Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The term 's application to this period originates in the Earl of Clarendon 's History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England produced by a Royalist during the Restoration to celebrate those who ‘ opposed and resisted that torrent ’ — rebellion being unqualifiedly equated with disorderly , uncontrolled catastrophe . |
2 | I lived and breathed that show . ’ |
3 | And yet there was no school of thought which cultivated and refined that enthusiasm , no influential and witty group of young film makers who could draw him in and use him as C. A. Lejeune perceptively realised he could be used . |
4 | She could have been stoned , people would have mocked her as she passed in the street , as they jeered and booed that girl Serafina when she started getting bigger and everyone knew who 'd done it but they could n't do anything about it , not even kill him , because he was the son of a nobleman -Rosalba shuddered , remembering the way Serafina had thrown up her chin and turned and screamed at her tormentors , ‘ And which one of you is so good that you can point at me ! ’ , then dropped her head and run away down the street , holding her heavy breasts as she ran . |
5 | I talked and talked that night , I remember , about all sorts of things . |
6 | Ever since you raped and killed that cadet in military school … just to show yourself that you could do it . |
7 | We needed and expected that money . |
8 | What if Cal 's mum would n't have Vern in the house — if Dad went and had that heart attack — if Vern started acting super-weird or stole the family silver … |
9 | And he said , it 's not on , he said what he , he said er getting the money he said we 've got a lot of money in American bank and he said and getting that back it 's just a pain in the arse ! |
10 | But when his friend and fellow Scot Jim Clark died in 1958 , Jackie — like so many others — simply rationalized and sublimated that fact : ‘ Somehow his death had become impossible to accept . |