurse gave me the anaesthetic , she jabbed me so deep that I could feel it throbbing in my veins like an explosion , and it hurt like anything . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's been with me so long that I forget it 's there , but it can be a bit off-putting to strangers . ’ |
| 21 | Does she think me so stupid that I do n't know they do that ? |
| 22 | The extraordinary atmosphere was keeping me so sky-high that my private feelings for John seemed to have detached themselves and slipped out of reach . |
| 23 | This seemed to me so true that I could n't imagine why it was not universally acknowledged . |
| 24 | Thinking of him again made me so wretched that on my way back into the department I did not even notice the owner of the hand that held open the door for me , until I chanced to notice Dr Jones watching from outside his office . |
| 25 | I was surrounded by a crowd of shouting , gesticulating Malts , who pulled at my parachute , lifted my head and drove me so furious that I had to give up the dying idea in order to concentrate completely on kicking every Malt who came within range . |
| 26 | ‘ All these chores are making me so hungry that it is , as I said before , only fair that you feed me properly in order to keep me going . ’ |
| 27 | If private capital can be attracted — and I believe it could to the right project — it seems to me entirely right that we should do what we can as Government to create the right climate for a successful link to be built . |
| 28 | He befuddled them so much that we just ended up paying them off . ’ |
| 29 | 4 to 5 is relatively easy and if someone starts off at 5 they do n't need any persuading at all ( attempts to persuade them may irritate them so much that they start to move to the left ! ) . |
| 30 | The slower pace bored and irritated them so much that they longed to go back and their parents were almost glad to see them off . |