Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't until I 'd bought one and used it that I realised how much it speeded up knitting . |
| 2 | I stood there and promised them that I would stay alive until I had killed the monster . |
| 3 | I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east . |
| 4 | They let me have one last look and told me that it belonged to someone in another band — which made me feel really guilty . |
| 5 | And Merson revealed : ‘ The boss called me in on Monday and told me that it would be best if I played in the reserves on Tuesday rather than travel with the squad to Blackburn . |
| 6 | My mother came up to London the very next day and told me that I was never to go home again , I was never to contact Sarah again and , above all , I was never , ever to see John again . |
| 7 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |
| 8 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 9 | Spoke my name and told me that I was about to be released . |
| 10 | It was after this debacle that a number of Conservatives came and told me that I ought to consider coming forward as a leader of the Party and a potential Prime Minister . |
| 11 | Fagin drove into the cul de sac where I live , and told me that he had a permit for conducting his alleged legal trade . |
| 12 | His wife answered and told me that he was out on a call but she 'd give him my message . |
| 13 | He had already been involved in taking prisoners to the mountains and told me that he would now have to think of a way to get Eric there too . |
| 14 | He mentioned to me several cases that were outstanding and told me that he and other contractors are stopping doing work involving a Housing Executive grant because they have to wait anything up to three months to wait for payment after the work has been done . |
| 15 | A friend of mine who is a car trader rang me and told me that he had found the car I was looking for . |
| 16 | Could n't you have come to me and told me that you were in debt , that you needed money ? |
| 17 | She calmed down , and told me that she had a sudden impression , walking across the little valley , of women and children in great danger ; nothing else , but a terrible feeling that women and children were about to be harmed . |
| 18 | I asked the dragon-lady if anyone had come in who was n't an owner or a groom , and she bridled like a thin turkey and told me that she had conscientiously checked every visitor against her list of bona fide owners , and only they had been admitted . |
| 19 | Like many of the other female physics students , she rejected it and told me that she had no intention of continuing with physics afterwards . |
| 20 | His wife Betty was n't taken by the cake at all ; she wrote and told me that she did n't find the flavour to her taste . |
| 21 | anything about coming , and yet Jenny came up and told me that she was coming on Friday , er before I got that letter , got that letter the next day |
| 22 | I rang her from your flat just before we left , and told her that we 'd be arriving later . |
| 23 | Pen had hung flags on the balcony of the Casa Guidi — one French , one Italian — and told her that he was paid in scudi to give to the war if he did his lessons well . |
| 24 | He relaxed her and told her that he quite appreciated her anxiety and fear , and the fact that she was experiencing so much pain . |
| 25 | He had held her in his arms and told her that he loved her , and she had never doubted him . |
| 26 | After they ordered , Wickham toyed with a table knife and told her that he knew where the ones which had been sent to her and Tavett had come from . |
| 27 | Leith had been at G Vasey Ltd for two months when Sebastian , with his usual exuberance , came home from his travel agent 's job and told her that he was flying off to India on Friday for a holiday . |
| 28 | It is admitted that there was er such a letter and er on this occasion er Miss evidence is that having heard that the landlords consent for the assignment still had n't been obtained , asked Mr again whether it was possible in view of that , er to withdraw from the contract and er it is case that again Mr repeated the advice he 'd given to Mr two days earlier and told her that it was not possible and that again is denied . |
| 29 | I contacted my social worker and told her that I could not stay at this place and that she would have to find me a Cheshire Home . |
| 30 | She dreamed of becoming a chef at school , but her domestic science teacher hated her and told her that she would never be a cook . |