Example sentences of "[adv] that [noun prp] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So much so that Lenin commissioned a leading party organizer and Georgian , Josef Stalin , to write a counter-attack ( published in 1913 ) .
2 The position might be different if Woolwich had paid under threat of the revenue taking distress proceedings without a court order under section 61 of the Taxes Management Act 1980 , but as I have said there is no evidence that such drastic and highly unusual proceedings were either threatened by the revenue or anticipated by Woolwich , still less that Woolwich had a reasonable apprehension of being put out of business by them .
3 His fellow pupils at school suffered so badly that Mary became a constant visitor to the headmaster 's study , and Gary was banned from the playground .
4 The clearance of the staging at the end of the bridge took only a short time , and it was not until they were moving once more that Alexei had a sudden thought .
5 Davies points out that Gorbachev took a conservative attitude to Soviet history for the first 18 months of his time in power .
6 ‘ Word travelled fast that Ferryside had a good bed and this army wasted no time in coming down to get it .
7 ‘ Word travelled fast that Ferryside had a good bed and this army wasted no time in coming down to get it .
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