Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] that [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Almost all of them had crude magic swords , whose unsuppressed harmonics on the astral plane played hell with any delicate experiments in applied sorcery for miles around , but Rincewind did n't object to them on that score .
2 I mean I guess I 've got as many inner tensions as most of us , but I do n't think of it in that way .
3 ‘ Do n't speak to me in that tone ! ’ protested his wife , but nevertheless responding to the pressure of his hand in her back .
4 ‘ Do n't you speak to me in that way , ’ Nora retorted , ‘ or I 'll box your ears , you ungrateful girl ! ’ and they were into yet another quarrel .
5 And I 'm telling you , do n't speak to me in that fashion or I 'll have to have a word with your father . ’
6 Did it matter to you at that time who it was ?
7 But she could not believe in him as that kind of reverent fan , whatever his enthusiasm for his subject .
8 Do n't look at me like that wait wait .
9 So can you er look at it in that light and you will see of course that and I can understand why Mr has done it in this way , he has actually broken down er his the approach to this to looking at this criterion , under the three heads , road , rail and bus .
10 He said his thug would stay with me during that time . ’
11 If you are a shoulder to cry on without fear of being shrugged off , that is all she will want from you at that stage .
12 So we did n't go about it in that way .
13 Fathers took pleasure and pride in their sons ' successes , but did not publicly defer to them on that account .
14 Madame does not confide in me to that extent . ’
15 Shall we talk about it over that cup of tea ? ’
16 If they mentioned him , she would mutter , ‘ Do n't talk to me about that rat . ’
17 As one contracts manager put it , ‘ Do n't talk to me about that health needs nonsense , we 're just trying to keep the lid on . ’
18 So you , so I , I , I do n't agree with you on that point but anyway the point of refining , the point of refining the capital programme is there is an im implication of , of , of debt repayment er , which is part of revenue , which could have an implication er , upon how we reach our reductions .
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