Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] that [noun prp] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Sylvie struck her again with greater force so that Katherine knocked her shoulder hard against the edge of the bannister .
2 But it was not until ten years later that Jack discovered she was his mother .
3 It could have been hours or minutes later that Isabel found herself staring into a dark pit .
4 Later , when Max told his friend effusively that Guillaume adored his painting , Modigliani spat on Max Jacob 's shoes .
5 Though as her sleep-filled eyes met Ven 's dark ones she realised that there was no sign there that Ven thought her foolish .
6 For example , he took comfort from the deflationary economic measures of July 1966 , which he opposed , as it gave him the chance ‘ to reassert collective Cabinet authority because I see how disastrous it is to allow Cabinet government to decline into mere Prime Ministerial government … if I achieved anything it was by asserting the right of Cabinet to take part in the making of economic strategy so that Harold conceded we must be given that right ’ .
7 He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle .
8 ‘ Hey , what 's up ? ’ he asked , tilting her chin with one long finger so that Robyn found her face raised to his , with no option but to look right into his piercing eyes .
9 For the opening night in Baltimore , the prop man had oversharpened the knife so that Dustin cut his right index finger rather severely during the performance .
10 He had no doubt now that Madeleine loved him , but would Sir Philip consider their shared love sufficient grounds for them to marry ?
11 He flitted about on this machine ( which obsessed him ) wearing a helmet and goggles so that Gabriel called him The Invisible Man .
12 It was not until a long time afterwards that Catriona thought she understood the reason Sarah seemed young , which was simple : she looked directly at everyone and let them look back at her .
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