Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | her parents , but they , they do n't have their friends , in fact I 'm not sure that they did very much at all , I think that Myrie meant it when she said that what they wanted was the most peaceful sort of Christmas that you could possibly imagine , with no big teas , big meals or anything |
| 2 | I now see the whole episode ( do I know everything ? ) in the way that Victoria paints it : a minor sexual frolic which , without the mistimed floral tribute , would have meant nothing . |
| 3 | He muttered a curse that Isabel thought it best to ignore . |
| 4 | So I do n't think her Nan really knows that Kelly does it to loads of people , do you know , cos she was Geraldine 's best friend , Katie 's best friend . |
| 5 | King believed that Kandyans regarded it as ‘ an act of daring , largely partaking the character of a dangerous field sport ’ . |
| 6 | I know that I laughed a lot , and that Will said it was a stupid play , with not a word of poetry in it . |
| 7 | Maria was moist , hot and tight about him as he moved powerfully within her , and the exquisite friction of their joining commanded them utterly , carrying them upwards through rapture and beyond to a soaringly ecstatic climax so intense , so comprehensive that Maria felt it expanding to embrace her mind , spirit and emotions . |
| 8 | It was not until November 1959 that Moscow deemed it necessary even to send a TASS correspondent to Havana . |
| 9 | And that Ivor switched it for another , less valuable guinea ? ’ |
| 10 | And it did n't worry him when he got into the sensitive parts with his drill ; my strangled cries were of no avail and he carried on remorselessly to the end : I had the impression that Hector thought it was cissy to feel pain , or maybe he was of the opinion that suffering was good for the soul . |
| 11 | Reluctantly he conceded that Woolley saw it first . |
| 12 | It should be that Richard does it , though he might choose to delegate it . |
| 13 | Suppose that Moriarty says that his watch broke , and from this Sherlock Holmes infers that he perpetrated the crime : although the information may have been indirectly conveyed , we should be loath to say that Moriarty communicated it . |
| 14 | Matisse substantiated this story by his statement to Warnod that he had bought a negro statuette in a curiosity shop in the rue de Rennes , on his way to Gertrude Stein 's , and that Picasso saw it and became enthusiastic about it . |
| 15 | Erm , but in fact , the way that I use it er , would not be the way that Andy uses it , the way that Andy uses it would not be the way that Martin uses it , it does not necessarily mean that any of us are wrong . |
| 16 | Erm , but in fact , the way that I use it er , would not be the way that Andy uses it , the way that Andy uses it would not be the way that Martin uses it , it does not necessarily mean that any of us are wrong . |
| 17 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |
| 18 | Not that Ken appreciated it . |
| 19 | In another case it will mean that the writer creates his own special kind of language : and it is in this sense that Halliday applies it to the Neanderthal language of The Inheritors . |
| 20 | I fancy giving the orders for a change and letting someone like you take the risks for me. — Besides , if she did suspect you , you can always tell the old cow that Marie nicked it , ca n't you ? — The money 's in a drawer , see . |
| 21 | In situations where a competitor was likely to win business that IBM felt it should get , discounts saved the day . |
| 22 | But I welcomed the interruption , to the precise degree that Selina deplored it . |
| 23 | So many people were interested in Sidacai 's fate that Alexei thought it was amazing they had not combined to petition Artai . |
| 24 | Immediately , he began trying to predict Simon 's responses , to work out ways of soothing him , of flattering him , of making him laugh , anything that might defuse that aggression or at least make sure that Simon directed it at someone else . |
| 25 | But note that Wordsworth classified it as ‘ A poem of the Imagination ’ in collected editions . |
| 26 | Alice Fell was such a stumbling-block that Wordsworth withdrew it from the 1820 edition of his poems . |
| 27 | Erm , but in fact , the way that I use it er , would not be the way that Andy uses it , the way that Andy uses it would not be the way that Martin uses it , it does not necessarily mean that any of us are wrong . |
| 28 | The trouble with Cabinet was not that Harold ran it through little cabals , but that there was no focal point of decision-making at all . |
| 29 | Powered by a 24-valve version of the 164 's three-litre V6 and driven at all four corners via a thinking electronic centre coupling , it 's a car that Alfa says it would sell for £75,000 . |
| 30 | Miss Honey sensed that Matilda wanted it that way . |