Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was like a gold miner , chipping away at the rocks and occasionally discovering tantalizing little nuggets that spurred him on towards his dream of striking a rich seam . |
| 2 | It was not only fear that drove her forward . |
| 3 | The woods surrounding Allen were also a favourite for family walks ; marvellous old trees , oak , ash , sycamore , beech , elm and chestnut , nodding in the breeze ; the forest floor was carpeted with flowers , spring bluebell and primrose beckoning us on ; summer squirrel darted through the branches and the air was full of the scent of wild garlic ; red and brown autumn leaves ushered in winters that dressed our world sparkling white . |
| 4 | ‘ It was this final one all draw that knocked us out . |
| 5 | Moi , " he knew from his reading , was an Annamese term derived from the Chinese word for " savage , " and looking at the dark-skinned , low-browed men , he could see they were of a different racial stock from the Annamese ; they wore only breechclouts that left their haunches naked and they grinned and chattered animatedly in their own language as they moved quickly about their work . |
| 6 | He always felt that had his mother received timely care and proper medication , she just might have lived . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the only oracle I 've ever read that meant anything to me . ’ |
| 8 | Complications have also occurred that caused us to modify our original technique ; namely to abandon ultrafine guidewires , to use a reverse bevelled transjugular biopsy needle , and to avoid the percutaneous transhepatic placement of portal catheters for guidance . |
| 9 | As he tried to grab me , I feinted , slipped back to make him follow me , knowing he would think I was afraid , and then I let him have a classic straight left that hit him on the point of the jaw . |
| 10 | What really happened that deranged you ? |
| 11 | The Australians showed just one glimpse of the sort of electrifying back play that won them the World Cup so brilliantly just a year ago . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't think that meant you were going to pretend not to know me ! ’ |
| 13 | And you did n't know that did you ? |
| 14 | You do n't know that did you ? |
| 15 | I did n't know that did I ? |
| 16 | Yes , and he had n't even earned that had he ? |
| 17 | ‘ 'E dai n't say that did 'e ? ’ |
| 18 | I did n't expect that did you ? |
| 19 | Oh and you did n't see that did you ? in the paper . |
| 20 | The effect was dramatic , paralysing French artillery support and enabling the Germans to make deep advances that brought them to within striking distance of Verdun itself . |
| 21 | Shit they did n't record that did they ? |
| 22 | ‘ Poor Mr Willard , I do n't suppose that helped him very much . ’ |
| 23 | Even if Dr Kingdom did feel more for Heather than a doctor should for his patient , it does n't mean that had anything to do with her disappearance . ’ |
| 24 | Tracey did n't pay that did she ? |
| 25 | ‘ It was n't fighting that killed your father , Sarah . |
| 26 | But he wo n't let that put him off his work . |
| 27 | You 'll still carry that emotional baggage with you wherever you go , wondering what you said or maybe did n't say that frightened him off . |
| 28 | I see you did n't say that did ya ? , you never said that did ya ? eh , eh , eh , no |
| 29 | I did n't say that did I ? |
| 30 | He did n't say that did he ? |