Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the treaties with the States-General of 1654 and 1667 the English government succeeded in having its claims accepted by its rival ; and so sensible a man as Sir William Temple felt that nothing had ever given him greater pleasure than forcing the Dutch to give way once more on this point in the peace negotiations of 1674 . |
| 2 | TALKING YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS Good negotiating means that everyone comes away feeling they have won . |
| 3 | The general opinion was yes , but certain it was that no-one had ever seen her . |
| 4 | So you have to beware of blind alleys like that ; from personal experience , there are loads of these styles that no-one has ever asked me to play . ’ |
| 5 | After the deconstruction of my eidetic capability , Gyggle had insisted that I go on seeing him . |
| 6 | ‘ I realize now that I 've hopelessly misunderstood you , Clare . |
| 7 | I 'm just wondering if there that 's related to that scripture that I 've just showed you |
| 8 | That you do n't like these designs that I 've just shown you ? ’ |
| 9 | In that shop that I 've just told you about , there was , they had square rugs sometimes a bit about twenty six , twenty seven quid . |
| 10 | But the types of children that I 've just told you about , the answer 's yes . |
| 11 | It 's not emotional blackmail — but once or twice recently , I 've felt that I 've nearly bought it . |
| 12 | Not that he ever mentions it , or that I 've ever asked him , but he 's the type to consider it a sacred duty to have everything in order for every emergency . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Not that I 've ever seen him drunk , ma'am . ’ |
| 14 | It 's I 've I was telling David outside that I 've absolutely butchered it and I it 's erm two thousand one hundred and sixty . |
| 15 | I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , I might as well tell you that I 've always known I was being unfair to you , using sex to hold on to you . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't remember that I 've never seen it on any minutes |
| 18 | Apart from the fact that I 've never known her dig up a weed or pick a single daffodil , she simply is n't cut out for that kind of work . ’ |
| 19 | Maybe it works in the case of God ; I 've always been so afraid it would n't that I 've never tried it . |
| 20 | It 's not that I get reasonably excited it 'll be okay . |
| 21 | There was a click and she 'd gone , and I could hardly believe that I 'd ever doubted her as a relay post . |
| 22 | Not that I 'd ever tried it , but , that sort of thing , semolina , and all that , |
| 23 | That I 'd actually done it I suppose . |
| 24 | ‘ That I 'd never seen her from that day to this , of course . |
| 25 | " I told her , " said Mrs Maugham , handing her daughter a plastic butter dish , " that I 'd never seen it . " |
| 26 | Sometimes I still pick up the guitar for ideas , but I find that I end up finishing them on piano . ’ |
| 27 | Naturally June could n't understand why it was that I went on cutting her . |
| 28 | I think about it a hell of a lot you know , not with morbid fascination but because everything that I went through gave me an inner strength and I am frightened to lose it . |
| 29 | I 've got this watch with an alarm on it , so that I know when to take it . |
| 30 | I 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’ |