Example sentences of "[adv] he [be] [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously he was then lucky that a lot of outstanding players began to come into the team at the same period , men like Richards , Greenidge , Roberts , Holding , Croft , Garner , and he had material of the highest class on which to work . |
| 2 | It sounds slightly improbable that my right hon. Friend will be called to a meaningful debate on Scottish constitutional matters in the near future , but will he assure Conservative Members that were he to be so he is fully aware that people in England would take it amiss if any proposition were seriously entertained which allowed Scottish Members to decide matters in Scotland and then to have a say in English matters in England ? |
| 3 | Nevertheless he is quite clear that God has inspired his message . |
| 4 | But the effect of hypnosis on the victim 's memory persisted , and a year later he was still convinced that the defendant was the actual attacker . |
| 5 | Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water |
| 6 | Now he was equally certain that Alain Gebrec 's death was suicide . |
| 7 | Two years previously he had wanted to hit back at fate for the death of his three cousins ; now he was so joyful that he felt he must compensate in this sacrificial way . |
| 8 | Yet he was well aware that tampering with the traditional approach to Swan Lake would ruffle a few feathers . |
| 9 | Either he was so upset that he did n't look where he was going , or he really did jump on purpose . ’ |
| 10 | He sat with his arms folded , staring down at the fancy tablecloth and when he did speak again he was so quiet that they could hardly hear him , so they had to listen seriously — even Sean and Michael , who were never , or rarely serious . |
| 11 | Dick was not crushed as he is not a trophy collector ; however he was very pleased that the EAA 's Golden Wrench Award , which honours excellence in aircraft restoration , went to his friends at Blackhawk Aviation in Janesville , Wisconsin , for their work on his Kittyhawk . |
| 12 | Actually he is rather pleased that Rose should see he has friends as eccentrically impressive as Phil , and that Phil should see he is having an affair with someone as solid and opaque as Rose , whose aunt as a girl in Oxford knew several famous philosophers . |