Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 3 | Nobody has seen him since that day . |
| 4 | If you do something at speed , it 's really the accumulation of everything that 's gone before that has got you to that point . |
| 5 | The collapse of Marxism-Leninism has brought us to that ‘ absolute moment ’ which marks the end of humanity 's long journey through the night of political confusion and abortive social and economic experiment . |
| 6 | None has led me to that dangerous conclusion that we were doing it better over there than here . |
| 7 | ‘ As Londoners , desperately worried about the present route of the Channel tunnel , what do we say to those who think the Talis alternative is beneficial ? ’ — Chris Fraser , Peckham ‘ Out of the huge crowd of demonstrators , a woman ran out and thrust a baby in my arms — then she vanished ’ — Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health ‘ Polluted rivers , filthy streets , bodies bedded-down in doorways are no advertisement for a prosperous or caring society ’ - Michael Heseltine ‘ We know that God has endowed her with that great quality of not fidgeting when it is necessary to come to grips with prickly nettles … |
| 8 | At least , he 'd hated her after that single flare of interest as she 'd climbed out of Peter 's hired jeep , but it had died instantly when , striding boyishly round the front of the vehicle , Peter had gone straight up to his elder brother and announced , ‘ Meet my amazing fiancée , big brother ! ’ |
| 9 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 10 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
| 11 | I tried to think of when I 'd seen him after that , apart from when we got our degrees — him proud and posing for the family album , me drunk and disorderly . |
| 12 | He 'd seen 'em like that afore and a good gallop put 'em right . |
| 13 | and he 'd done them like that in microwave for eight minutes and er , done sprouts then he 'd put this meat pie in oven |
| 14 | If he 'd got her to that state , why was she drinking coffee ? |
| 15 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 16 | But she 'd blown it with that acidic little crack . |
| 17 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 18 | You know they could have shot me for that . |
| 19 | Some memory must have stabbed him at that moment . |
| 20 | It turned out that she did n't realise they were down , but thinks she must have pushed them into that position when dropping the ribber . |
| 21 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 22 | I should never have done it on that day . ’ |
| 23 | Nell shivered. : Having said it like that , even though she had suspected it all along , brought a terrible picture to the mind . |
| 24 | I 'm very sorry , ’ said Breeze sedately , ‘ that you should have seen me in that cowardly moment . ’ |
| 25 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 26 | Should have made it with that . |
| 27 | Earlier generations had already noticed the odd consequences which followed from Aristotle 's having seen the human condition as unquestionably that of an Athenian gentleman , and Kant 's having seen it as that of a Prussian bourgeois . |
| 28 | I I must have told you before that what we got er we used to turn and bundle two thousand four hundred , I told you that did n't I ? |
| 29 | How on earth could she have accused him over that conversation with Salvo ? |
| 30 | She would have admired him for that , once . |