Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only shapes that fit together so closely that all their walls are common with those of their neighbours are triangles , squares and hexagons . |
| 2 | And he believes that West German voters may revolt when they realise still more clearly that they will have to foot the bill for unity . |
| 3 | I I I say probably quite definitely that there is not a great linkage between the Greater York area in numeric terms and and all of Humberside , compared to that linkage erm with with with West Yorkshire . |
| 4 | South Africa press up so quickly that you must kick the ball more often to turn them . |
| 5 | V.W. Yes , I mean that 's something that when I first started I would n't have said , but I 've seen over the last six years changes in the governors and the role of the governors and I sense very much so that now they want Catholic appointments . |
| 6 | They are found more frequently in recent archaeological assemblages , for instance from Neolithic deposits in Orkney ( Armour-Chelu , 1988 ) and Bronze age deposits in the Somerset Levels ( Girling , 1977 ) , but usually the pellets break down so quickly that they are not preserved . |
| 7 | Neither stand so far away that it can not pick up your voice . |
| 8 | Around them grew up short streets of cottages for the workpeople , run up so quickly that they look as though they were planted flat on the surface , without any foundations ; but still there was no congestion . |
| 9 | They overtake you and then they slow right down so that you have to go oohooh and stop . |
| 10 | And no touch of tease or laughter in the long grey eyes , eyes set so far apart that they belonged more to the temples than to the full face . |
| 11 | Followers of Scottish football know only too well that a lapse in form and a broken leg are often the precursor of disasters to come . |
| 12 | I am by no means inclined to consider Diodorus a mere copyist of his sources , and I know only too well that by stylistic criteria one could prove that Sir Ronald Syme is the author of some of the books written by his pupils . |
| 13 | But I know only too well that you do not love me , that you are marrying me for Papa 's dollars , and that I can not bear . |
| 14 | Other linguists imply even more clearly that there is no difference in meaning between the two versions of the infinitive by claiming that to is meaningless when it precedes the bare infinitive form . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Maxwell , I understand only too well that you would like to pay this ransom as quickly as possible and take no risks and that since I want to catch these kidnappers , we are working at cross purposes to a certain extent . |
| 16 | is it you know erm I mean I feel so so passionately that that we should keep going but |
| 17 | When disturbed they roll up so tightly that it is virtually impossible to unroll them . |
| 18 | And , if you remember the layout of the cheese counter you find out pretty quickly that the , |
| 19 | ‘ The sort who would think nothing of putting their rubbish out on the side of the road , ’ as one observer noted , ‘ but who still feel very strongly indeed that there should be no goldmining here . |
| 20 | Hinged doors opening outwards from floor level facilitate easy cleaning and the hutch must be constructed to stand off the floor , preferably on legs , to ensure that urine and surplus drinking water drain away easily so that the floor remains dry . |
| 21 | point out quite rightly that the matrix clause " expresses the subject 's preference " here but they fail to see the implications of this for the infinitive . |
| 22 | ‘ Keep on looking like that and Moinet will insist that you stay here indefinitely so that he can look after you . |
| 23 | Keep well away so that you can see slopes properly and , when possible , view the field from at least two sides . |
| 24 | Said Mademoiselle , and you make this fuss and call out so loudly that we all jump in fear . |
| 25 | Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control . ’ |
| 26 | Mortar slabs in position leaving a 1 in ( 25mm ) lip over the block and tilt slightly forward so that they shed water . |
| 27 | For this type of block you slide diagonally forwards so that the angle of your advance takes you clear of the opponent 's front kick . |
| 28 | Patience is not what we associate with Pound , and from time to time he seems to have kicked over the traces ( at least once to be ticked off for it by Dorothy ) : yet we see all over again that the young Pound was well content with Edwardian England , was hopeful of it and ready to abide by its rules in everything that mattered . |
| 29 | So he had , but I see very clearly now that he 's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick . ’ |