Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] such [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They even got the transparency of the house the wrong way round in their ‘ Country Homes ’ magazine , but their name and reputation insulated them against such elementary errors . |
| 2 | Such preaching , far from deterring the people , attracted them in such large numbers that the parish church of St.Mary and All Saints , which held about 1,000 , was filled beyond its capacity so that five galleries had to be erected to accommodate the greatly enlarged congregation . |
| 3 | Sarah affected him with such unexpected desire he could n't understand himself . |
| 4 | What was it about Luke Hunter that reduced her to such gibbering incoherence ? |
| 5 | You may have thought you already knew all this , but it is hard to think of anyone who has put the case as plainly , or elucidated it with such concrete examples . |
| 6 | Their Majesties received us with such extraordinary graciousness that , when I shall tell it , people will declare that I have made it up . |
| 7 | To Selborne it was no more nor less than " robbing the church " and many Unionists saw it in such simple terms . |
| 8 | I could n't help thinking she was like a racehorse , and when Ward started questioning her , she answered him with such haughty condescension , such arrogance , that his face went white and I swear he 'd have play-acted the Gorbals slum kid and thrown a lot of four-letter words at her if he 'd known how to do it in Spanish . |
| 9 | Battered and bruised — the brutal attack on Hilda Jones left her with such serious wounds to her face , that her left eye had to be removed . |
| 10 | He said it with such heartfelt force that I believed him . |
| 11 | I had no idea you held me in such high regard . ’ |