Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I have used them enough to observe that the properly selected remedy works deeply , quickly , smoothly , and without initial aggravation . |
| 2 | Poor old d'Urfé ; I had used him before to suggest that centuries of high culture lay in my blood . |
| 3 | Angelica reckoned that she was a reasonable judge of people — one could hardly be a nurse for twenty years without picking up one hell of a lot of insight — and it had n't taken her long to decide that Alina Peterson was either dead straight or very plausible . |
| 4 | It had not taken her long to realise that here was a vindictive old villain , bent on making her life as miserable as he possibly could . |
| 5 | It had n't taken her long to discover that they had nothing whatsoever in common . |