Example sentences of "[adv] that [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he moved abruptly to cover her , to force a place for himself on top of her , levering her legs wider to open her body to him , his coarse , muscled weight was a blissful assuagement of hunger , a hunger burning through her so fiercely that she felt almost faint … |
| 2 | He stood at the bottom of the steps and looked up at her so fiercely that she stopped halfway down and felt quite uneasy , wondering exactly what she had done wrong . |
| 3 | One minute you say trustfully that he contains only soya meal and the next you suspect him of harbouring chunks of minced-up nameless anatomy . |
| 4 | Nigel remarked gloomily that he did n't suppose it would make the programmes any better , but in a way it did . |
| 5 | Better that I do n't that I do n't be proud better live in harmony . |
| 6 | ‘ He probably thought it better that you did n't know . |
| 7 | Ben studied his brother — the man he had always thought of as his father and saw suddenly that it did not matter what he was in reality , for Hal Shepherd had become what he believed he was . |
| 8 | It occurred to her suddenly that she had rarely enjoyed herself so much as she was now doing , seated in Dr Neil 's kitchen , dressed like a skivvy and eating a huge meal , rather than languidly nibbling at it , as she would have done at one of Aunt Nella 's ‘ At Homes ’ . |
| 9 | Yet , much that they wrote then resonates as much today : it is simply that we do not comprehend it . |
| 10 | There is still much that we do not know ; J. Hartley in a thirty-year survey ended shatteringly : There is a complex job to be done . |
| 11 | He loved theatre so much that he became very angry if it were bad . |
| 12 | ‘ You liked me so much that you walked out on me ! ’ |
| 13 | It 's because you loved your husband so much that you feel so much . |
| 14 | Julia compared the food of the two parties and decided unhappily that she liked both the dish-of-herbs meal of this evening and also the elaborate deliciousness of avocado mousse , sole and boeuf en croûte of the previous day . |
| 15 | And the letter is tells me basically that they 've not been able to find out what the cause of the explosion was , and that there has n't been any further explosion since . |
| 16 | Ralph says basically that they do n't exist , so how could there be one and Simon 's view is that he would know if there was a beast and that they 're just really frightened of each other . |
| 17 | He was on his feet so swiftly that she drew back automatically , worried about being here at night in her dressing-gown , and her action brought a black frown to his face . |
| 18 | forty two , maybe forty three but it 's very close especially that they have n't given any scale |
| 19 | Plan to eat often enough that you do not get extremely hungry and lose control . |
| 20 | Whenever in relation to a loved person , idealized place or personal indulgence I find myself pushing out of mind some disagreeable thought , its relevance ( as distinct from its importance ) is not in doubt ; it is enough that it does spontaneously move me against what I have decided for . |
| 21 | Arthur watched him , pulled in his stomach , listened to the loudspeaker to hear how the performing dog was doing , and thought seriously enough that he had n't seen Fred so exhilarated since last August at Blackpool . |
| 22 | The old man explained his views on the matter afterwards to a Christian friend , ‘ For an ordinary man in normal circumstances it is enough that he believe faithfully in God . |
| 23 | A second reason is perhaps that we have not obtained many of the much-trumpeted benefits that we were promised from the original Common Market . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , no measures were taken against him at the Restoration , suggesting perhaps that he had not been a republican by choice and may have worked towards the return of Charles II . |
| 25 | Empty house , chagrin perhaps that he had n't heeded her theme , loss of face with the TV company , negligent children ? |
| 26 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |
| 27 | Yes , I mean I think erm some of us were a bit disappointed perhaps that he did n't erm find erm a woman to put into his cabinet . |
| 28 | Either that , or perhaps that she had n't asked very many pointed questions . |
| 29 | It is important obviously that you do n't go too far with these techniques . |
| 30 | It was gon na take quite a while so erm we got the base five as quickly as possible so that we had as many hands on the job at once and er we had some formwork getting spare so we decided to make them useful and it 's a case of we 'd got six tanks to do and if we had a breakage we ca n't afford to stop the programme so as a er , a standby , just in case , we may never use these we might three or four uses out of but if we do have a breakage we want to be able to replace that straight away so have a spare set and you 've got nothing more to do and er get the walls , get the er , the back build operation right at the very end , ongoing , till you 've got the waterproofers in er get the waterproofing up to the five meter level and er get the back build in as quickly as possible . |