Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , we the wise , to quote Erving Goffman ( 1963 ) are allowed increasing manpower to pursue the cannabis/hallucinogenic using folk devil and to present the incompetent and the inept from the hippie element to the courts and the public for their solace ; and to assure them that drug taking is being stamped out . |
| 2 | Sir George Askwith , the Board of Trade 's Chief Industrial Commissioner , quickly persuaded Devonport to meet Harry Gosling and Harry Orbell , an influential official of the London Dockers , who were representative of both the executive of the Transport Workers ' Federation and the workers ' side of the Port of London Authority and to assure them that existing agreements would be maintained . |
| 3 | Bids you awake , and pity them that weep . |
| 4 | Some months later , after his treatment had ended , he wrote and told me that , during his summer holiday , his curiosity had led him to visit Bristol and its surroundings — and he had had the somewhat strange experience of finding his former name on a Parish Register in the district of Yate . |
| 5 | When my elder son was born and I was having difficulty in breast-feeding him , my mother sympathised with me and told me that , just after I was born , she had had an abscess on one of her breasts and found feeding me something of an ordeal . |
| 6 | She 's just been in here and told me that my Yorkshire pudding ! |
| 7 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 8 | I went to my bosses and told them that , in The Wedding Present , there was another one out of the same rough balloon with the potential to be a long-lasting , album-selling , international act . |
| 9 | At the height of the criticism , Law met constituency chairmen and agents at the Queen 's Hall and told them that |
| 10 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe you should have walked over to Pike and told him that . |
| 12 | I says you 're the man told u give us the key for Black 's Row and told us that |
| 13 | Well , if you wan na sell the house you only got ta get up round and show them that ! |
| 14 | Henri Nallet , then French Agriculture Minister , apologized to his UK counterpart , John Gummer , at a meeting in Brussels on Sept. 24 and assured him that lorry drivers who had been attacked in France would be compensated . |
| 15 | And put it that way ! |
| 16 | It is when she feels compassion , rather than revulsion , for the salamander and kisses him that the spell breaks . |
| 17 | A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed … |
| 18 | Oh and give her that ointment please , I have n't got it down and put this for the nurse . |
| 19 | I 'll get somebody out here as well if you hurry up and give me that . |
| 20 | See your fitness improve weekly with a Medau class designed to keep your body supple , improve posture and give you that lively feeling . |
| 21 | But when you are struggling like Everton are at present , you need somebody who will scrap for it and give you that little bit extra in the box . |
| 22 | ‘ Just shut up and pass me that apple . ’ |
| 23 | I found peasants who sheltered and fed me that next day . |
| 24 | I mean they put something round the mother 's tummy and they can see the heart beat beating , whereas we , if we wanted to know if the baby was alright and er it was n't getting distressed you 'd just put a , a cloth on the mummy 's tum and put your ear down to it and hear it that way . |
| 25 | representative , and , an independent superintendent , have just inspected the ship and tell me that loading can not start until the crew have dried out the holds — that will delay us a while . |
| 26 | him a wee note , and tell him that you , that you , you know , you can feel this er I 'll tell him I 've had a look at it , and think it 's the rib that 's showing through . |
| 27 | Well you can call by and tell him that . |
| 28 | But we are going to stretch out a fraternal hand to the Ukrainian workers and tell them that , together with them , we are going to fight against our bourgeoisie and theirs . |
| 29 | With a long sigh of relief , Sophie said , ‘ I 'll just ring the owners and tell them that , so far , everything has gone well . |
| 30 | Oh , go and get me that packet of digestive biscuits |