Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the debate progressed it became clear not merely that the country 's four opposition parties were prepared to co-operate to defeat the proposal , but that several senior figures within the ruling party — including Shin Kanemaru , leader of the largest LDP faction — had withdrawn their support from the bill . |
| 2 | The book sold so well locally that she 's now published it for sale countrywide ; available from WH Smith , Sherratt & Hughes and Waterstone 's bookshops or direct from Barbara Geere at 15 Stamford Drive , Bromley , Kent BR2 0XF ( 081–460 3646 ) , priced £2.30 ( inc p&p ) . |
| 3 | We passed along slowly so that the cortège could be seen and all could have a last look at the coffin . |
| 4 | King lived in an age when growth rates changed only slowly so that his greatest concern was the possible end of the world ! |
| 5 | He was ill — except that how many diseases came on so quickly that a man could send you flowers in the morning and by dinner be incapable of lifting the telephone ? |
| 6 | Passing close to , and parallel with , Sturgis ' southbound command , the Nez Perce band silently traversed the now unguarded Clark 's Fork Canyon , ‘ where rocks on either side came so near together that two horses abreast could hardly pass ’ . |
| 7 | He came so often afterwards that Ackroyd began to look out for him when Saturday came round . |
| 8 | A detective said : ‘ Some of the murders he says he committed so long ago that he has difficulty in remembering where the bodies are buried . |
| 9 | The he made a U turn and drove away so rapidly that she could not make out his number , only the red tail light diminishing , at more than legal speed , down the deserted Embankment . |
| 10 | This came out so comically that they both began to laugh together , Neil putting his book down , and McAllister whooping into the apron which she had thrown over her head at his last sally , as though she were truly the skivvy she pretended to be . |
| 11 | It came out so matter-of-factly that even Joy and Alan did n't notice and our new guest was , luckily , slightly deaf . |
| 12 | And the ‘ never ’ came out so wildly that he was surprised again , and , his eyes still watchful , he said , ‘ I thought not , but you must see , McAllister , I had to ask you — for your sake . ’ |
| 13 | Dana did n't need her care — on the contrary , she showed only too clearly that she resented her twin 's interference . |
| 14 | His decision was taken , and the orders sent out for the triple muster , yet even after news from the northern border confirmed only too clearly that Scotland intended to take a full part in the harrying of his realm , he was slow to move . |
| 15 | It happened so long ago that it seems incredible that it is still affecting her . |
| 16 | This game was a little disheartening , not so much because of the disciplinary problem , but because it showed all too clearly that few if any of them were actually listening to what I was saying . |
| 17 | For example , the late John Strachey , former Minister of Food , used to contend that had the notorious African Ground Nuts Scheme been placed just 30 miles to the West of the site chosen in Tanganyika ( now Tanzania ) , the climate differed just sufficiently there that all would have been well . |
| 18 | Bede says of the episcopal authority of Bishop Wilfrid in the reign of Oswiu that it embraced Northumbrians and Picts as far as the power of Oswiu extended ( HE III , 3 ) , and the Life of Wilfrid that in the reign of Ecgfrith it widened still further so that Wilfrid was bishop of the Saxons ( that is , the Northumbrians ) in the south and the Britons , Scots and Picts in the north ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 21 ) . |
| 19 | Deng , however , showed very early on that he remained loyal to Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought and the centrality of the party . |
| 20 | Léonie frowned very hard so that she would not cry . |
| 21 | Yet many of the teachers we interviewed , far from being unaware of this risk , perceived only too clearly that it was inherent to the LEA 's preferred combination of group work and multiple curriculum focus teaching . |
| 22 | In Edinburgh I discovered all too soon that Sylvia Grey was not there either . |
| 23 | To Clasper 's disgust , the majority had voted against his recommended call for strike action and he now sensed all too painfully that he was beginning to lose control of his members . |
| 24 | Dr Neil stepped back so swiftly that she almost fell ; he seized her by the shoulders and held her from him . |
| 25 | She swung round so abruptly that she knocked a pot of pencils off the desk with her hand . |
| 26 | When , at last , she managed to speak , the words fluttered out so faintly that Melissa had to strain to catch them . |
| 27 | The move took place in early December and we settled in so quickly that it is difficult to believe we have been in our new offices for less than a year . |
| 28 | Edwin and Robert Grabhorn , who founded the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco in 1920 , worked so amicably together that it was said of them : ‘ When Ed 's away the shop goes to pieces ; when Bob 's away , Ed goes to pieces ’ ; but it would be a mistake to think that relationships between printers were always so harmonious . |
| 29 | Baptiste felt her stumble and slowed down so abruptly that she ran into him , grabbed at him to keep her balance . |
| 30 | Yet I remember a woman who , only a few days ago , swore just as vehemently that she had n't stolen it . ’ |