Example sentences of "[adv] that he " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Charles said gloomily that he 'd drink to that . |
| 5 | Nigel remarked gloomily that he did n't suppose it would make the programmes any better , but in a way it did . |
| 6 | When I did emerge to eat , he remarked gloomily that he 'd managed to stick them to the bottom of the pan . |
| 7 | He realised suddenly that he had to go to the bathroom . |
| 8 | Yet each time that third line came round the tune seemed to gather itself up and find new energy from somewhere , and perhaps it did n't fall quite so far each time in the fourth , and Tabitha was captivated despite herself , watching the pretty man play and wondering how he would end it , how he could ever resolve the disagreement between the rush and the ebb , until she realized suddenly that he had , with a quiet , lilting little rill that ran up and then down and flicked its tail and was gone . |
| 9 | He wished suddenly that he and Cora-Beth could be alone together . |
| 10 | It was on the tip of his tongue to observe that Burun was no more or less trustworthy than he had ever been , but he realised suddenly that he would be stating the obvious . |
| 11 | She had stopped so suddenly that he obviously thought he 'd distressed her . |
| 12 | He had never struck his children but he felt suddenly that he would like to shake this sullen brat until her teeth rattled . |
| 13 | Forty years ago , one of De Gaulle 's greatest admirers , the writer , Franois Mauriac , summed up typical French distrust after nearly a century of conflict by saying that he loved Germany so much that he was glad there were two of them . |
| 14 | Advent signals values : that God loved us so much that he was willing to enter upon an adventure that cost him the death of his Son . |
| 15 | John wrote these words : ‘ God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son , so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life . ’ |
| 16 | The earl mounted his horse and chased after it , but enjoyed the sport so much that he ordered the town butchers to supply a mad bull every year on 13 November in return for grazing rights on the meadows . |
| 17 | However Tolkien disobligingly remarked that he had n't read Ariosto and would n't have liked him if he had ( Biography , p. 218 ) , while Spenser exemplified much that he hated ( see pp. 42–3 above ) . |
| 18 | He loved theatre so much that he became very angry if it were bad . |
| 19 | Having written a fairly scathing account of this approach in draft , I sent it to John Austin Baker ( as I have also sent my account of their work to Christian feminists whom I discuss in this book for comment ) only to receive a delightful letter from him which rescinded much that he had written , explained that he had been given the title , and essentially agreed with my criticism ! |
| 20 | After this episode I stopped telephoning him , only to find he enjoyed the game so much that he began calling me . " |
| 21 | Her father loved her so much that he gave her everything , and never scolded her . |
| 22 | Much that he says about divisions in the human psyche is reflected in pale form in the Hindu sacred books of the Upanishads ( which is hardly surprising , since White Face claims that all the world 's knowledge of itself emanated from the ‘ Other Side ’ during the ice age before last , when Other Siders went out like missionaries over the globe , reaching as far as Hindustan ) . |
| 23 | To begin with Charlie was not quite sure what was happening , but he liked the sensation so much that he just continued to hold on to her , and after a time even began to press his tongue against hers . |
| 24 | Robyn placed her hand over his , lifting it away , realising swiftly that he was more than a little drunk . |
| 25 | Yet , when the oriental came at him , the man moved so swiftly that he was once again almost taken by surprise . |
| 26 | She noticed belligerently that he did add ginger ale to the brandy . |
| 27 | Can it have changed much — or did it rain so pre-emptively that he can not have noticed the lovely inlets at Isleornsay , their green banked lands sloping to soft-coloured waters ? |
| 28 | ‘ You have to break it gently that he was fictitious , but I do n't think it always sinks in . |
| 29 | Reading right-wing papers also made people more inclined to believe the Conservative Party had convincing policies and was likely to keep its promises , that Kinnock was neither decisive , nor trustworthy , nor a good leader of a team , and especially that he could not be relied upon to stand up for British interests against the USSR . |
| 30 | Well why would he want to tell him all his failures , especially that he 's viewing Nick as an opponent . |