Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment . |
| 2 | It was designed for me by that spooky little twosome , the Emmanuels ’ |
| 3 | I mean , er the thing is if you 've got a name and you want to that 's the time to work for it in that little |
| 4 | He says do n't you dare come near me with that silly spray . |
| 5 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 6 | He was simply laughing at her in that condescending way he had . |
| 7 | Flattered when he had looked at her in that particular way which was both critical and yet admiring at the same time ? |
| 8 | The moment she thought of Peter , then Martin ( no , she would not think of him in that ridiculous way with a small m ) no longer looked so good , so handsome . |
| 9 | I think his pleasure was merely to talk about it in that calm way to a completely ignorant young girl . |
| 10 | The design for Isvik was influenced to quite a marked degree by the Peterhead-type sailing vessels of the Mounties , also by a sketch made for him by that extraordinary Antarctic single-hander , David Lewis . |
| 11 | Keep condoms handy , so you do n't have to go tearing around looking for them at that crucial moment . |
| 12 | I did not then have a chance actually to converse with him until that second evening after the return of his illness . |
| 13 | And all the while , her son Richard was there to remind her … sleeping , waking , looking at her in that special way that was Tyler 's . |
| 14 | She played with her leather gloves , turning each finger inside-out then carefully back again , aware that he was looking at her in that old , familiar searching way that somehow held her spellbound , draining her will to push the door and get away . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said slowly , still looking at her in that peculiar way , ‘ you really are rather a remarkable person . ’ |
| 16 | I thought he had been right , and that what happened to me on that oily beach was all I was fit for . |
| 17 | She felt a sudden flash of doubt , remembering the things Jeff had told her , and thought again what had occurred to her over that fateful cup of coffee . |
| 18 | The deal clearly does not work both ways as we learned from the Squidgy tape ( a copy of which was handed to me in that very restaurant some weeks before its contents were published ) . |
| 19 | So do not look at me in that accusing way , little sister ! ’ |
| 20 | He would simply look at her with that hard mask and feel nothing . |
| 21 | ‘ If you persist in clinging to me in that limpet-like way , Caroline , I will not answer for the consequences … ’ |
| 22 | As he bowed to me in that tight state , I almost believe I saw creases come into the white of his eyes . |
| 23 | Williamson felt he had a special bond with Hitler , and even at times imagined aloud that he had spoken to him on that fateful Christmas day . |
| 24 | He gazed back at her across the stained table with appalled eyes , linked to her by that bloodstained gurgle of water which was gushing through both their minds , sharing the same dreadful imagining of that silently emerging figure , the raised and bloody knife . |
| 25 | ‘ Gave us a start , I can tell ye , coming on 'er like that lurking in the shadows . |
| 26 | Nobody but nobody commented on Maggie 's shapely form — not unless they wanted acid dripping on them from that sharp tongue . |
| 27 | Alyssia sat up quickly and looked at Piers , who was staring at her with that perpetual look of lazy mockery on his face . |
| 28 | Well no , I can get er I can get what er well I , well you can go through them on that just press there |
| 29 | The ground itself is not as harsh as the words I felt beneath me for that one curious moment at the Treasury . |
| 30 | He reminded North that it was possible for an American to disagree with him on that particular , ‘ and still love God , and still love this country just as much as you do ’ ; although He was regularly asked to do so , ‘ God does not take sides in American politics . ’ |