Example sentences of "[vb past] that [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ After I had been criticised for employing ‘ Lady Merchiston ’ and ‘ your ladyship ’ , I finally found that compromise which she accepted .
2 When Paula used that tone it usually meant trouble .
3 I 'm a descendant of the same family who owned that house we passed . ’
4 As you enjoyed that slice you had yesterday so very much , I ordered cook to bake you an extra large one all for yourself . ’
5 She was soon telling Sybille : ‘ We must have another party , we so loved that last one . ’
6 labour is but lost that build it .
7 To the degree that religion and morality assisted that end he tolerated the role of Johnson .
8 ‘ I saw that sort you 've been knocking about with last night .
9 Oh good brother , just what I thought that drop my jaw something I do n't know the rest of the words .
10 I could of roared of laugh when she won when Joyce won that raffle you know , all little bits of this and little bits of that you know , and there were a Christmas pudding on the , er , well you picked what you wanted well
11 Liberal Democrats have little sympathy for the trade union traditions of the Labour movement , which gave that party its moral raison d'être as protector of the working class .
12 What inspired that view I am not completely sure .
13 When they left that patch their baskets were half-full , and the mushrooms , rubbing together and crushed , smelled of the forest , of dead wood and leaf-mould mixed with fresh wild herbs .
14 Sandy means an awful lot in that old lady 's life and she does occasionally reach the point when she 's got so little money left that believe it or not she has to choose between buying food for herself and buying dog food for Sandy .
15 He thanked her , and said that near it would do ; he could not see the well-groomed equipage negotiating the Bell o' the Brae .
16 It had also occurred to him that if he wrote that report it would be the last thing he ever did in the Army .
17 Roberts concluded that KMAG itself had operated successfully without internal disputes and that morale was good .
18 He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners .
19 The papal letter which he was carrying to the king had been superseded by another , which spoke more mildly and suggested that Anselm himself had been a mischief-maker , and that a compromise agreement could be reached with good will on both sides .
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