Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 31 | well what 's easier , starting from scratch with a new thing that a cabinet maker has made or re refurbishing work like doing something over that 's had marks and stuff ? |
| 32 | So that when you introduce yourself , you are seen as a haulier , was the phrase you used , er , and we , we 'd all need to spend an awful lot of time and an awful lot of effort into raising ourselves above that image , I mean there 's nothing wrong with being a haulier , all I 'm saying is that we have to raise ourselves above that image . |
| 33 | I 've been thinking about doing something like that , ’ I said , more out of politeness than accuracy . |
| 34 | Nobody kills anyone for saying something like that . |
| 35 | It is important that we do not get away from the fact that , when any charge is laid , there must be evidence that will hold up for convicting somebody of that charge . |
| 36 | She is mistaken in accusing me of that . |
| 37 | The office gossip had been quite useful in reassuring him on that point , and he had been able to view the uncomfortable ride in the lift with them in an encouraging new light . |
| 38 | For , whatever else , she would not marry Havvie Blaine now , and she would lose no time in informing him of that fact . |
| 39 | They had drugged my wine before moving me to that horror-filled garden . |
| 40 | Those involved were told that they should have consulted the senior branch before starting anything like that . |
| 41 | Erm and really the only way I thought that I could prevent myself from doing anything like that was to kill myself in a very violent way because I |
| 42 | There was perhaps a better chance of enlisting the reader 's belief in Ayesha in involving her with that most believable hero , Allan Quatermain . |
| 43 | He 'd never heard of Vecchi and was n't interested in finding anybody by that name . |
| 44 | Far from tempting her by that impromptu strip-tease , Luke Calder had promptly dismissed her from his mind and settled down to sleep ! |
| 45 | The difficulty lies in convincing yourself of that ! |
| 46 | But in following him through that aim , we nevertheless have left untouched some of the ideas for which he is famous . |
| 47 | Thank you for taking me for that delectable breath of fresh air — it 's something I 'll always remember . ’ |
| 48 | But it , I do n't need it now , I managed to fix it without bashing it with that . |
| 49 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |
| 50 | It may be an advantage for the expert 's decision of which enforcement is sought to be accompanied by reasons , because the foreign court is likely to be more sympathetic to enforcing it in that form . |
| 51 | You turned round and said , do it in that one , so I 'm doing it in that one , then you changed to doing it in that one . |
| 52 | ‘ Revenge ’ is well on the way to taking us to that point where we want to be , ’ explained the one-time axe-wielding , fire-breathing bassman . |
| 53 | If a home does not meet the minimum standard , the owner will be able to claim back all the money spent within the first year after purchase on raising it to that level , through , for example , home insulation , up to the amount of stamp duty they paid when they bought the property ( up to the maximum of £1000 ) . |
| 54 | I would n't be able to live with myself for putting him through that , but then he would nicker to me and I could breath a sigh of relief . |
| 55 | These three contrasting ways of approaching the same data can be conveniently illustrated by applying them to that contemporary social phenomenon : student unrest . |
| 56 | Such passages did little damage , however , compared with those in which again and again he would use these occasions to exalt the status of the King by equating it with that of the kings of Israel . |
| 57 | But this , he says , would be fatal to the attempt to know ‘ I ’ by description : ‘ It would obviously be a vicious circle if I described ‘ I ’ as being that bundle of states of which my use of the word is a member , and then distinguished that bundle from other groups by describing it as that group of mental states which are states of ‘ I ’ . ’ |
| 58 | He was somehow managing to make her begin to doubt her own words — simply by subjecting her to that look of dark unbelief . |
| 59 | But you have to be careful that by doing something like that you 're not making life completely onerous |
| 60 | I think the idea is that you just , they show you who 's doing the speaking by putting it in that little bubble from the person and then they write it again at the bottom . |