Example sentences of "[adv] that [pos pn] [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next , a long tapering round metal pricker was inserted so that its point penetrated a short distance into the powder . |
| 2 | In Robinson 's version , resistances R 1 and R 3 were special ganged conductances so that their dials carried a direct frequency reading , according to equation ( 7.22 ) . |
| 3 | Plant pests are herbivores , eating foliage or sucking the sap , while predators are carnivorous and live by feeding on plants pests , directly or by laying their eggs among colonies so that their larvae have a ready supply of food . |
| 4 | THERE has been much comment in Blackpool about the way John Smith claps his hands , elbows out from his side so that his arms form a bar across his chest , hands thundering into each other with short , sharp smacks . |
| 5 | Our Chairman was a master printer , older than I was but an extremely good-looking man , so that my excitement had a sexual side as well as a political one . |
| 6 | Some abhor variegated plants , considering their colours unnatural , others collect and treasure them , growing so many different kinds together that their gardens acquire a somewhat bilious overview . |
| 7 | Indeed , he regretted bitterly that his attempts to establish a sixth form in the school had been so abortive . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just that my mother lives a few miles away from there , in Blindenhall . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't think he meant to yell , it was just that his voice echoed a lot in the underground car park . |
| 10 | She had liked that idea , and thought somehow that her mother kept a watchful eye on her . |
| 11 | It was when they got excited earlier that our boys took a hand . ’ |
| 12 | She remembered too that her mother made a terrible clatter with the plates on purpose , Cati knew , because she said afterwards she was scared of such talk , she never liked it when the men got angry , as she put it , what was the use ? |