Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] [adv] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also presumably why he 'd sent Feargal off to Wexford , as a joke , because he 'd known damn well that he lived in Slane and that Ellie was likely to meet him again . |
| 2 | Through her own trusting innocence she was alone with a man who 'd stated quite clearly that he wanted her . |
| 3 | Those who joined knew full well that they were liable to be dropped behind enemy lines . |
| 4 | Ruth 's heart began to thump so loudly that she thought he must hear it . |
| 5 | She had stopped so suddenly that he obviously thought he 'd distressed her . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | All the happenings of the night had mixed together so that he no longer knew whether he had really been woken and heard the Woman 's hushed , hissing voice and the faint News from the radio . |
| 9 | Worse still , she had seen almost immediately that it would be the easiest thing in the world to listen for information . |
| 10 | Jenny , her half-sister , eighteen years old and five years younger than herself , had written so positively that she would be at the airport to meet her . |
| 11 | It was the thing she did best , and she had decided long ago that she would study in earnest as soon as she left school . |
| 12 | His illness had advanced so rapidly that he was unable to move outside his Beith home to give evidence . |
| 13 | On the plus side , the expedition had proved once again that it was not difficult to penetrate an enemy-held town and carry out a reconnaissance . |
| 14 | They all die , except a 15-year-old who had behaved so badly that he was forbidden to taste what turned out to be deadly toadstools . |
| 15 | At the beginning she had known clearly enough that he was an irrevocably solitary man , and it had seemed to her fortunate to live with him at all . |
| 16 | She had spoken so softly that she was surprised that he had even heard her . |
| 17 | Albert had spoken so calmly that it made her calm too . |
| 18 | However , he did n't have time now for self-reproach , nor to wonder why Isabel 's seeming betrayal had cut so deeply that he had instantly thought the worst of her , had immediately accepted Matilda 's word though he 'd known how vindictive and spiteful the woman could be . |
| 19 | Lily remembered that she had hoped even then that it was not too late to change … . |
| 20 | That afternoon he saw the King , who tried to dissuade him , but , as lying George V recorded it : ‘ He assured me that it was absolutely necessary for him to appeal to the Country as he had gone so far that it was not possible for him to change his mind . ’ ’ |
| 21 | His backsliding into sloth had happened so slowly that he had n't been aware of it . |
| 22 | Had it been deliberate Edouard hesitated , unsure ; it had happened so quickly that it was difficult to know . |
| 23 | The converter had worked so effectively that he suffered only mild carbon monoxide poisoning . |
| 24 | The time had passed so quickly that she had n't realised how late it was , or that the daylight had faded to dusk . |
| 25 | Ana had wept bitterly and Mitch had stated quite categorically that he would be back . |
| 26 | Tata had complained often enough that he could n't leave his two assistants at the shop for more than an hour before something was certain to go wrong . |
| 27 | Their last meeting had ended so unpleasantly that it was difficult to change course suddenly . |
| 28 | The responsibility had lain so heavily that it took some time to readjust . |
| 29 | By the end of the evening he described his voice as being in the most distressing condition , the problem had returned so acutely that he was hardly able to speak . |
| 30 | He had talked her into ringing him when she wanted to come home so that he could pick her up , make sure she was safe . |