Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb past] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Hence , the man or woman seeking power but occupying an advisory staff position with limited power will become increasingly concerned and frustrated that they are not gaining managerial experience ( and power ) . |
| 32 | When her mother died Constance had turned slightly vegetarian and announced that she would never have any children since her mum had had ten and put her off the whole idea , and she gave away the chickens . |
| 33 | In the past people regarded the journey between two places as important and felt that it should be achieved with as much style and enjoyment as possible . |
| 34 | The walls were lined with layers of raincoats of a uniform dun , as though their colours had run together ; they went back years — some had even belonged to her father and were so stiff and cracked that they could have stood unsupported . |
| 35 | I always gave my husband the benefit of the doubt and ‘ buried ’ his brutality because I was so ashamed and felt that I was in some way to blame . |
| 36 | He had simply been angry and believed that it meant he had been right all the time and that his sister really was in Hepzibah 's Power . |
| 37 | He was so angry and frustrated that he hardly noticed she was not yet dressed . |
| 38 | George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well . |
| 39 | Nigel was shocked and declared that he would rather be dead than red . |
| 40 | He grew very hot and thought that he was probably looking runnier than ever , but felt it would be courting horse trouble to take off his jacket . |
| 41 | Two booklets said that the president of the USA was a Communist and suggested that I should ‘ … buy a gun now and form a secret minuteman team ’ . |
| 42 | the jacket was the uniform of Britain 's 95th Rifles , though it was now so threadbare and patched that it might have belonged to a tramp . |
| 43 | She sang because she was miserable and hoped that it might cheer her up . |
| 44 | She also felt the tiniest bit muzzy and hoped that she had n't a cold coming on . |
| 45 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 46 | He was so distressed and shocked that he did n't play in the first two Tests , batted himself at No. 8 in the third and fourth matches , and withdrew from the fifth . |
| 47 | Often the manufacturing procedures employed in this range of products are so wide and specialized that it is not economic for the company to provide them all internally . |
| 48 | Zapata strenuously denied opposition claims that his election had been fraudulent and stated that he was standing down to avoid " endangering the possibilities of peaceful coexistence " with rival political forces in the state . |
| 49 | He was so overwhelmed and flattered that he could not argue , but when he started working on the ballet he found that the music ( an orchestrated version of Schubert 's four-handed piano pieces ) ‘ said nothing to me ’ . |
| 50 | ‘ I was quite a young man , ’ said Lester , ‘ and Melvin Frank was quite experienced and assumed that I would act as a kind of surrogate director . |
| 51 | Matters arising proposed and seconded that they be accepted recommendations |
| 52 | It was all-embracing and claimed that it alone spoke authoritatively for the people . |
| 53 | He was non-committal , and she was surprised and relieved that he had agreed so swiftly . |
| 54 | Mum was somewhat cross and suggested that I should go to meet Dad who had gone to his allotment and confess my indiscretion . |
| 55 | frightened and said that he would |
| 56 | She raised her head , astonished and relieved that he had not seen through her . |
| 57 | It was n't until he called in at the vicarage and found the vicar shot , stabbed , strangled and poisoned that I gave up completely . |