Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 With a mental shrug she tried to ensure she kept up , knowing that nothing irritated him more than to be kept waiting even a second when he was in this mood .
2 You see — ’ she looked up once more and met his direct blue gaze ‘ — you think I wanted to marry you , that I planned it all , but you were wrong , I did n't . ’
3 ‘ By God , Sally-Anne , your mother said that I spoiled you rotten , and I think that she 's right .
4 ‘ I was so terrified that I fought him all the way .
5 Beesley 's case offered corroboration : the hero of the Titanic was a blanket-forger and transvestite imposter ; how just and appropriate , therefore , that I fed him false cricket scores .
6 I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch .
7 Summarize what the candidate said to make sure that I got it right ?
8 When I intervened in the right hon. Gentleman 's speech he replied in such confusion that I thought it best to give him time to reflect , and to ask my question again later .
9 So much to that I made it clear to my club that I would like to be selected as a tighthead ’ .
10 I was so disquieted by it that I finished it that evening .
11 ‘ I am so sorry that I caused you such grief by acting as I did , by going off without telling anyone .
12 It was at this point , partly because I was so nervous , that I felt it necessary to build her weight up a little , so I fed her up and overdid it , with the result that she got above her ideal flying weight .
13 You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ?
14 It was precisely because the measures in the social chapter would have damaged first employment prospects and secondly our competitiveness against Japan and the United States that I found them unacceptable .
15 Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ?
16 And I have to admit that I found you delightful .
17 I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it .
18 On evening walks down Loreto , a lane of high stone walls , trying to decide on a restaurant , I would stop and run my hands over the ashlars , marvelling at the purity of each one as I have marvelled at the completeness of a sculpture by Brancusi ; each of them so tightly locked together that I found it impossible to fit a fingernail between them .
19 You have probably heard that I found it impossible to afford living in London any longer and have come here as a master .
20 ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . )
21 At a time when FISA , the sport 's organizing body , helped by the drivers ' own association , had belatedly begun to pay some attention to safety in a notably risky sport , Chapman 's remarks showed a callousness towards his drivers — and by implication , towards other human beings — that I found it hard to admire .
22 She was such a sweet-natured , generous girl — I had never before nor have I since met anyone so naturally , if indiscriminately , kind and loving — that I found it hard to deny her anything .
23 ‘ I 'm not afraid to admit that I wanted you last night , more than I 've wanted any woman for a long time . ’
24 Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay .
25 It was duly arranged that we should meet after work , and it was then that I gave him further details about my ‘ sponsored ’ trip to Paris and about my much more ambitious idea of a trip to Libya .
26 Not that I gave it serious thought .
27 ‘ Doc says the best bet , given the mark on her cheek is that someone slapped her one and she fell back .
28 ‘ Are you quite sure , ’ he said , ‘ that nobody telephoned me last night ? ’
29 So furious was she , in fact , that she felt it wiser not to stay in the same room with him .
30 Eleanor Darcy made coffee , using a frugal quantity of powder and low-fat milk , too late for Valerie to murmur that she took hers black .
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