Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 31 | In fact , we discovered the problem and acted immediately so that there would be no danger to public health . |
| 32 | Johnson was human too : in writing to Mrs Thrale he contradicted this point and stated more correctly that both towns had separate civil and academic identities . |
| 33 | The original windows were steel-framed , in a stone mullion setting , and leaked so badly that all the conventional draught excluders proved useless ; my secondary double glazing , despite multiple magnetic and spring clips , was being blown out by wind pressure . |
| 34 | By his own account , Mr Tyson is thrifty and states quite proudly that neither he or his wife Rosie are a burden on any form of social or government support . |
| 35 | The right approach might possibly be along the lines of : ‘ How about the family closing ranks and getting together now that you need a little help ? ’ or ‘ Give us the pleasure of doing something for you for a change . ’ |
| 36 | Like most new companies , they were overtrading alarmingly and expanding so fast that there was never adequate working capital . |
| 37 | and know full well that it 's very difficult for them to pay |
| 38 | People marvelled at the way Lilly Foley ran such an elegant home when she had five rugby-playing lads to deal with , and marvelled even more that she had kept the handsome John Foley at her side . |
| 39 | At first sight it is a pretty enough spectacle to see a matchbox made ; one motion of the hands bends into shape the notched frame of the case , another surrounds it with the ready-pasted strip of painted wrapper , which , by long practice is fitted instinctively without a wrinkle , then the sandpaper or phosphorous paper , pasted ready beforehand , is applied and pressed on so that it sticks fast . |
| 40 | The British Government is not prepared to provide a subsidy from the taxpayer and requires probably uniquely that all costs be recovered from the industry , while most Europeans have large parts of their costs met by government … |
| 41 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 42 | So I lay naked in the rinsed airlessness of the room , waiting for She-She 's return , and wishing pretty earnestly that I had taken my chances with Moby . |
| 43 | to , to having a collectivization policy an and moving forward so that immediately into socialism . |
| 44 | He took hold of the collar of Lucien 's shirt and pulled hard so that the soft fabric ripped like parchment . |
| 45 | This first collar is made as high as you can work , just below the buds or branches , and tied firmly so that the hessian is not loose , which can lead to twisting and rubbing . |
| 46 | If the horse is dealt with brusquely ; suddenly brought into a place of noise , shouting people , and strange activity ; then restrained and tied so tightly that it is even more anxious ; it will be frightened and expect to be hurt , and behave accordingly . |
| 47 | They also believe their reviews to be less thorough than their female colleagues and believe more strongly that reviews require more help and advice from outsiders . |
| 48 | After much debate it seems that these were built for rabbits to live and breed in so that they could be caught for meat and fur . |
| 49 | Recently , the courts have refined the concept , and established very clearly that it is allied to harm , actual or prospective , against persons or property . |
| 50 | And told to turn up the next morning , waited another four hours , finally a patient who 'd had an operation for a serious gall bladder operation two days before hand was kicked out of his bed and sent home so that she would be put in the bed , given the operation ! |
| 51 | America will win , it is thought , and win handily enough that it will not want to withdraw from Asia : so China , Japan , whoever , should pursue its own interests and wait for things to return to normal . |
| 52 | But if you decide to separate , be firm and stay apart so that you can find out how to cope alone . |
| 53 | Deep carpet covered the floors and the stairs swept up to the showrooms and the warren of workrooms beyond , and though the window drapes and furnishings were ever-so-slightly faded , as if they had seen better days , they were of the finest silks and velvets and every corner was swept , polished and cleaned daily so that no single speck of dust , let alone a cobweb , dared show itself . |
| 54 | Nathan boomed and brayed so enthusiastically that his mother had to mop up a dribble of saliva that trickled out of the corner of his mouth . |
| 55 | I bet I will get nice and fluffed out so that it |
| 56 | He came and went so quickly that she might not have known it was him save for the flash of his yellow cravat under the gas-lamp . |
| 57 | The state of mind of day-dream escapers was not simple and they both believed in their plans and knew quite well that they would never carry them out at the same time . |
| 58 | Hope and foreboding struggled in him and drove him , and there would be no peace for him until he saw his father 's grave immaculate and at peace still , and knew quite certainly that Isambard had lied . |
| 59 | I found her so refreshing — amusing and extrovert — and knew very quickly that we had something special . ’ |
| 60 | Arthur watched him , pulled in his stomach , listened to the loudspeaker to hear how the performing dog was doing , and thought seriously enough that he had n't seen Fred so exhilarated since last August at Blackpool . |