Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] he [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown . |
| 2 | He said that ‘ the powers that be ’ had presented him with a summons and the Protestant people had presented him with that book and he thought a parallel could be drawn between the two . |
| 3 | If politicians were normally able to manipulate freeholders and councillors by judicious use of their patronage powers , it is equally clear that they were on occasion themselves manipulated , and for all David Scott 's obvious embarrassment over the Robinson affair , it is evident that he felt unable to show much resentment towards the man who had led him into that predicament . |
| 4 | When he stood there was blood all over the white shirt his mother had dressed him in that morning . |
| 5 | Fate had branded him on that October night as a gangster and a street-fighter . |
| 6 | Van Gelder also knew it , Denholm had reassured him on that point . |
| 7 | Now , more than anything , she wanted to point him towards that hole and push . |