Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And he wants it that way . |
| 2 | She joked that she would only make money fifty years after she was dead , and he told her that money did not matter . |
| 3 | He told me that hair only shone after much combing , and that the same could be said of style . |
| 4 | At least five tragic scenarios had gone through my head by the time he told me that Dad had died . |
| 5 | Marion had worried that , if he consumed it that afternoon , his performance would suffer that evening . |
| 6 | And that was probably why I think he showed us that banner . |
| 7 | He prefers it that way . |
| 8 | ‘ He touched me that day . |
| 9 | He keeps it that way with a fitness and beauty routine that includes two hours weight training , followed by half an hour on the sunbed to keep his skin golden brown . |
| 10 | Did he have it that time ? |
| 11 | He found that Turner by 1833 was painting trees unknown to any botanist ; probably he painted them because he saw them that way ; and indeed with the help of a lens the lecturer could turn a picture of a common tree into a Turner tree for the audience to see for themselves . |
| 12 | But I do n't suppose he saw it that way at the time . |
| 13 | CATHERINE I do n't suppose he meant it that way . |
| 14 | Leo Lloyd was monastically devoted to his job — it is difficult for me to realise it was all done in his spare time — … he persuaded me that acting was infinitely fascinating . |
| 15 | He put it that way several years ago . |
| 16 | Since he put it that way , like a parlour game , intended to keep him from dying of boredom in her company , which was more the effect she was used to having on men , she considered . |
| 17 | He gives us that space to grow into the maturity he wants from each of us : freedom to think , freedom to pray in our own way , freedom to worship according to our temperament and inclination . |
| 18 | Fininvest , in true Italian tradition , is a secretive family-owned company and Mr Berlusconi had always said he preferred it that way . |
| 19 | In all her suppressed longing for David , Julia had never imagined such gentleness as he gave her that night or such freedom . |
| 20 | He gave me that nickname because I 'm small with curly hair like a candyfloss stick , and it 's kind of cute . |
| 21 | ‘ He gave me that book . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He gave me that book only this morning — Jane 's Fighting Ships . |
| 23 | and he gave me that information repeatedly and he 's terribly involved . |
| 24 | And he gave me that information that there were eighteen crews . |
| 25 | ‘ Did he put it that way ? ’ |
| 26 | Er , has he fetched you that letter yet ? |