Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she 'd said she was worried about her superiors , he 'd felt like telling her that he had her superiors right where he wanted them , but he could n't . |
| 2 | He 's run out of plaster and he 's got an urgent call somewhere where he thinks he 'll need it . |
| 3 | But no warning could check Arthur Conway 's fury , and with a lightning leap he managed to grip the young man 's throat , and so fiercely that he forced him backwards , only the next moment to have his arms snapped downwards , when he would have fallen on his back if he had n't come up against the coalhouse wall and , unfortunately , a shovel that was propped there . |
| 4 | Her father loved her so much that he gave her everything , and never scolded her . |
| 5 | John wrote these words : ‘ God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son , so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life . ’ |
| 6 | It had been bad enough that he thought she was interested before this had happened . |
| 7 | It does not matter whether the party accepting the consideration has any apparent benefit thereby or not : it is enough that he accepts it , and that the party giving it does thereby undertake some burden , or lose something which in contemplation of law may be of value . |
| 8 | ‘ My father 's made it clear enough that he wants us to — to — ’ |
| 9 | It is not enough that he believes them to have been stolen : Haughton v Smith [ 1975 ] AC 476 ( HL ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Your comment about him finding it difficult to live with the idea of someone being better than him forced me into a complete rethink . |
| 11 | They would have understood his feelings , better than he did himself . |
| 12 | ‘ In five days , ’ said Harvey when we were outside the cubicle , ‘ we can indoctrinate a man so that he really believes his cover story better than he believes his own memory . |
| 13 | Louise was on a normal double decker bus with over thirty of her schoolfriends when the driver appeared to be angered by their continually ringing the bell ; so much so that he took them on a six mile detour . |
| 14 | Jane smiled cheerfully , so that he thought she was being charitable , or even contemptuous , and he looked down at his hands . |
| 15 | Richard Baxter said he was glad to part with all so that he had nothing left to be confiscated and that he could carry on preaching . |
| 16 | He should not have been ashamed of his grandfather , of course , but his upbringing had been pitiful , constantly on the march from one to another of a whole series of ‘ uncles ’ — there were several between his father and the solicitor — so that he had nothing stable in his life at all . |
| 17 | ‘ Are you all right ? ’ he said , moving round so that he had his back to the others . |
| 18 | And I 'd sure see you had a lovely time , ’ he went on with almost too much intensity in his voice , so that he feared he might have frightened her off . |
| 19 | One of the somewhat older guy , he can orchestrate it so much so that he gets his gold out of it . |
| 20 | It seems likely that he owed his remarkable escape to the fact that his house lay right on the fringe of the nuee ardente , in the extreme south-east of the town , so that he escaped its worst effects . |
| 21 | After Colonel Charles Maynard died , his widow remarried to the Earl of Rosslyn and found herself ‘ not on cordial terms ’ with her ex-father-in-law : so much so that he cut her out of his will , leaving all the family property to his granddaughter Frances , and so much embittering the family that Frances 's mother ‘ feared the abduction of myself and my baby sister . ’ |
| 22 | In Division One he was subjected to a lot of dubious physical challenge and then , as Palace managers came and went , Vince 's role was constantly changing , so that he became something of an enigma to Palace fans who would one week marvel at his sinuous skills and near-perfect control but then despair at his virtual anonymity the next . |
| 23 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 24 | Mr Reynolds was also given information about the operation and what would happen to him afterwards so that he knew what to expect . |
| 25 | And she drew his hand closer and laid her cheek on it , so that he knew she , too , was thinking of Bruges , when she had allowed him that right , and of Ghent , and of a place by a waterfall . |
| 26 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |
| 27 | It is bad enough to fail one 's driving test once ; to do so for a second time reinforces the sense of hopelessness in the learner 's mind — he now has twice as many failures to build upon — so that he uses his ability to visualize in an even more negative fashion . |
| 28 | True , Lupus exhorted Charles " not to subject himself so much to the influence of one man so that he did everything according to that man 's will " . |
| 29 | Worried , she fussed around him , so much so that he gripped her hand . |
| 30 | The sergeant would go sniffing around so that he showed he knew what you were doing . |