Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think you could possibly curb your dislike and mistrust of me for that one evening ? |
| 2 | The ground itself is not as harsh as the words I felt beneath me for that one curious moment at the Treasury . |
| 3 | No , I just was gon na go out and commiserate with you all for putting up with me for that long , well with you lot I do n't know |
| 4 | Thank you for taking me for that delectable breath of fresh air — it 's something I 'll always remember . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why did n't you tell them about that ghastly couple — Grimwood and Steve ? |
| 6 | and I was telling them about that Indian or Asian doctor at the City Hospital in the Maternity unit . |
| 7 | ‘ I had to coax two into it because they are not very experienced cook , but I chose them for that very reason , ’ he says . |
| 8 | It certainly sustained me during that dreadful time . |
| 9 | I 'll never forget how th'near slaughtered that feller — or the five golden guineas th'won for me off that dozy dago as set the Creole on thee . |
| 10 | I find it almost amusing to listen to several of my contemporaries tell me about that ill-fated occasion and how they found a means of getting over the Alps . |
| 11 | If you 're going to tell me about that bloody dream again — . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah and I do n't want to hear about , telling me about that bloody shop . |
| 13 | Now you just have to tell me about that that peedie er shop again Vera . |
| 14 | I said that 's bo , that 's bothered me about that bleeding , I like him a lot . |
| 15 | What intrigues me about that earlier period , especially its drama , is a mode of transgression which finds expression through the inversion and perversion of just those pre-existing categories and structures which its humanist counterpart seeks to transcend , to be liberated from ; a mode of transgression which seeks not an escape from existing structures but rather a subversive reinscription within them , and in the process their dislocation or displacement . |
| 16 | " You never told me about that old Mr Bale , Lyn , " said Mrs Newman . |
| 17 | ‘ Kirsty MacColl bollocked me about that gay thing , right , because she had to defend herself to the people she knew saying , ‘ Look , Shaun ai n't like that . ’ |
| 18 | But when she came up to me after that third seminar I was so shocked and embarrassed that I could barely speak . |
| 19 | Dropping litter might also be linked with the kind of ceremonial spitting and pee-ing that is a demonstration of claim of territory ( old men sitting on bench at village square or park etc. seem to spit a lot/ the marvellous wide-astride attitude of the countryside pee-er claiming that bit of ground as his for that glorious moment — I am aware it 's different for ladies , but maybe the same mentally , given that fright of discovering be removed ! ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Gave us a start , I can tell ye , coming on 'er like that lurking in the shadows . |
| 21 | Can I can I on that particular one er you the value of the contract 's two eight six O , so how many er brochures would er publish ? |
| 22 | At their elbows stand the ghosts of the fallen in the first world war , reminding them of that earlier occasion when so many ministers preached uncritical political guidance from their pulpits . |
| 23 | Peter Lowe , that Gunners ' fan , sent me a picture someone took of us both , suitably decked out in Arsenal colours , to remind me of that memorable occasion . |
| 24 | ‘ Must you remind me of that traumatic experience ? ’ |
| 25 | Her story reminds me of that old Christian Aid appeal for collectors , showing an elderly lady at a lace-curtained window , with the caption ‘ Someone is waiting for you ’ . |
| 26 | Vermeer sprang to mind as there is also something about the intense luminosity of the effect of the light-boxes that reminded me of that unique concentration of light in paintings executed with the aid of camera obscuras ( ancestor of the camera ) . |
| 27 | The children looked bewildered , but she added consolingly , ‘ That 's why dogs have to have an injection every year that protects them against that horrible disease as well as many others . ’ |
| 28 | I did n't think they bred them like that any more . |
| 29 | It 's just me against that big thing out there . |
| 30 | 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 . |