Example sentences of "and [adj] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 2 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 3 | The stench from it filled our cell , making us feel nauseous and apprehensive that we , too , might catch whatever it was they were suffering from . |
| 4 | Donna saw it in the rear-view mirror , convinced and elated that she 'd done it crippling damage . |
| 5 | Dixie lies so still and bloody that I do n't need to touch him . |
| 6 | It would seem that your general behaviour and sense of discipline has become so lax and sloppy that you do not even remember serious breaches of conduct . |
| 7 | Do other countries have the same distinction between amateur and professional that we do ? |
| 8 | I did wonder if it was a nightmare because it 's so vivid … have you ever had something you remember from your childhood which was so horrible and awful that you 're not quite sure whether it was real or a nightmare ? |
| 9 | Most crucial of all , the royal couple themselves , with their thin permeable skins , will die if the atmosphere gets so hot and dry that they lose their body fluids or if they are badly chilled , and this may mean the end of the whole colony . |
| 10 | The initial hypothesis suggested above about baptism being more a social than a religious ceremony is so general and broad that it obviously can not be tested without being broken down into its constituent parts . |
| 11 | His memory of her had been indistinct , a little French woman speaking only in soft whispers , so frail and quiet and hesitant that she had seemed almost transparent beside Cara , hardly there at all . |
| 12 | Luckily , the gas had left me feeling so foul and depressed that I was almost looking forward to it , feeling faintly curious about what form it would take . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's so urgent and private that you could n't discuss it over the telephone ? ’ |
| 14 | In order to read the story they must find it interesting or useful , and it must not be so detailed and technical that they can not understand it . |
| 15 | Feeling flustered and guilty that I had departed from my normal custom of never working on a pupil 's painting , I foolishly replied " Yes " . |
| 16 | It was absurd that she had n't guessed straightaway and absurd that he should be standing in a telephone booth somewhere , talking about a queue forming . |
| 17 | In fact it is so fluent , precise and subtle that we often fail to notice it . |
| 18 | Once the winter rains have passed , Delhi experiences two months of weather so perfect and blissful that they almost compensate for the climatic extremes of the other ten months of the year . |
| 19 | In the course of many years the accumulation of mal had made the soil in the paddy fields so dark and rich that it was used as a black dye , together with the red and green dyes from wild plants and flowers , for printing skirts . |
| 20 | For it is both sinful and shameful that you have laid this accusation against me , for I am an old woman , and lame . |
| 21 | The phrasing got so slow and emphatic that you knew that she wanted you to listen to and weigh up every single word ; but you could n't tell if each word was freighted with anger , or bitterness , or joy ; it just came out with great , quiet force , and you had to work out its tone for yourself . |
| 22 | He was so big and strong that I always felt hopelessly trapped in that chair with his bulk over me and the wheel grinding and the pedal thumping . |
| 23 | If he is afraid of compromising himself in the eyes of Messrs Goupil and Co by keeping in touch with me , is his position with those gentlemen so shaky and unstable that he is obliged to be so careful ? ’ |
| 24 | She is so startled and afraid that she complies . |
| 25 | Hope was trembling and afraid that he might give too much away . |
| 26 | Backstage they were all screaming at Gesner ; Stefan — ‘ You do that again and I 'll bring the curtain down ’ — Alfred , Freddi , Ingrid , Rudi , everyone was shaken , aware that he had nearly wrecked the entire production , and afraid that he still might . |
| 27 | ‘ I found collecting watercolours so rewarding and interesting that I 'm slowly turning my hobby into a part-time business , ’ she says . |
| 28 | If Pollard 's architecture is so disposable and flippant that it is odd to call him a ‘ patron ’ , Palumbo 's patronage is so single-minded that he can hardly be called a developer . |
| 29 | The right hon. Gentleman said : ’ That is a firm commitment , costed and clear that I pledge our Labour Government will carry out . ’ |
| 30 | The opportunities opened up by the technical innovations are so large and exciting that it is hard to grasp the full extent of the change . |