Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was Neil Spencer , editor of NME , suggesting rather embarrassedly that I come and see him . |
| 2 | With her heart thudding so loudly that she felt sure he must feel it through her ribcage , she took another gulp of tea and waited , knowing he must speak , explain somehow what it was that had suddenly flared between them again . |
| 3 | Her heart was galloping so fast that she felt quite giddy with happiness . |
| 4 | Sometimes she would climax first , sometimes he , and on good nights they would explode together so that they felt the same tingling in the very tips of their toes and even then he 'd had to remember to withdraw — just in case . |
| 5 | In recent years , it has been argued that the position and powers of the Prime Minister have altered so considerably that it makes sense to talk about the rise of prime ministerial government and the transformation of the Cabinet into yet another " dignified " part of the constitution . |
| 6 | She ate quickly , partly because she was so used to eating alone now that it seemed more a practicality than a pleasure , and partly so that the servants might have their own dinner at leisure in the kitchen . |
| 7 | Her heart was thumping so loudly that she wondered for a fleeting second whether Scott could hear it . |
| 8 | While pursuing a complaint through the grievance procedure is sometimes worthwhile , you do not forfeit your right to claim constructive dismissal if you have been treated so badly that you decide that raising the matter through the company 's internal procedures will not help you to achieve a fair deal . |
| 9 | The blue component of incoming solar radiation is scattered so severely that it appears to our eyes to be coming from the entire sky . |
| 10 | The Collector 's hands trembled so badly that he had to rest the telescope on the shattered window sill . |
| 11 | Ruth 's heart began to thump so loudly that she thought he must hear it . |
| 12 | Before it was halfway through its arc Hrun 's right hand moved so fast that it appeared to travel between two points in space without at any time occupying the intervening air . |
| 13 | Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast . |
| 14 | You must never allow yourself to be crowded out , neither must you retreat so far that you overstep the area boundary . |
| 15 | Before he could get to the specimen , its entrails had decomposed so badly that they had to be thrown away , so it was a gutted specimen that he eventually saw . |
| 16 | A word or phrase used so often that it becomes a slogan . |
| 17 | When he picked me up and put my head in his mouth , I shouted so loudly that he dropped me . |
| 18 | I 'd rather him not travel it , I 'd rather him stop here on Sunday and not come home so that he 's got ample rest , cos he 's not getting it I , I , I du n no , I , I might be wrong , but he moans at me cos I knock me |
| 19 | Therefore it is the responsibility of the LIFESPAN Manager to ensure that the log file is deleted periodically so that it remains a sensible size . |
| 20 | The adoral shields are long with a straight proximal edge and widening distally so that they separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 21 | ‘ You 'll soon find your way about and settle , ’ were his last words after she had protested yet again that she did n't want to stay . |
| 22 | I realised just now that you had to be the one to finish it . ’ |
| 23 | Alternatively , the prices could be adjusted somehow so that they met total costs . |
| 24 | Sir Henry Bessemer suffered so badly that he designed an anti-seasick steamer whose saloon was supposed to stay on an even keel even if the ship rolled . |
| 25 | It was all done so genteelly that it set McAllister 's teeth on edge . |
| 26 | And it was done through a trust then , and it was done so quietly that they had n't time to object . |
| 27 | The edition for 1605 , no longer extant , was said to have foretold the Gunpowder Plot so accurately that it brought him under suspicion of complicity . |
| 28 | By the time he 'd captured her flailing arms , and crushed her hips close enough to minimise damage from her kicking feet , she was shivering so convulsively that she felt almost feverish . |
| 29 | Even if several mouse embryos are pushed together so that they fuse and this large mass transferred back into a mother a normal mouse will still develop . |
| 30 | The Scottish Seamen 's Union , originally claimed to have 1,000 members , lost support so rapidly that it survived for no more than two months . |