Example sentences of "[adj] [that] he [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been the injured party when his marriage broke up and , in spite of everything , it was all too clear that he still retained strong feelings for the woman he had married . |
| 2 | Claudia felt thoroughly let down ; she 'd been so sure he would , at last , be convinced of the truth , and she had n't realised how much she wanted him to think well of her until he had made it all too clear that he still did n't trust her . |
| 3 | The picture of her in his head was so clear that he actually smiled . |
| 4 | The young dog , new to the job , ran about excitedly causing more confusion ; the old one , who was an expert , was so very old that he continually rolled over and fell asleep . |
| 5 | Firstly , a couple of birds were scared up out of a nearby bush by his call ; and secondly , there was a detonation so loud that he almost felt it as a physical shockwave . |
| 6 | Even with his authority flouted , in spite of all manner of provocation , it is possible that he still loved his eldest son , at least when Vincent was absent . |
| 7 | It is possible that he now established Anna 's brother , Aethelhere ( see Appendix , Fig. 5 ) in his place , to judge from Aethelhere 's presence in Penda 's army at the Winwaed , if not as a dependent ruler at least as an ally ( HE 111 , 24 ) . |
| 8 | Thomas seems to have reconsidered his allegiance by 1471 , although it is possible that he actually died on Warwick 's side and that his inclusion among those remembered springs from his father 's later links with Gloucester . |
| 9 | Thomas seems to have reconsidered his allegiance by 1471 , although it is possible that he actually died on Warwick 's side and that his inclusion among those remembered springs from his father 's later links with Gloucester . |
| 10 | At that the king 's son was so sorry that he nearly died himself . |
| 11 | There were some constituencies where the interest of a local patron was so strong that he effectively had the power of nominating MPs . |
| 12 | His musical memory was so acute that he once confounded a friend of his father 's , the court trumpeter and violinist Johann Andreas Schachtner , by insisting that Schachtner 's violin had been tuned exactly an eighth of a tone ( a tiny but noticeable fraction ) lower than Wolfgang 's own when he had last heard it — a fact that the astonished Schachtner was able to verify . |
| 13 | He was glad that he had dismissed Palottino , although the Neapolitan had made it dear that he strongly disapproved of this mania for walking . |
| 14 | Mr Knight was so upset that he immediately resigned his seats on Essex County , Tendring District and Harwich Town councils . |
| 15 | He was so ample that he completely filled one side of the table , and a heavenly smile suffused his round pink face as he said : ‘ My favourite of all the wines is — rose petal . ’ |
| 16 | At golf he was a natural , though conversely his struggles to become a tournament player were such that he nearly gave up to take a club job . |
| 17 | On the other hand , his determination to win became such that he frequently appeared to condone his fast men bowling in an intimidating fashion , which obviously led to criticism from press and public . |
| 18 | Leonard 's mind was such that he always had several ironies in his fire at any one time , even when he was seeking to demythologise some of them ! |
| 19 | So stony that he even had to borrow money from Dad to get home . |
| 20 | This man , who told Huy that he only went to the place to drink , never having had a problem when it came to finding a girl , was looking urgently for somebody to work on his paperbeating team as one of his men had died suddenly from river fever . |
| 21 | This upset the local medical officer of health so much that he legally required the man to refrain from having sex . |
| 22 | Mickey was so delighted that he promptly scored a hat trick in his side 's 4–1 win . |
| 23 | And with that she dug him in his ribs so hard that he nearly fell off his chair . |
| 24 | He hit one so hard that he later died , and injured another so badly that he is still in hospital . |
| 25 | She longed to stay where she was , listening to Penry talk in the resonant voice with the attractive trace of Welsh lilt , but she got up promptly , conscious that he probably wanted to get off to bed himself . |
| 26 | Although his brother later made the excuse that it was too hot that day , late November , it seems far more likely that he simply got drunk . |
| 27 | During this time it is likely that he also met Pompeo Batoni who was to be a considerable influence on his early manner . |
| 28 | In his section of the AB , Hincmar attributed many crucial diplomatic and political activities to queens : since some were activities of which he approved , and only some queens were credited with such roles , it seems less likely that he obsessively exaggerated the nefarious influence of women ( though misogyny was in the air breathed by medieval churchmen ) than that he accurately portrayed a feature of Carolingian political life underrecorded by other contemporary writers . |
| 29 | It thus appears most unlikely that Fahreddin Acemi could have held the kadilik of Edirne for a significant period and much more likely that he never held it at all ; and in this respect , in his not holding a kadilik simultaneously with the Muftilik , Fahreddin Acemi seems not only to differ from his predecessors but also to resemble all his successors in the office of Mufti . |
| 30 | He was so tall and masculine that he probably went for the dainty feminine types . |