Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for reasons like these that I crossed out the best part of two months each autumn to devote to the public-spending discussions . |
| 2 | The wood is alder and the deal is that I scaled down the body a little bit . |
| 3 | Alas , they had no high chairs for nine month old Daniel , and it was with a sinking heart that I picked up the menu , while trying to hold the baby and prevent toddler Michael from pulling off the tablecloth . |
| 4 | Does my right hon. Friend know that I gave up the opportunity of becoming a solicitor like the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) because accountants put the losses on the right and the profits on the left ? |
| 5 | Less than 48 hours after the world No.1 had lifted her third French Open title , doctors in Paris revealed that she picked up the injury towards the end of her quarter-final win over Jennifer Capriati . |
| 6 | ‘ I recall that you brought up the suggestion and positively hammered at it . ’ |
| 7 | Everything that you got out the Cooperative was writ down in this book |
| 8 | Was there anything about the way that you carried out the operation in the flat that caused you dissatisfaction ? |
| 9 | It was then that we took on the giants of the Premier Division , Clutton Town , in the FA Cup . |
| 10 | Erm that was in the early days Charley and Tom did the crossing there for the mails and early in nineteen fifty one no fifty five that we took over the mails . |
| 11 | Can you just check that we took down the following . |
| 12 | The fact that they arranged for a petition from the inhabitants of Southwark , complaining about those who had welcomed the Palatines , to be presented to the Commons on the same day that they brought in the bill of repeal , suggests that contemporary politicians ( unlike some modern-day historians ) did believe that popular pressure could have a powerful impact on events at Westminster . |
| 13 | Sometimes the skilled were actually a species of sub-contractor , paid by output , who hired their unskilled assistants at a flat time-wage and saw to it that they kept up the pace . |
| 14 | Commission officials say that they sought out the most talented people in each field , regardless of gender or race . |
| 15 | By 1970 the generosity of tax concessions for new investment was such that they wiped out the effect of corporation tax and rendered the post-tax rate of profit virtually as high as the pre-tax rate . |
| 16 | Ever the professional , he silently directed his men with hand signals , ensuring that they took up the correct positions . |
| 17 | And then of course erm would it be later that they took up the English miners ? |
| 18 | That they took on the importance they did was in part the fault of the government . |
| 19 | At the Gloucester Forest Eyre of 1282 two of the verderers were convicted of falsifying their rolls of presentments ‘ in that they took out the names of the living , and put in the names of the dead ’ . |
| 20 | But the plains , savannahs , rivers and hills , all the way from Samburu down to the Masai Steppe , proved fruitful and the Masai built up their strength through the acquisition of women and cattle so successfully that they chased out the other tribes who were obliged to cling to the mountains or secrete themselves in the forests , land useless for cattle . |
| 21 | Yesterday 's annual results showed that it kept up the good work in 1991 . |
| 22 | Its real blessing , of course , was that it kept down the numbers of mice and rats . |
| 23 | One general outcome of the comparison between the original and the reconstructions is that it brought out the very blandness and the almost self-conscious " flatness ' of Hemingway 's style . |
| 24 | There was slight muddying of some tones , and the bass end could be made so heavy that it wiped out the rest of the mix , but with some careful EQ'ing during mixdown I ended up with a result which would be more than acceptable as a demo tape . |
| 25 | The pain was intense , gripping her with its cruel talons , biting deep , but not so deep that it wiped out the sudden rush of anger she felt at his blind stubbornness . |
| 26 | She nodded , spilling juice down her front so that it trickled down the pop star 's face . |
| 27 | This was a short-lived club , but important if only for the fact that it drew up the first Breed Standard in 1901 . |
| 28 | Funny how it turned out ’ , meaning that it turned out the other way . |
| 29 | The social worker might hold that the client 's general conduct towards him indicated that she would not object to this action ( implied consent ) ; that he carried out the act in good faith as to its consolatory and therapeutic implication ; or ( perhaps less validly ) that the relationship was sufficiently close to allow a gesture of endearment without sexual implication or threatening content . |
| 30 | It is a penalty if it was not a genuine attempt by the parties to pre-estimate the likely damages but was intended to hang in terror over one party to ensure that he carried out the contract . |