Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air . |
| 2 | It was at a dinner party in the flat , when they were in the kitchen together fetching yogurt and raspberries , that I heard for the first time one of them turn on the other in anger . |
| 3 | And I believe it was then , looking on that view , that I began for the first time to adopt a frame of mind appropriate for the journey before me . |
| 4 | Jo Spence I think it was then I was ill that I understood for the first time what it was to be a victim . |
| 5 | But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children ! |
| 6 | I must admit the Hockin style was inclined to be more racy than that I used for the Gazette . |
| 7 | Dad Tam : " You promise me you will never tell anybody " til " am deed that I stood for the man who made that statue . " |
| 8 | There is little doubt that she pushed for the creation of the Zollverein , imposing trade boycotts if states were unwilling to join . |
| 9 | In the early 1980s , because of her past connection with the military establishment , intellectuals tended to shun her and rumours had it that she worked for the Chinese KGB , the Ministry of State Security . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm pleased with it , ’ Maria responded warily , reminding herself that she worked for the man . |
| 11 | Okay and the other thing that you said for the the first question to what affects what affects he rate of reaction normally in a normal reaction. ? |
| 12 | The lady , who founded the carers ' help line , er , in the literature that you provided for the programme was suggesting that the government should recognise that there are six million unpaid carers . |
| 13 | ‘ So , you were a good , hard-working skivvy ; and the work that you did for the Clarion — was that worthwhile , too ? ’ |
| 14 | and do n't you think it would be a good idea have you said in your letter that you worked for the the therapist ? |
| 15 | I think what I 'm trying to say is , in the minutes that we produced for the last meeting , it says that a copy of it will be available for the next meeting |
| 16 | Erm my understanding of the paper that we had for the seminar was that it discussed the nature of explanation . |
| 17 | I hope that future generations will never have to suffer the , and endure the noise that we did for the same purpose . |
| 18 | ‘ Well over one third of those questioned in our survey said that they waited for the sales to make major purchases . |
| 19 | The only possible savings would be from reductions in the number of teachers in the maintained schools , which would come about if parents were to stick to the survey preferences that they indicated for the independent sector . |
| 20 | With regard to indirect discrimination , the EOC conducted a postal survey of all the applicants to the Society in one year to establish whether or not each candidate could have complied with the mobility requirement at the time that they applied for the job . |
| 21 | This all reflects the important part that political organizations played in the Edwardian era , for when politicians needed means of communication and organization in a time of crisis it was to the parties rather than to the state that they turned for the machinery and the expertise ; it was not to be the same in 1939 , with consequent effects on the state of the local parties by 1945 . |
| 22 | It was then that they disagreed for the first time about the terms of their verbal agreement and a serious rift developed between them . |
| 23 | Far more significant and revelatory was the arrival of the wireless , in the sense that it meant for the first time the voice of the outside world and all that it encompassed — good and bad — was heard throughout this enclosed community . |
| 24 | Frequently venue staff try to set everything up before you arrive , on the basis that it worked for the people before you and it 's less effort for them . |
| 25 | Although only twenty-two houses were represented the syndicat recognised that it stood for the rights of some sixty Champagne houses , virtually the entire trade at the time . |
| 26 | Indeed it was historic , in that it provided for the first time for the elimination of an entire class of nuclear arms — land-based missiles of intermediate and shorter range . |
| 27 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 28 | In spite of the headset that he wore for the flight , his ears were still ringing when he climbed down from the helicopter . |
| 29 | BRITAIN 'S loudest man revealed yesterday that he competed for the title after neighbours complained about his singing in the bath . |
| 30 | Although Nizan died physically on 23 May 1940 , there can be little doubt that he died for the first time , politically and to a large extent emotionally , that afternoon in late August 1939 when , standing on the harbour at Ajaccio , he read Aragon " s editorial in Ce Soir and was confronted by the bitter reality of Nazi-Soviet collaboration . |