Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] that [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Leonora , afraid he 'd been about to order her to bed , assented so rapturously that Penry eyed her in amusement as he crossed to the stairs .
2 You do n't want to start by bellowing so loudly that people shrink in alarm .
3 Effie , spared the final agonising pangs of the actual moments of birth , recovered so slowly that McAllister feared that she had overdone the chloroform .
4 It matters little now that Sunderland finished the season 18th in the Second Division .
5 On July 27 , 100 deputies and senators from the Solidarity Centre Alliance had petitioned Jaruzelski to stand down so that Walesa could be named President in his place .
6 The pod was now shuddering so violently that Defries 's voice was distorted .
7 The fingers moved so fast that Dougal found it hard to follow what was happening .
8 These fly-by-night ‘ bosses ’ changed so frequently that workers would lose track of who was actually employing them .
9 Several references are presented which suggest not only that drugs that increase central dopaminergic transmission increase locomotor activity and induce stereotypy and hyperkinesia but also that neuroleptic drugs like haloperidol , that block dopamine receptors , induce hypokinesia and rigidity .
10 And because one would share with neighbours , it was rather spaced out so that people could benefit over a longer period .
11 Music played loudly from the dining-room next door , where the carpets had been rolled back so that people could dance .
12 One man who booked a Rolls Royce and two Mercedes with the company last July said : ‘ We booked it and paid a £120 deposit and then found out later that things were not right .
13 He does not wish to be named but said : ‘ We booked it and paid a £120 deposit and then found out later that things were not right .
14 Even that surprised me until I found out afterwards that George had known about it all along ; I suppose they did n't want to risk him bringing it up first .
15 These verses suggest very clearly that God created the physical world for our use and pleasure , with sufficient resources for our needs and with the specific commission to harness the resources of the natural world for our benefit .
16 It can not be stressed too often that employers are very wary of extremes .
17 Several references were presented suggesting not only that drugs that increase central dopaminergic transmission increase locomotor activity and induce stereotypy and hyperkinesia but also that neuroleptic drugs like haloperidol , that block dopamine receptors , induce hypokinesia and rigidity .
18 He motioned an unwilling Adjutant and Sergeant out ahead of him and stood by the open door , frowning so deeply that Clarissa would have followed if Charity had n't risked leaving her defences and staked all on a final devastating attack .
19 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 .
20 Strikers Goodman and McGinlay played so well that Armstrong 's absence was hardly noticed .
21 She needs to be strapped in so that dad can keep control of her , so what we have found out is a bike made in Germany which is a wheelchair with the bicycle part of it clipped on the back , and once you get where you 're going , it dismantles and you 've got a wheelchair , you can go where you want , but it 's very expensive .
22 Similarly , if the gravitational mass of the proton were significantly different , one would not have had stars in which these nucleides could have been built up , and if the initial expansion of the universe had been slightly smaller or slightly greater , the universe would either have collapsed before such stars could have evolved or would have expanded so rapidly that stars would never have been formed by gravitational condensation .
23 In the final UN resolution , voted on 1 June 1984 , the GCC text was somewhat watered down so that Iran 's role was in less sharp focus .
24 He ate so swiftly that Libby could n't take her eyes off him ; she remembered all they were told about behaving properly and eating slowly .
25 ‘ A pity , ’ Bruce murmured so quietly that Corbett could hardly hear him .
26 He believed not merely that others should write as he did , but that others should live as he did .
27 These lords viewed Edward III 's seizure of power with enthusiasm , believing not only that Edward might wish to wipe out the stain of the Stanhope Park campaign and the shameful peace , but also that they themselves might reap some political reward for their opposition to Mortimer in 1328 .
28 With she knew not what power of self-denial Sarella tried to edge away so that Marc 's body was n't pressing so vibrantly against her own .
29 First , it can be said not merely that C does not sue for breach of contract between A and B , but that his cause of action actually depends upon the contract not having been broken .
30 It is essential to obtain confirmation in writing not only that services are available on or adjacent to the site , but in addition that they are adequate in capacity , and the cost of connection .
  Next page