Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to explain that to the Sister . |
| 2 | And she said , I tried to get that father- in-law there , she says , and I tried to get that for my daughter and I could n't find , could n't get it . |
| 3 | I want to clarify that for us Hong Kong has been an excellent location for selling Chinese art and our sale in Taiwan in no way represents a change of heart . |
| 4 | In the end I 'll have to see him , but I want to keep that as the reserve move . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm not sure that I want to share that with a family magazine ! |
| 6 | I want to relay that in the music , in my lyrics . |
| 7 | Referring to complaining neighbours the Hanleys she said : ‘ I just do n't know how they can sleep at night next door because I could n't , knowing that I 'd done that to someone . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd noticed that with Malpass . |
| 9 | Because he knew what I 'd sent the fax for er , he knew what I 'd sent that for . |
| 10 | So on Friday he tried to pull same stunt again so I says oh no you 're not , I says we 're not playing at that , I says chuff that for a lark , I says what do you think you 're playing at ? |
| 11 | With a glimmer of self-preservation I began to reason that to be a martyr to an unwanted marriage was one thing , whereas to look like a fool in the eyes of all the world was another . |
| 12 | I remember having that at my sister 's wedding . |
| 13 | Well I have to say that as a result of last night 's session I have a much healthier view of Hydro Electric and I do so would I have got that from the programme ? |
| 14 | I started blaming that for the headaches . |
| 15 | I meant to say that to you . |
| 16 | Oh , I meant to bring that with me ! |
| 17 | Now I keep trying that with you . |
| 18 | I do tell that to the press . |
| 19 | ‘ I do like that in a man — openness and frankness . |
| 20 | I must say , I do like that in my women . ’ |
| 21 | I do do that for |
| 22 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 23 | I did confirm that with with Steve our Legal Officer but there is still a proposed saving on the table of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds . |
| 24 | well actually me jars going right there and I ca n't remember , whether I did get that from Co-Op , I think I did Co-Op , but they were in dozens , and I think Presto had some |
| 25 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 26 | I had to do that for O'level . |
| 27 | I had discovered that without which life must be worse than death . |
| 28 | ‘ I just show the prisoners a picture of an aborted baby and I say to them if I had done that to a baby I deserve to be here , but what I am trying to do is prevent it happening . ’ |
| 29 | I had thought that for about five days . |
| 30 | I 've argued that for twenty years , now suddenly overnight it 's become unfashionable and let's make it clear why it 's become unfashionable . |