Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stepped inside and got behind her and tried pushing her from that side . |
| 2 | Sure enough , the rescued man later tried to murder somebody with that very hand . |
| 3 | Jesus , if you knew how hard we tried to get her off that damned powder . ’ |
| 4 | Donna tried to convince herself of that as she walked slowly around the ruins of Mountpelier Lodge . |
| 5 | At least , he 'd hated her after that single flare of interest as she 'd climbed out of Peter 's hired jeep , but it had died instantly when , striding boyishly round the front of the vehicle , Peter had gone straight up to his elder brother and announced , ‘ Meet my amazing fiancée , big brother ! ’ |
| 6 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 7 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
| 8 | I tried to think of when I 'd seen him after that , apart from when we got our degrees — him proud and posing for the family album , me drunk and disorderly . |
| 9 | He 'd seen 'em like that afore and a good gallop put 'em right . |
| 10 | and he 'd done them like that in microwave for eight minutes and er , done sprouts then he 'd put this meat pie in oven |
| 11 | I did n't think we 'd done anything about that this year . |
| 12 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today . |
| 13 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today |
| 14 | If he 'd got her to that state , why was she drinking coffee ? |
| 15 | His car was still outside ; it was the open-top Volkswagen Beetle he 'd bought himself on that first day straight from the showroom window . |
| 16 | ‘ A young detective remembered that I 'd had something like that stolen , ’ he says . |
| 17 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 18 | But she 'd blown it with that acidic little crack . |
| 19 | Now I said Mr Nichol I 'd to take you to that erm but the only thing is it 's after the so I do n't know how you feel if you 'd if you would rather see a performance before the exam , or you would rather see that one after the exam , or two . |
| 20 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 21 | Since all had been well before Kirsty went into hospital to have her appendix removed — and since many people have a very real terror of hospitals in general — I decided to regress her to that particular time . |
| 22 | In view of his instructions Fowler decided to leave it at that . |
| 23 | Fabia was still wondering if she needed to add anything to that when , as a complete switch , and taking her totally off guard , Ven threw the abrupt question , ‘ Are you married ? ’ |
| 24 | Well , Pete decided to say nothing on that subject . |
| 25 | We all three had dinner together , then you went off with her to your room , where she was to stay , though how you managed to accommodate yourselves in that tiny room with its narrow bed was something I preferred not to think about . |
| 26 | We never did persuade them , but for six valuable hours we managed to hold them on that course far out into the Flores Sea , until finally they came to their senses , noticed the distant and almost invisible shore , and hurriedly tacked towards it again . |
| 27 | I managed to dissuade her from that and we settled on lunch together the following day . |
| 28 | ‘ I meant to tell you about that . |
| 29 | So er I never expected to have it like that . |
| 30 | He liked seeing her like that , even although he was cowering under his coat collar trying to keep dry , still surprised at how easily it had gone at home . |