Example sentences of "[pers pn] that [noun] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad gave me that ages ago did n't he ? |
| 2 | John , however , had no sexual dealings with women ( although he always , from schooldays on , had close female friends ) ; Hanns told me that John never had any doubt about where his inclinations lay . |
| 3 | If I tell you that Maureen actually had to give him the kiss of life twice when he caught a chill , you 'll appreciate why we went to such lengths to keep him warm . |
| 4 | Burghley told him that Elizabeth still considered him ‘ both an honest man and a good subject ’ but said that he should not raise such matters in the House . |
| 5 | By forges Defoe meant cutlers ' smithies ; it appeared to him that Sheffield already had a pronounced industrial character , and though it was very small by later standards it struck him as being ‘ very populous and large ’ . |
| 6 | Since then they had come into contact over one or two smaller matters , and it was to him that Greg naturally went in the aftermath of Hilda Machin 's death . |
| 7 | She had n't complained too fiercely because that was not her nature , and also something told her that Camille undoubtedly ate other people 's parents ' mangoes with the same insouciance . |
| 8 | Why is it that mayors only existed in Lewes for a hundred years seeing it 's such an old town ? |
| 9 | Why is it that mayors only existed in Lewes for a hundred years , seeing it 's such an old town ? |
| 10 | Rumour 'as it that Maitland only went ter the fights ter get all the evidence 'e could . |
| 11 | He tells us that Baldwin later told a friend : ‘ Only time I was frightened . |
| 12 | Sainte-Beuve tells us that David always spoke of Diderot with gratitude . |
| 13 | The guide had no qualms about the ‘ forest ’ ( in spite of telling us that sea-lions sometimes hid in the grass to moult ! ) and set off : our party followed rather tentatively . |