Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group had had numerous discussions about whether or not they should have a rotating chairperson , some people arguing fiercely that we should n't imitate male structures , that we were developing genuinely new ways of relating , conducting political discussions ; we must all learn to be more sensitive , not interrupt each other , not talk for too long . |
| 2 | They have pursued this dream so fiercely that they can not afford to admit any self-doubt . |
| 3 | Proponents ( and opponents ) argue fiercely that it will ( or will not ) , but we shall not know until the system is in operation in several years ' time . |
| 4 | The child glared at me so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself by asking who was her favourite composer . |
| 5 | But no warning could check Arthur Conway 's fury , and with a lightning leap he managed to grip the young man 's throat , and so fiercely that he forced him backwards , only the next moment to have his arms snapped downwards , when he would have fallen on his back if he had n't come up against the coalhouse wall and , unfortunately , a shovel that was propped there . |
| 6 | In a corner of the Salon Imperial of the Hotel Intercontinental , Paris , Harriet Varna braced her back against a statuesque pillar and looked steadily into the viewfinder of her camera , concentrating on her subjects so fiercely that she was almost oblivious to the electric atmosphere that surrounded her , bouncing off the Viennese décor and the sumptuous rococo ceiling along with the heat and the light as the models of the House of Saint Laurent moved gracefully along the hundred yards of catwalk to display the new season 's couture collection . |
| 7 | When he moved abruptly to cover her , to force a place for himself on top of her , levering her legs wider to open her body to him , his coarse , muscled weight was a blissful assuagement of hunger , a hunger burning through her so fiercely that she felt almost faint … |
| 8 | He stood at the bottom of the steps and looked up at her so fiercely that she stopped halfway down and felt quite uneasy , wondering exactly what she had done wrong . |
| 9 | She stood watching him , wishing fiercely that she could go too . |
| 10 | It was n't until 8 pm. that they let the Red Cross through . |
| 11 | In some rocks their shells lie so thickly that they form solid bands . |
| 12 | His wavy black hair curled behind his ears so thickly that she was reminded of an Ingres portrait of a nobleman she had seen in one of Miss Hatherby 's books . |
| 13 | One minute you say trustfully that he contains only soya meal and the next you suspect him of harbouring chunks of minced-up nameless anatomy . |
| 14 | Dillon and Mann L.JJ. held that he had erred in English domestic law , because he had misunderstood the Hoffmann-La Roche case as extending to local authorities a privilege which belonged to the Crown alone ; and furthermore that he had erred in Community law because , since it is the duty of the national court to ensure the legal protection which persons derive from the direct effect of provisions of Community law , it was necessary to require an undertaking in damages to protect any current right which Wickes might have , by virtue of article 30 , to open their doors for Sunday trading . |
| 15 | Charles said gloomily that he 'd drink to that . |
| 16 | Nigel remarked gloomily that he did n't suppose it would make the programmes any better , but in a way it did . |
| 17 | When I did emerge to eat , he remarked gloomily that he 'd managed to stick them to the bottom of the pan . |
| 18 | It was clearly intended as a question about her personal life , and , after a short hesitation , she decided that he had the right to an answer , if she really was going to take the job — and she now suspected gloomily that she was . |
| 19 | ‘ Better that we establish priorities of rank from the start . ’ |
| 20 | It flagged up certain erm items for concern , better that we know than not , not know them . |
| 21 | Better that we get rid of these people in the Labour Party if they do not want our involvement let them go and form their own party , as a trade union ordinarily formed originally formed the Labour Party ! |
| 22 | Far better that we should part now , before all the arrangements go too far , and we are bound by them , and not by our desires . ’ |
| 23 | It is not that prospects for earnings are 10 p.c. better that they were in the middle of last week , but it is possible to argue that prospects are that much better than they would have been under a Labour government and that the market was discounting such a result . |
| 24 | A lot of the operations now I do I think I can do better that I 'm now seeing detail that I never saw before with the naked eye . |
| 25 | Better that I do n't that I do n't be proud better live in harmony . |
| 26 | Better that it 's used to revamp the old chestnut about ‘ how many electricians does it take to change a lightbulb ? ’ in the form of ‘ how many reissues does it take to relaunch a band 's career ? ’ |
| 27 | Better that it should end like this , when justice was not only done but manifestly seen by all to be done . |
| 28 | ‘ He probably thought it better that you did n't know . |
| 29 | Better that she should suffer his anger and displeasure than that he should fall into the clutches of the lord of Parfois . |
| 30 | He realised suddenly that he had to go to the bathroom . |