Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] to " in BNC.

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31 Why is it lately that I go to , before I start my my work
32 and there is so many people smoking where , in the pubs that I go to and I do n't have it cos I think it looks disgusting I come here and because we go around in like threes and it 's , you know ,
33 Except that I hope to God they let Sam go . ’
34 Imagine , said Francis , that I returned to Perugia on the darkest of nights , a night so cold that everything is covered with snow , and the frost in the folds of my habit hits my legs and makes them bleed .
35 It was not until eleven years later that I returned to England and saw Biddy and Joe again , although I had been writing regularly to them .
36 The result of all this was that I returned to Europe and settled in Paris with her .
37 Quite often , the first clue that I get to old age anxiety is when a mature dog is referred to me with , what appears to be , an ‘ out of character ’ separation anxiety .
38 Not that I mean to be cynical , but I do teach in an inner-city school ( where only Advanced Level pupils have textbooks — and they share — and where practical work involves half-a-dozen to a bunsen ) .
39 One day , in one of these tiny streets , with shops on either side and with stalls of street vendors in front of them , the way was so crowded that I got to a place where it was impossible to move .
40 I was so anxious not to be late for my appointment that I got to Passy two hours early .
41 But anyway apart from that I said to Mr , he 's the head over all the hydroelectric stations over this erm I said Mr li these commutators I told him doing the .
42 he used an illustration of the pig , you know you can polish the pig up , you can clean it , you can scrub it , you can oh de cologne it , you can do all sorts of things with it , you can tie a nice pink ribbon around it and you can put it in a palace , but it 's still a pig and it lives like a pig and you can cl and no matter how clean you 've made it , it 'll soon find some dirt to wallow in and the ribbon might make it look nice in the show ground but it does n't make any difference to its nature and so it is with us and so Jesus did n't start on the outside , but he starts at the inside he deals with the route of the problem , in One Corinthians chapter fifteen and in verse three it says for I deliver to you as a first importance , this is the basic thing , he says to them this was the first thing that I said to you because it was the most important that Christ died for our sins , according to the scripture , what ever else Christ gives to us , what ever else he does for us , what ever else the gospel produces , the basic , the most important , the fundamental thing is that Christ died for our sins .
43 The reason why we arrange trade missions such as the one that I led to Kuwait — six similar missions have been conducted — is our interest in stimulating orders for the new Welsh economy .
44 May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ?
45 It is with the greatest possible pleasure that I write to you once more , this time to confirm that your Company 's independence has been preserved after a battle which has lasted over nine months .
46 It could read something like this : It is with continued concern that I write to you about the suffering of the Cambodian people and put forward the following suggestions re where government aid should be concentrated .
47 There 's other types of music that I listen to that do make my hair stand on end and they do n't have a single guitar in them !
48 Say you put a foot wrong , are you not game to be coursed and spoiled , like other women , that I listen to you like a craven creature as I am ? ’
49 ‘ And she has made the same promise to me that I made to my mum and dad . ’
50 the main point that I made to him was that after such a superb beginning where , where they actually state how much rubbish we produce , there 's absolutely no mention even though there 's space at the bottom there 's no mention of recycling at all .
51 The first evidence of this surfaced on the second trip that I made to Rhodesia , in April 1971 .
52 I reiterate the point that I made to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow ( Dr. Godman ) .
53 The point that I made to the Committee is that if we wish to reduce the hours of the House or change the sitting times — that is still an open question — it is important that we consider how the time of the House is used at present and to make reductions pro rata .
54 I repeat a proposition that I made to a previous Leader of the House .
55 The detail of the proposals on contributions was , of course , fully set out in the very full statement that I made to the House by way of a written answer at the same time as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor 's autumn statement on 6 November .
56 I repeat a suggestion that I made to the Secretary of State at the time of the last atrocity in Northern Ireland .
57 ‘ Mellissa , it is a matter of life and death that I speak to Quincx Roirbak immediately .
58 It is most urgent that I speak to him . ’
59 She suggested that I speak to a man who had lived nearby in 1948 , and after some hours he arrived at the house , a middle-aged Israeli with a lined face and very bloodshot eyes .
60 I do not mean it in any ideological sense or historical sense or to be provocative but it 's very , it 's with very deep feelings that I speak to you today because you may not understand it but for me , after thirty three years in exile I was able to return to South Africa in nineteen ninety one and one of the first activities to which I was invited was the annual meeting of Cosatu And so when we say comrades in that sense , and thank you as comrades we mean it as comrades in arms .
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