Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ As I said , it 's up to you , ’ said this stupid young man , who could have done anything he liked to me — or so I felt at that moment — if only he had done it , and not talked about it first , trying to strike a bargain .
2 The R/T was bad and I thought he said ‘ below you ’ so I concentrated on that section of the sky almost exclusively , leaving it to Dick to watch above us .
3 So she scored on that line .
4 So she agreed to that bargain , and for a few days more kept the secret to herself , still hopeful that she might be mistaken , and yet at the same time aware of a feeling of inner triumph at the knowledge that she had her very own baby growing inside her womb .
5 So we returned from that evening together and were very enthusiastic about what we heard .
6 So we got on that bus , and he did n't like it , this bus driver , oh , you 're not supposed to be on here
7 So it started in that kind of fashion really .
8 Exactly what happened in that building will never be known .
9 The more I thought of that midnight face , the more intelligent and charming it became ; and it seemed too to have had a breeding , a fastidiousness , a delicacy , that attracted me as fatally as the local fishermen 's lamps attracted fish on moonless nights .
10 In 1975 contributions began to be collected through the PAYE system like income tax , but any you paid before that date still count towards your total .
11 I want to get down and boogie , do that head bashing like we did at that gig .
12 A week later you returned to that place of winter and never returned . ’
13 yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came
14 but he , he , I mean we 've not seen him he 's been away four years , I know he 's been coming home first , for holidays , visit , but he 's not been at home because , well we moved into that house , if you remember we moved
15 Well he said on that tape , I gave them a fat cheque of six thousand pounds .
16 ( Maybe I appeared as that miracle ? )
17 She found herself wondering painfully how she compared in that respect with this Sybil .
18 Ronni was n't quite sure how she felt about that judgement .
19 What she said to me on the subject of the race riots and how she felt in that context makes me think that this stage in her life was nothing to do with race .
20 ‘ Mrs Wright asked if I wanted a lift home , then she went to that house , the one in the photograph . ’
21 If she wants to go down the road making life more unpleasant then then we got down that road as well and she 'll be the loser
22 Here 's how they dealt with that sort of problem in Athens .
23 and I said to both of them , I just do n't know how he got past that second car in the road right , come out of his drive , I could n't believe that he could of done it , but he did , because he went you know
24 He did not explain how he arrived at that figure , but it turns out — conveniently — to be £93 less than the £420 student loan that the Government are now making available .
25 Well let's talk about precisely what happened at that meeting yesterday .
26 I made it absolutely clear that , when we know precisely what happened in that case and can draw the lessons from it , we shall be willing to learn them and take note of the need for future action , if that is shown to be necessary .
27 I ca n't recall as to the exact time when I learned of that instruction , but I was aware that the instruction had been given
28 And he had a friend in this Celtic lust for life : Stanley Baker , his understudy , another son of a miner , much poorer than Richard 's family , and again someone plucked from that army of industrialised subjects by a schoolteacher .
29 However I played against that Leeds team , and believe me you had to wind the tape right up to your neck when you were facing them .
30 Did I tell you why I got with that girl
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