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

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1 Danger of choking stopped him at that point .
2 But we never touched them at that time .
3 I spotted it and lost it at that last roundabout .
4 All stories were to be based on scientific and historical facts as we knew them at that time .
5 Later Lisa was to wonder at the power of the sensations that swept in on her and possessed her at that moment .
6 He said , yeah , there has , which came as a great relief to me and we left it at that .
7 If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that .
8 He said a few kind but ambiguous words about the pieces enclosed being ‘ eminently suitable for the audience they were aimed at ’ and left it at that .
9 His mother told him she made things to sell and left it at that .
10 ‘ Frankfurt , ’ Newman said , and left it at that .
11 So we left it at that .
12 ‘ You 'll find out , ’ he laughed , and left it at that as Kitty , his wife , arrived with the tea .
13 I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’
14 ‘ And he just left it at that ? ’
15 It was all she had left now , so she had thanked her sister and left it at that .
16 The theory of the ISAs would indeed be very crude if Althusser left it at that but he completes the essay with a discussion of ideology , the mode in which the ISAs function .
17 For example , in his Outlines of Psychology , Wilhelm Wundt said that the local sign was ‘ probably due to the character of the structure of the skin' , and left it at that .
18 As he dumped his case in the pleasant bedroom , lifted the lid and left it at that , he reflected .
19 Newman left it at that .
20 She left it at that , opened a cupboard , found coffee cups , a jug , milk and sugar , and laid a tray .
21 The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ?
22 Ed just muttered ‘ Brian who ? ’ and left it at that . ’
23 I loosely tossed a swirl of Moroccan curtain over the sofa , slid Act 3 of Orfeo onto the revolving mat , lit an Al Akhbar joss-stick , and left it at that .
24 It put the wind up me , to tell you the truth , so I 've just brought Hawkbit along and left it at that . "
25 So you can take it up with the , the er do whatever he felt necessary , but we left it at that .
26 ‘ For what we are about to receive , ’ said Uncle Philip and left it at that .
27 I had said to a promising-looking man behind a counter , but it seems I should have said ‘ Cup of tea ’ and left it at that , for he put his hands on his hips and shouted , ‘ What 's stopping you ? ’
28 They 've taken his dabs and examined the mallet , but we left it at that when we knew the Yard had been called in and you were on your way .
29 She could have said , Any day now , and left it at that .
30 Each time he had given a little shrug , as though to say , ‘ We 'll see ’ , and left it at that .
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