Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 3 | If he finds it necessary to copy , to study the work of other painters , or any way to seek for help out of himself , he may be sure that he has received nothing of that inspiration . |
| 4 | Nobody has seen him since that day . |
| 5 | But she has said nothing of that . |
| 6 | If you do something at speed , it 's really the accumulation of everything that 's gone before that has got you to that point . |
| 7 | The collapse of Marxism-Leninism has brought us to that ‘ absolute moment ’ which marks the end of humanity 's long journey through the night of political confusion and abortive social and economic experiment . |
| 8 | None has led me to that dangerous conclusion that we were doing it better over there than here . |
| 9 | ‘ As Londoners , desperately worried about the present route of the Channel tunnel , what do we say to those who think the Talis alternative is beneficial ? ’ — Chris Fraser , Peckham ‘ Out of the huge crowd of demonstrators , a woman ran out and thrust a baby in my arms — then she vanished ’ — Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health ‘ Polluted rivers , filthy streets , bodies bedded-down in doorways are no advertisement for a prosperous or caring society ’ - Michael Heseltine ‘ We know that God has endowed her with that great quality of not fidgeting when it is necessary to come to grips with prickly nettles … |
| 10 | Those who think that Jenny herself is a little dull at times might conclude that Patrick has impaled himself on that point , like one of those Romans whose language he used to teach . |
| 11 | The user is still firmly in control of what goes where at every stage of the document 's creation and the program has lost none of that intuitive feel . |
| 12 | At least , he 'd hated her after that single flare of interest as she 'd climbed out of Peter 's hired jeep , but it had died instantly when , striding boyishly round the front of the vehicle , Peter had gone straight up to his elder brother and announced , ‘ Meet my amazing fiancée , big brother ! ’ |
| 13 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 14 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
| 15 | I tried to think of when I 'd seen him after that , apart from when we got our degrees — him proud and posing for the family album , me drunk and disorderly . |
| 16 | He 'd seen 'em like that afore and a good gallop put 'em right . |
| 17 | and he 'd done them like that in microwave for eight minutes and er , done sprouts then he 'd put this meat pie in oven |
| 18 | I did n't think we 'd done anything about that this year . |
| 19 | If he 'd got her to that state , why was she drinking coffee ? |
| 20 | His car was still outside ; it was the open-top Volkswagen Beetle he 'd bought himself on that first day straight from the showroom window . |
| 21 | ‘ A young detective remembered that I 'd had something like that stolen , ’ he says . |
| 22 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 23 | But she 'd blown it with that acidic little crack . |
| 24 | Now I said Mr Nichol I 'd to take you to that erm but the only thing is it 's after the so I do n't know how you feel if you 'd if you would rather see a performance before the exam , or you would rather see that one after the exam , or two . |
| 25 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 26 | Er we have n't had to see anybody about that and he sent us a letter saying that he 'd like to see us and we went and he says it there might not be a second inquest . |
| 27 | The only difference then would have been that he would have had to sign , and then we would have had to wait two more weeks ; and I 'll tell you , it 's interesting , with the bill the way it 's written , to put that on the Carrington case would have meant his being alive and suffering two more weeks and honestly , I would have had to do something like that in two weeks , probably because we 'd have to work hard on him . |
| 28 | What puzzled him was that the beautiful creature could never have arranged itself in that unnatural position . |
| 29 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll have shot myself before that ! ’ |