Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] that [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was concentrating too hard to feel elated or amazed that I had actually trained this wild creature to come to me at will . |
| 2 | I had begun to feel that ill that I did n't care , but I was back riding out three lots three weeks after the op . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And was n't she that desperate that I did n't have the heart to tell her no ? ’ |
| 4 | Whereas the house was darkly masculine in its Victorian confidence , Miss Hatherby 's music room was so light and feminine that it seemed quite out of place in the general heaviness and gloom . |
| 5 | In Faye 's first painting , she had turned out so wraithlike and ethereal that she had secretly weighed herself on Faye 's bathroom scales to make sure she still came in at fifty-three kilograms . |
| 6 | Annoyed at the fellow leaping up and down like a jack-in-the-box , wishing that he could escape as easily , and regretful that he had not demanded his urgent message for somewhat earlier , the Prince of Wales shifted uneasily in his plush upright seat in the ballroom to which they had adjourned . |
| 7 | And remorseful that she did n't like her more . |
| 8 | Suddenly Isabel was no longer floating , she was falling instead , the sensation so swift and unexpected that she flung up her hands to save herself , and found them clinging to the source of the heat above her . |
| 9 | Was the the degree of cooperation , was it was it on an informal basis or was it er through the Transport and General that you got together ? |
| 10 | And so happy and excited that it did not occur to her to worry about the devastating effect Paula was having on Edward . |
| 11 | The bad news is that the good news made me feel so relieved and excited that I ran out to a bar and drank a bunch of big ones . |
| 12 | It was as though all the pain and grief inside her was so heavy and immense that it had totally stunned her . |
| 13 | Discounting such judgments of the moment , it is clear that Baldwin fought skilfully , and certain that he fought successfully . |
| 14 | Martyn Goff could not help noticing that most of Minton 's young men tended to play listening , attendant roles ; they seemed to be looking uneasily over their shoulders as if aware that they did not really belong . |
| 15 | As for Louise , strolling beneath the shade of her white silk parasol , she had remained so cool and chaste that she had scarcely deigned to notice that young men were admiring her . |
| 16 | Li Yuan , watching her , found himself spellbound by the song , transfixed by the pain in her face as she sang , and astonished that he had never heard her sing before — that he had never guessed she had these talents . |
| 17 | It was disloyal that I was able to divert myself , but appalling that I did so with Otto . |
| 18 | I smiled , nodding my head , not unhappy that he 'd jumped to the wrong conclusions , but surprised that he did n't know the secret of paying by instalments . |