Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look how much it cost us to go to that bloody restaurant with Chris and Keith |
| 2 | She thought more about losing the coal to Mrs Phipps than about Granny , it seemed to me then , but I expect it was the shock that caused her to react in that way . |
| 3 | Technological improvements allowed them to capitalize on that wealth in the 1920s . |
| 4 | Prokofiev , in the final piece of the evening , showed what to do with that kind of thing : his Overture on Hebrew themes , written in 1919 for a group pretending to raise funds for a conservatory in Jerusalem but in fact trying to feed themselves , just sets the tunes in a concise sonata form , and preserves all their humour and charm with hardly a suspicion of the composer intruding . |
| 5 | Remember when I ordered you to strip in that hut ? |
| 6 | ‘ Who taught you to punch like that ? ’ |
| 7 | Maybe I mentioned about the fillings coming out on this side of my mouth and at the back , so I ca They took it out in my living room and hypnotized me to forget , hypnotized walking about in my sleep with it , to sleep , got me in the chair and done it , got out of the house , programmed me to go to that dentist in , which I did do instead of going to Mr at . |
| 8 | I knew what to do with that one you see ? |
| 9 | I knew what to do with that one . |
| 10 | ‘ Nobody really knew what to do in that situation , ’ says Ken Berry . |
| 11 | What in the world possessed you to act like that ? ’ |
| 12 | Her Fascist leanings had nothing to do with that . |
| 13 | ‘ Am I right in thinking you really believe Tweed had nothing to do with that beastly murder ? ’ |
| 14 | The man who lay with Amy in the dunes had nothing to do with that burdened , ambitious , calculating scientist who ran Larksoken , nothing to do with Alice 's brother , with Elizabeth 's ex-husband , with Hilary 's ex-lover . |
| 15 | ‘ It had nothing to do with That , ’ said Auntie Ethel , sharply . |
| 16 | It had nothing to do with that . |
| 17 | Odette had nothing to say to that . |
| 18 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 19 | And er to some extent , probation obviously had something to say about that . |
| 20 | ( Perhaps the fact that the pubs had been open all day had something to do with that . ) |
| 21 | He began to get interested in politics , too ; Anna had something to do with that at first . |
| 22 | My brother Sean is very slow , and I feel my stepfather had something to do with that too . |
| 23 | What had he to do with that girl ? |
| 24 | ‘ Who said it had anything to do with that ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't seriously believe it had anything to do with That Business over the picture , ’ he informed his silent Saviour on the cross above the altar . |
| 26 | Jenna had no idea what she wanted him to say to that , but his words sent cold shivers through her . |
| 27 | If they wanted him to sing with that ugly old bitch , then sing he would . |