Example sentences of "[prep] that [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It was the perfect cue for Gazzer to say : ‘ You should have thought about that before you shoved him in , should n't you ? ’
2 Think about that before you pack your bags .
3 ‘ He did n't mention anything about that before I arrived . ’
4 Cos I asked about that before I travelled down because I was worried in , you know , in case of breaking down .
5 In Russia , whatever big Boris Yeltsin may be — and you only have to look at him to know more about that than you want to — he is no Gorbachev .
6 and you probably know more about that than I do so I wo n't you know
7 Will they know more about that than they do when they simply carry out what the curriculum requires of them regardless of how it is supported , budgeted for and described to parents by the governors ?
8 But you 'd know more about that than me , Angus .
9 ‘ I said you probably know more about that than me ’ she laughed .
10 Drugs did come into this story , that had to be recognized , and no doubt the police investigating team knew more about that than he did .
11 ‘ They can tell you more about that than I. ’ She took a deep breath .
12 And that 's why I think it 's very important that erm the City Council , for example , has a Women 's Committee and Ann , obviously , will be able to talk much more about that than I can .
13 ‘ Well , er , ’ said the vicar , ‘ I 'm not so sure about that but I 'll certainly ring the church bells . ’
14 I 'm disappointed about that but not about the standard , it was a great game .
15 It was odd that he had n't thought about that but immediately it came back to him , the name of the exchange , though Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected .
16 ‘ I was goin' ter tell yer about that but I thought you would n't be interested . ’
17 I 'm not sure about that but I am sure that the relative strength of a South African side is the subject of heated debate all over the rugby world and , depending on who you speak to , the ‘ Boks are either the true World Champions or a collection of dinosaurs , hopelessly out of touch with the modern game and in for a rude awakening .
18 No I I , she had a machine , we had a sewing machine , I could tell you a story about that but I wo n't .
19 As a consequence of which well we went to Egypt and the Sudan this business , we came back and er the b the the foreman 's brother he ne he never liked me ever this forema when I were a kid you know , he never liked me at all , I never got on with him and and er mind you there 's a long story about that but it 's a silly little thing that er that I really upset him with .
20 I erm I I do n't know how you feel about that but
21 Well I could n't just tell you honestly about that but I think the riveters decided who got what , you know .
22 I 'm sorry about that but er is this yours ?
23 Well now I do n't know whether you know anything about that but it 's a make words .
24 Dick , thank you for those kind words , er , specially about er my book , and I think I am considering appointing you as my agent er , you also said er that I 'd dr drawn the short straw indeed you er whispered to me that I was the sacrificial lamb this morning well we 'll see about that but I do know that I have the great honour to be invited to speak to congress this morning on behalf of the G M B parliamentary group .
25 It 's it 's been dealt with in Whitemoor , you know about that but also in another pit .
26 Er , er , it does n't matter about that but there are three young children .
27 ‘ I would n't know about that but I can tell you the business calls he made . ’
28 I 'm sorry about that but I did it while was out .
29 Sorry about that but it 's just you 're representing him
30 One of which was the property in Frinton which was owned jointly by Mr and his step mother who was an elderly lady who was then residing in that er property and er around that time on the first of October Mr er telephoned Mr and er told him about that but at that time , was not anticipating that there would be an difficulties about the security on Frinton for these he had always , added his case , made it perfectly clear to the man at the National Westminster Bank with whom he was dealing , Mr that that property was not a property which er could er be offered as security because of the joint ownership and er while in conversation with the bank he understood that this letter had been sent and Mrs had been on holiday and that it was simply oversight on the part of the bank at this stage and that all would well after Mrs returned , which was expected in two weeks time .
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