Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [that] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm dead upset that I have n't had any pornographic mail . |
| 2 | These Normandy mosquitoes were the largest and most persistent that I had ever encountered . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't help saying it strikes me as rather odd that you 've left it till now to start looking for her . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I am most upset that you have been treated so badly by my countrymen , ’ Gennaro said in a quiet steady voice . |
| 5 | Rather embarrassed that he had waited … as if he had been hanging on … shy , although it could not be the surroundings , he very gratefully accepted the offer of claret , knew it to be a good one and said so … did not know quite what to say … he had found a peculiar empathy grow between himself and this handsome , strong , elegant , privileged man of the world when they had been in the little hill church of St Kentigern 's . |
| 6 | Robbie rather suspected that she had . |
| 7 | Lawrence was elected British president , and discharged his difficult task with a calmness , courtesy , and firmness which won universal approval , even from the defendants , the soldiers among whom thought that their problems were appreciated by one who had gained the DSO as a gunner officer in World War I. Praise was also given by the British alternate judge , Sir Norman ( later first Baron ) Birkett [ q.v. ] , who was secretly resentful that he had not been chosen for the post . |
| 8 | She was only sorry that she had demonstrated exactly how vulnerable she was to him . |
| 9 | ‘ You may ask about his daily routine when abroad ; he attends matins at church and priestly services either alone or with a small following , and worships so devoutly that he has set an example to all Italians of the honour and reverence that should be paid to bishops and clergy . |
| 10 | The shift is so striking that it has led one commentator ( Young 1984 : 22 ) to talk of an explosion of ‘ civic assertiveness ’ . |
| 11 | All she could see of him from this angle was that he was a very large man , broad as well as tall — so tall that he had to bend his head over his task . |
| 12 | The American legal system is so odd that I 've been told I could get Tristram deported in my custody . |
| 13 | They walked along corridors so narrow that they had to turn sideways , and through corridors as wide as barns . |
| 14 | She also sought , of course , the more usual and natural means of escape and fantasy , such as the watching of advertisements , the reading of fiction , and the spinning of self-indulgent romances , but her experience of life as a child was so narrow that she had no way of telling the possible from the absurd . |
| 15 | The resulting chaos was so memorable that I 've never dared take a holiday during a conference again ! |
| 16 | ‘ I think Germany has become so rich that it has completely lost its fighting spirit , ’ said Turkey 's President Turgut Ozal on German television . |
| 17 | German angst over the issue prompted Turkish President Turgut Özal to assert on German television on Jan. 24 that " Germany had become so rich that it has completely lost its fighting spirit " . |
| 18 | These colours are so strong that you have to thin quite a bit to gain softer tones . |
| 19 | In recent years the evidence for the health benefits of fibre , or ‘ roughage ’ as it used to be called , has grown so strong that it has filtered through from the medical journals and is now well known to the British and American public . |
| 20 | The way in is so low that one has to stoop on entering , but inside the cave there is a large water-floored hall with two recesses off . |
| 21 | Hugging the ground , dodging clumps of splintered trees , hopping over hedges and walls and old fortified lines , Lambert led Kimberley and Killion so low that they had little opportunity to take their eyes off the terrain and look for balloons . |
| 22 | For many older people , income is so low that they have to claim additional means-tested benefits such as income support , housing benefit and community charge ( poll tax ) benefit . |
| 23 | He had sunk so low that she had been obliged to approach Dr McNab for his help . |
| 24 | Luke 's voice was so low that she had to strain to hear it above the noisy chatter of the birds , the rustle of the breeze in the trees . |
| 25 | I was so grateful that somebody has finally told me the reason why I was miscarrying . ’ |
| 26 | when I speak about it I get so upset that they 've got three or four and they ca n't ! |
| 27 | By the end of the ceremony she was so upset that she had n't the nerve to go to the house with the small party of mourners , and caught a train straight back to London . |
| 28 | Her mum Pat , 48 , said : ‘ Vicky has been so upset that she has had two epileptic fits since Penny disappeared . |
| 29 | She 'd been so engrossed that she had n't heard him come in . |
| 30 | Tod and I are feeling so terrific that we 've joined a club and taken up tennis . |