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

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1 It made me think of that voodoo thing which hangs round graveyards and wears a top hat . ’
2 ‘ You made me rise to that bait , did n't you ? ’
3 She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’
4 Well she stopped us going up that lane in the car , by
5 She thought more about losing the coal to Mrs Phipps than about Granny , it seemed to me then , but I expect it was the shock that caused her to react in that way .
6 What made you jump at that moment ?
7 Technological improvements allowed them to capitalize on that wealth in the 1920s .
8 Remember when I ordered you to strip in that hut ?
9 When we first drank claret we heard it called by that name , we were eating such and such a dinner etc .
10 The story is , that in bygone days before the advent of the white man , there was a young Siwash Indian whose ardent love of nature made him come to that point of land on the inlet every day to watch the sunset .
11 Maybe I mentioned about the fillings coming out on this side of my mouth and at the back , so I ca They took it out in my living room and hypnotized me to forget , hypnotized walking about in my sleep with it , to sleep , got me in the chair and done it , got out of the house , programmed me to go to that dentist in , which I did do instead of going to Mr at .
12 cos I saw them skating round that car
13 I said to her : ‘ I saw you talking to that fellow , and I 'd warned you . ’
14 ‘ Do n't ask me , missis ; all I know , wherever she went on those nights , she 'd leave here at half-past six and it was lucky if the clock saw her coming in that door at half-past eleven at night . ’
15 I 've had one of your chaps round already , asking whether I saw him go by that evening . ’
16 Sometimes , if they knew he behaved in that way , people would be unwilling to talk about him at all — for fear they would embarrass themselves by saying something sympathetic about a man they knew could just as easily assassinate their characters .
17 I got it standing on that brick so it would drain .
18 ‘ And what did I do to that sculpture of flesh ? ’
19 What did I do with that ticket mum ?
20 What did I do with that ashtray ?
21 Did you go to that match ?
22 Did you go in that room ?
23 did you stay in that position or do you erm change ?
24 Did you remain in that room with your shield until you were called away by P C ?
25 Johnny , what did you think of that fight earlier on ?
26 ‘ When and why did you arrive at that conclusion ? ’ she queried quietly .
27 Did you knock on that door ?
28 And when did you move to that job ?
29 And what did you do with that jar ?
30 What did you do to that finger , Lisa ?
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