Example sentences of "he [vb past] [vb infin] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , he did feel that Coastal had a strong claim to the latest 3cm version which could well have been made available to assist with the war at sea if large resources had not been diverted to equip the Main Farce of Bomber Command . |
| 2 | And yet — I am too hasty , too defensive — Yes , he did identify that mirage , or illusions , delusions very close in configuration to it . |
| 3 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 4 | ‘ I 've had a little help from Barry Humphries in this , and I hope I 've paid him due credit , thought he did start that nasty rumour that he was me or I was him . |
| 5 | However , he did find that injured victims provided less complete reports than uninjured ones and that victims of robberies provided more complete reports than the victims of rape or assault . |
| 6 | He did say that with the mass attendance at around about nine hundred that we would only get one priest |
| 7 | He did mention that to me he did say that to me . |
| 8 | He did say that . |
| 9 | Well he thought your dad was buying that mould from Jim so he did say that , he , he 'd lent him that book on how to actually build them , but that 's |
| 10 | he did say that was after the pantomime . |
| 11 | But he did say that , er , it 'll take three weeks before he could and send along . |
| 12 | But he did concede that short-term profits may well be hit as the group invests in trying to grow market share , enter new business sectors , and undertake further restructuring to reduce its cost base . |
| 13 | and he did enjoy that |
| 14 | Er my Noble my Right Honourable Friend did take account of that and he did agree that hereafter the appointment of the Chairman should not be an appointment made by the Home Secretary , but that shou he should be one made by the full authority and that has I 'm glad to say met with with approval . |
| 15 | He did wish that custom and her total generosity had not made everything so easy as to be negligible . |
| 16 | Freud did n't go to one extreme or the other , he did n't go to the Hobbes extreme and say there is no good in us you know , we 're just anti-social egoists , although he did know that was true of the id . |
| 17 | She would stab him to death if he dared bring that hideous hag in here , even if it involved blood spurting over the recently redecorated ceiling . |