Example sentences of "[adv] that [pron] [vb past] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | First came the minstrels , yelling war songs , and when they had finished they tore off their mantles and threw them down before the Empress , saying now that they had fought for her such clothes were no longer worthy of them and would she give them new ones ? |
| 2 | I almost wish now that I had settled for chronic asthma with which to punish Miller , dispensing with the limp and the sausage fingers altogether . |
| 3 | Yeah , well erm , see I advertised it all round cafe as well that I 'd sent for it as well . |
| 4 | Wendell 's voice was quiet and matter-of-fact as he said , ‘ I guessed some time ago that you 'd fallen for Harry . ’ |
| 5 | The leader of the MPs ' delegation , Sir Rhodes Boyson , the former local government minister , said afterwards that they had asked for an extra £650m to offset the sums which some local councils will have to raise in poll tax to the pay their contribution to the nation-wide poll tax safety net . |
| 6 | He realized afterwards that he had known for years , that there were a hundred fine details that he had chosen to ignore about her behaviour , her phone conversations , the times of her comings and goings . |