Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reply was so matter-of-fact , so lacking in emotion that she found it hard to believe . |
| 2 | When I intervened in the right hon. Gentleman 's speech he replied in such confusion that I thought it best to give him time to reflect , and to ask my question again later . |
| 3 | Milton ward Tories were so impressed by his la-de-da-accent and gold-plated walking stick that they made him social secretary . |
| 4 | His look as he glanced across at her resembled so much that of a shamefaced small boy that she found it hard to control a smile . |
| 5 | ‘ Most people are wrong most of the time , ’ he said , with such firmness that she slid him another look , surprised ; he was strong behind his gentleness and hesitancy , she thought — strong in a way that was n't common . |
| 6 | I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it . |
| 7 | Dear god , everything is so wrong , look , it took you six days to make the world , but does it say in the bible that it took you fifteen days to design it , oh no you just got up and decided to make the world . |
| 8 | Afterwards she felt that Sarah had deliberately steered the conversation away from Terry , and recalling her remark that they knew him better than she did , Anne felt uneasy without quite knowing why . |
| 9 | If there was anything she could n't cope with herself she would ask Mossy Rooney , a man of such silence and discretion that he found it hard to reveal his own name in case it might incriminate someone . |
| 10 | Anyway , there is no hint that he gave her any encouragement at all . |
| 11 | Thrift apologizes , whingeing , for the poisoned sausage , reminding Alix that she ate it twenty years ago , when she had no money and needed the sausage . |
| 12 | Well I I 'd could n't really swear to anything of that description , but it was it was before the er er old age pensions came out because I remember my Grandmother lived with us and er I remember the first week that she drew her five shillings old age pension . |
| 13 | However , some did make the comment that they found it difficult to get details on the new systems . |
| 14 | Erm can we can you as part of the discussion , can you start off by saying well thank you very much for the call that you gave me last week but erm erm there 's there 's just a couple of sizes I 'd like to talk talk to you about . |
| 15 | You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ? |
| 16 | Alcuin thought he might be employed in making peace , but the fact that he found it necessary to protest that he had never been disloyal to Offa suggests that his allegiances were being called into question . |
| 17 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |