Example sentences of "that [noun sg] [vb past] me [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was employed , sir , ’ said the captain , ‘ on secret orders , and to sail this ship where that gentleman ordered me to sail it . |
| 2 | Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position . |
| 3 | That thought prompted me to ask Posi for a routine sweep for bugs . |
| 4 | Graciously the principal did apologise for the ferocity of his attack but that encounter prompted me to produce this leaflet in defence of the Word of God and the integrity of some very important person who are in effect made out to be liars if the theory of evolution is true . |
| 5 | and I had a very sheltered life , I was an only child , I had n't been around much , I had n't stayed away from home erm and I came to Suffolk to visit a girl penfriend who was working at Brandeston Hall and erm she at that time was expecting to get engaged to a chappy in the village here who was , and still is a friend of Hector 's and ours , and they did n't marry in the finish but she at that time wanted me to come up to Suffolk to see her and to meet this chappy who she thought she was going to marry and erm so , it was holiday from the art school where I was and I thought well why not ? |