Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 2 | Did n't realize we 'd won it that many . |
| 3 | It was as if he were gazing into heaven , and Agatha was n't so old that she 'd forgotten what that felt like . |
| 4 | Well he thought your dad was buying that mould from Jim so he did say that , he , he 'd lent him that book on how to actually build them , but that 's |
| 5 | You asked if I 'd got it that 's how I got it , knew what it was |
| 6 | I remembered another story they 'd told me that day of the first snowfall : it was about a hunt several years ago , on a day like this . |
| 7 | I wonder if — I wish you 'd told me that , Alan . |
| 8 | I mean if if you 'd told you that dad was coming down which |
| 9 | When I 'd convinced myself that girl whose hand |
| 10 | and we 'd had it that long and er it 's stopped having any |
| 11 | It thrilled her that he 'd called them that . |
| 12 | She 'd lost count of the number of people who 'd asked her that ; lost count of the number of answers she 'd given . |
| 13 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 14 | I was pleased as punch when yer farvver came 'ome an' told me Joe Maitland 'ad offered 'im that job . |
| 15 | Delta had taught him that fear was all in the mind . |
| 16 | Nannie had taught her that one , and she felt it was very true . |
| 17 | Erm but the most unfortunate thing that Old Edward the the old chap who owned the place he was living in part of the house and Old Jane , his housekeeper , my mother she could bake bread and wash , her mother had taught her that , but it was making butter that was the problem . |
| 18 | My mother had taught me that , just as she had taught me to change my underclothes daily and not blow my nose in public . |
| 19 | He had given her that household , a little society , warming itself in its own glow of virtue , insulating itself from the big bad world ; but within its own limits it had been open and supportive . |
| 20 | Gerry 's mam , God rest her , had given her that vase . |
| 21 | Being one of the few local boys who had gone to grammar school had given him that extra confidence early in life . |
| 22 | Three loose hounds were in there ; one , she was sure when she got a good look , was a bitch , Wrathful , who had impressed her that memorable day last February . |
| 23 | She did n't tell him the rest about her father and Camille , or the thoughts that had tormented her that long night . |
| 24 | Also , MacQuillan 's face was well known and it was inevitable that someone had noticed him that lunchtime . |
| 25 | She had seen it that morning , black and sleek , leaving hardly a ripple behind it , slipping silently away on the morning tide . |
| 26 | The heat and strength of him that had alarmed her that first night now enthralled her . |
| 27 | If Poland was backward it was not because the Poles wanted it so , but because Germany and the other partitioning powers had made it that way , and because the Allies had failed to provide the necessary capital to finance Poland to do the job they required . |
| 28 | And achieved , what was more , almost entirely by her own efforts — even her stepfather had granted her that . |
| 29 | Jo had bought it that very morning at Aardvarks on Melrose . |
| 30 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |