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

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1 Oh , they 'll be back , they 've none of them got that sort of money .
2 I 've already stated I do not recall er the person I voiced that concern with at the time
3 Yes , stool making , you know I 've got a stool here , I made that stool over there ages ago for me daughter-in-law and this one I can not get it right I 've , I 've , it 's , it 's , I 'm trying I 've got to undo it again there , it 's not right , I think it is because the cord 's too thick , it 's a very thick cord and I 've not got enough stitches you know not enough strands on it , but I 'm gon na do it , it 'll be done before Christmas I 've got to do it otherwise
4 Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said .
5 An artist I met that evening at Dr Caskie 's suggested that I exchange my tourist food permit for a civil emergency ration card , and do my own marketing and cooking .
6 I sold that stick of mine long ago .
7 They packed their bags , sold the house and left me : I got that news in prison .
8 all them eggs you know , when we went to Alec , when they were selling these trays of eggs , er , we went there with Alec , so I said I 'll have one like , and they were really fresh , but when I got home I got that thing of , from Kwiksave , I got the whole packet , big packet
9 They are , that 's why I got that offer for three big ones .
10 Incidentally I got that information on the third law from a very reliable source .
11 I well remember going as a new convert into a Baptist church for the first time : how strange I found that row of five deacons ' chairs which dominated the scene , and even stranger the little cups for communion .
12 I found that part of me disgusting .
13 I found that board with half
14 Although I did not conduct field research in Nigeria , I visited that country in 1975 , 1978 and 1981 .
15 I drew that fact to the attention of magistrates — albeit unsuccessfully in my cases in Coventry and Wandsworth .
16 And I used that panic to my benefit .
17 I woke that morning with grit between my teeth .
18 ‘ When you would not dine with me on Tuesday , I drove that evening to my parents in Plzeň , but had I known you would sound so pleased to hear me , I would have driven back sooner than last night , ’ he lost no time in taking advantage .
19 Then I noticed that right beside the checkpoint , in fact touching it , there stood a terrace of houses , and that in the front window of one of them stood a Christmas tree , with lights draped along its branches .
20 Hey you , I buttered that bread for you and you did n't eat it .
21 I celebrated that night by ordering my first pint of beer and lighting up my first Woodbine .
22 In my rather disgruntled frame of mind I rebelled that night against the long way round .
23 ‘ Well , all right , so I thought the decision was surprising , but I 'd long since realized that if I allowed that sort of thing to keep me awake at night I was going to be a chronic insomniac .
24 I enjoyed that bit of his speech best of all , although I am not sure that that was what the right hon. Gentleman intended .
25 Oh , er first of all I enjoyed that record of Adam Faith 's .
26 I enjoyed that cup of tea , do you want some more ?
27 I simply wish to point out that if it is supposed that Karen Parsons and I embarked that afternoon with the intention of drowning her husband , why did we wait till we had reached a point where our criminal acts were overlooked by at least fifteen witnesses ?
28 I shelved that problem for a later date .
29 I spent that night in a straitjacket of fear .
30 I spent that Sunday at Littlehampton ; on the Monday I dined at one of George 's clubs — ’
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