Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [adv] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His colleague Vic Marks wrote that ‘ we willed opposition fast bowlers to bounce him so that we could witness the majesty of his hooking ’ , and there can be very few batsmen of whom that could be said . |
| 2 | But it was n't until Ellen came to pick him up that he discovered that she had already bought everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 3 | They all turned out to watch him go , Pen clamouring to accompany him so that he might be the first to embrace and welcome Lily 's baby . |
| 4 | She wanted to run her fingers through his hair , wanted to nuzzle her nose and chin into his neck , wanted to know the texture of his cheek and jaw , wanted to kiss him so that her lips never forgot the shape of his . |
| 5 | That he wanted her uncle to kill him so that her uncle would be damned . |
| 6 | Er Mr also commented om the er consideration of the er emerging alteration and increase in Selby District 's allocation from ten thousand to eleven and a half thousand dwellings erm and I would like to assure him now that we have completed out local plan studies , we are in the process of fine tuning them and and I 'm quite confident that we will be able to accommodate the eleven and a half thousand dwellings . |
| 7 | She longed to wake him so that they could make love again but did not dare to because , for all the intimacy of the previous hours , Constance knew that she was lying next to a virtual stranger . |
| 8 | Could n't it be that she had needed to loathe him so that she could smother the awakening of her real feelings for him ? |
| 9 | About to tell him hotly that she would not accept any legacy , Jenna was interrupted sharply , the words dying on her lips as he stood and began to pace about restlessly , hands in his pockets . |
| 10 | When Leith took time off from being absolutely furious with Naylor Massingham and his high-handed behaviour , though , she experienced odd moments of wanting to tell him openly that she was not , and never had been , romantically interested in his cousin . |
| 11 | I wanted to tell him calmly that I knew perfectly well that it was absurd and quite understood the point of his questions . |
| 12 | He wanted to know where Miss Stapleton was , and I had to tell him twice that there was no sign of her in the house . |
| 13 | There were times when I tried to tell him before that I was just sleeping with him because he wanted to sleep with me , but he 's a person who can get easily upset , and I did n't want to hurt him . |