Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were in , aha , yeah , they were in bed , right , and this , look , in bed , listen to this , sound asleep it 's on the radio and news , they 're asleep in bed with two girls and the boys , the boy was in bed fast asleep and somebody come and touched him like that and when she woke up it was this , this the lad |
| 2 | Michael Buerk , who like Richard came from BBC local radio , had a spell with us and charmed us with that lovely voice of his . |
| 3 | Then he smiled , and thanked her in that tearingly familiar voice , and suddenly she could hardly bear to think that she had lost him . |
| 4 | But whereas Edouard loved cars for their design , and their beauty , and collected them on that basis , Grégoire loved them for the engines under their gleaming bonnets . |
| 5 | And we used to have what they call er a stick and goos it used to I remember we used to have sti what you call stick and goos It was like a great long thing like that and you used to have a stick and it used to be on the floor and you just tap it and and hit it like that and it goes |
| 6 | I spotted it and lost it at that last roundabout . |
| 7 | I dragged it out and did it from that . |
| 8 | Later Lisa was to wonder at the power of the sensations that swept in on her and possessed her at that moment . |
| 9 | And wrote it like that and published it like that . |
| 10 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
| 11 | He said a few kind but ambiguous words about the pieces enclosed being ‘ eminently suitable for the audience they were aimed at ’ and left it at that . |
| 12 | His mother told him she made things to sell and left it at that . |
| 13 | ‘ Frankfurt , ’ Newman said , and left it at that . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'll find out , ’ he laughed , and left it at that as Kitty , his wife , arrived with the tea . |
| 15 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 16 | It was all she had left now , so she had thanked her sister and left it at that . |
| 17 | For example , in his Outlines of Psychology , Wilhelm Wundt said that the local sign was ‘ probably due to the character of the structure of the skin' , and left it at that . |
| 18 | As he dumped his case in the pleasant bedroom , lifted the lid and left it at that , he reflected . |
| 19 | Ed just muttered ‘ Brian who ? ’ and left it at that . ’ |
| 20 | I loosely tossed a swirl of Moroccan curtain over the sofa , slid Act 3 of Orfeo onto the revolving mat , lit an Al Akhbar joss-stick , and left it at that . |
| 21 | It put the wind up me , to tell you the truth , so I 've just brought Hawkbit along and left it at that . " |
| 22 | ‘ For what we are about to receive , ’ said Uncle Philip and left it at that . |
| 23 | I had said to a promising-looking man behind a counter , but it seems I should have said ‘ Cup of tea ’ and left it at that , for he put his hands on his hips and shouted , ‘ What 's stopping you ? ’ |
| 24 | She could have said , Any day now , and left it at that . |
| 25 | Each time he had given a little shrug , as though to say , ‘ We 'll see ’ , and left it at that . |
| 26 | Lucy reckoned that it was just some middle-aged woman 's thing , and left it at that . |
| 27 | But he had simply nodded , ‘ Good , ’ and left it at that . |
| 28 | Indeed , Hamilton suggested crisply that they had got it wrong and left it at that . |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't forget to bring me some poteen , ’ I said and left it at that . |
| 30 | Accepting her decision without question , Michele nodded and left it at that , then , taking her elbow , he began to lead her back the way they 'd come . |