Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He promised to return it that evening . |
2 | And that 's what we got doing it that way . |
3 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
4 | ‘ I ne'er liked telling it that way , like a fairy tale ; but he 's allus been that strong-willed … ’ |
5 | I did visit it that day . |
6 | She had seen it that morning , black and sleek , leaving hardly a ripple behind it , slipping silently away on the morning tide . |
7 | If Poland was backward it was not because the Poles wanted it so , but because Germany and the other partitioning powers had made it that way , and because the Allies had failed to provide the necessary capital to finance Poland to do the job they required . |
8 | If for example the result of acoustic front end processing on the word actually was out by a single feature , ( either through error , or just because the speaker had pronounced it that way ) , and reported the string the match would fail , even if the information following the allowed the word actually to be hypothesized with a fair degree of confidence . |
9 | I had to do it that way did n't I ? |
10 | I mean we 're not allowed as many holidays as , as most of them , but then again it was starting up so we just had to take it that way . |
11 | They said they would send it , they got so far as taking her address , but she changed her mind , she wanted to wear it that night . |
12 | She liked it that way , and she intended keeping it that way . |
13 | Blimey well you could have them on your A speakers and then have yours , just play your surrounds could n't ya if you wanted to do it that way if you want really |
14 | As far as decent environments were concerned , they were the ‘ haves ’ and they wanted to keep it that way . |
15 | Nigel had never seen the film and , as it was shown rather late , we had recorded it and intended to watch it that afternoon . |
16 | For phenomenalists such as Ayer tended to take it that observation statements report the nature of the observer 's sensory states . |