Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He so enjoyed them that Minton suggested he should write his own . |
| 2 | The cavern was so huge that Benny thought they must have hollowed out the entire mountain . |
| 3 | In situations where a competitor was likely to win business that IBM felt it should get , discounts saved the day . |
| 4 | The situation as regards the merger of their two respective companies in Japan — Unix Labs Pacific and Novell KK — is more complicated — so complicated that Noorda said he would need lawyers — anathema to the Japanese — involved even to discuss it . |
| 5 | Powered by a 24-valve version of the 164 's three-litre V6 and driven at all four corners via a thinking electronic centre coupling , it 's a car that Alfa says it would sell for £75,000 . |
| 6 | With all the hype that Giggs gets I can imagine the same back then … sooner or later its taken for granted and believed . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ said Maggie with such bleak sincerity that Phoebe knew she must go on . |
| 8 | It was then that Teddy realised he could keep up with the love-of-his-life and help Anita and Bob . |
| 9 | Dana stirred her tea , swirling it round and round so rapidly that Claudia thought she would wash it out of the cup . |
| 10 | There was a silence so heavy that Claudia thought it would shatter the phone , and when he spoke his voice was cold and remote . |
| 11 | Under his guidance the little group shared his special feeling for Rembrandt , who painted Jewish faces from the Amsterdam ghetto with such humanity that Modigliani insisted he must have been a Jew . |
| 12 | It was at this point , while we were stumbling about , not really knowing what to say with so many other people present , that Eric suggested we should borrow a driver and jeep from the ASC — this boy was the biggest borrower of jeeps I had ever met — and set off for Fontanellato , where we could all be reunited : my parents , the Merlis , the Superiora and the suore at the hospital , and as many of the other people who had helped him as possible , including Dr Sambataro , of whom there had been no news since he joined the partisans . |
| 13 | The two-lane road was winding its way sometimes so close to the sparkling sea that Gina felt she could lean out of the window and dabble her hand in it . |
| 14 | Hey , do n't look so terrified , ’ she smiled , ‘ it 's only some letters and a little ornament that Gramps thought you might like . |
| 15 | It was so far from her usual style that Charles thought she must have undergone some violent change of personality . |
| 16 | Far more pertinent was the fact that Mendoros thought he could see a gap in a market about which he knew a great deal , and which he reckoned could best be filled from the UK . |
| 17 | For swiftly , and with such adroitness that Fabia felt he must have done it many times before , in no time , and before she could blink , Lubor had caught her in his arms . |
| 18 | His instructions had been so clear , and so often repeated , that Leonora felt she could have found her way blindfolded in the dark . |