Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] be [adv] [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gaps between them are so big that if you plunge your arm through into the mantle , the clam is quite unable to grip it — though the experiment is a little less unnerving if it is tried first with a post . |
| 2 | The atmosphere between them was so tense that no further words were exchanged until he stopped the curricle at the edge of the house . |
| 3 | As far as they knew , these 570 people were off to a temperance rally at Loughborough ; most of them were probably unaware that they were taking part in an historical journey — Thomas Cook 's first excursion in 1841 . |
| 4 | Some of them were so nasty that they had learned to disguise most symptoms of ill health from her . |
| 5 | And most of you are probably aware that last year the the company tried to renege on their P L C P L C status and buy out existing shareholders erm and the furore surrounding that erm the price that they were trying to repurchase the shares from the existing shareholders er caused a lot of discontentment er surrounding that scenario . |
| 6 | She could have been stoned , people would have mocked her as she passed in the street , as they jeered and booed that girl Serafina when she started getting bigger and everyone knew who 'd done it but they could n't do anything about it , not even kill him , because he was the son of a nobleman -Rosalba shuddered , remembering the way Serafina had thrown up her chin and turned and screamed at her tormentors , ‘ And which one of you is so good that you can point at me ! ’ , then dropped her head and run away down the street , holding her heavy breasts as she ran . |
| 7 | Her own awareness of him was so strong that she felt she could have tracked him anywhere , just by the dizzying sensation of his presence . |
| 8 | Her awareness of him was so intense that if his whole body had been dominating hers it would have been impossible for her to have felt more at the mercy of her own emotions . |
| 9 | Knowledge of him was so slim that the magazine Private Eye even suggested mischievously that the Department of Energy computer might have mistakenly selected him instead of another man of the same name . |
| 10 | Her desire for such a life was so passionate , and her gratitude to Walter for this glimpse of it was so great that she could have kissed him in the street , and later that day she did in fact allow him to undo her brassiere strap without a word of protest . |
| 11 | ‘ There was some press comment , but still none of us were remotely afraid that we had done anything wrong . ’ |
| 12 | It is dusk by the time the wild elephants reach the funnel and now the noise of the beaters behind them is so loud that they simply keep going — into the khedda . |
| 13 | The grenier above them was so dark that , stumbling across the floor , she was always afraid that it had rotted away into gaping holes . |
| 14 | But the vista that opened before them was so fantastic that for a few moments she almost forgot to be afraid . |
| 15 | In the middle there is a little pond with a fountain , and the golden carp that swim in it are so tame that they come at the sound of Dennis 's voice . |
| 16 | Her longing for him was so intense that it filled her traitorous body with more waves of nerve-tingling sensations . |
| 17 | But the sheer warmth and solace of the strong arms about her were so reassuring that a few moments later she drifted off into a much calmer and deeper sleep . |
| 18 | Gerrard raised his hands again , and this time his control over them was so complete that the applause stopped and there was silence . |
| 19 | Even now the magnetism that drew her to him was so strong that if he knocked at her door and said he 'd changed his mind , in spite of everything , it might take more amor proprio than she could muster to refuse him . |
| 20 | The effect Jennifer had on him was so obvious that Ann was amazed he made no attempt to disguise it . |
| 21 | The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS . |
| 22 | The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS . |
| 23 | If you stop and think about it 's very important that , that area of atmosphere for growing crops , seedlings , and things of this nature , so there is an agricultural erm connection there . |