Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I could n't bear to be with women I did like because it reminded me forcibly that they did n't turn me on . ’ |
| 2 | I wanted him to tear it from me so that I had no excuses . |
| 3 | ‘ A friend who is ill … = ’ Miss Statham took her words and repeated them so that they sounded like a line from a Victorian poem . |
| 4 | And maybe somebody would come to your door and say their wee boy or their girl was making their first communion , and they were in dire straights and could n't buy anything for them , and you would more or less have to give them your book to help them out , but you would go with them so that they did n't go over the score and get just exactly what that wain needed , you know , and just hope that they had enough money to pay you at the end of the quarter , you know . |
| 5 | They were sold in tiny cages by little boys who poked them so that they chirruped for potential customers , for the feistiness of a cicada is judged by the pitch and quality of its song . |
| 6 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
| 7 | It was his second gin , and they poured them so that they tasted like a horse 's kick . |
| 8 | He picked up a second kitten , dangled one from each hand , swung them so that they hit each other . |
| 9 | Told me , she actually told me once that she considered herself lucky to er , have met David , I reckon she did because er , she , she was divorced then and er of course , did n't she have a son ? |
| 10 | He told me once that he had worked as a farm hand for six shillings a day for thirty years , yet still managed to save enough to buy his own little place . |
| 11 | Without waiting , I asked her , ‘ You told me once that you 'd seen Sister Kenny treat a polio patient . ’ |
| 12 | He 'd told them once that he 'd been married . |
| 13 | You told me yesterday that you hated the idea of marriage because you could n't stand jealous , possessive men . ’ |
| 14 | A member of my staff for instance , trying to report sickness absence , told me yesterday that she dialled our number and had to wait more than four minutes before being answered . |
| 15 | If I told you now that we needed another five gangs of floor tilers or whatever it was which you had n't got enough of , it wo n't be floor tilers something you have n't got enough of , everything , could you get them by Monday ? |
| 16 | I I I I 'm until you spoke to the collators department , they told you simply that they knew each other . |
| 17 | In fact , so bowled over was she initially that she had actually gone out to dinner with Travis one night . |
| 18 | On another occasion he described how he had ‘ once spent several hours on a bicycle with a friend in a serious attempt to discover the real spot but the search ended in failure though tourists assure me positively that they found it without difficulty ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ The producers told me later that I got the job because of the winning chemistry between us — and that Pauline had put in a good word for me . |
| 20 | He told me later that he had only been a guard for fifteen months , also that the normal takings on this section of the line were approximately £10 , so he was only too pleased to work out a 26% discount for a group booking that realised BR £77.35 from our party . |
| 21 | But if the breadhead was to walk away and tell me later that he found only one packet , what would I say ? |
| 22 | And we before that we made quite a few runs to Kirkwall with a that was a small one that we had and erm you had to get the bus from Evie of course to Kirkwall and back the same way . |
| 23 | But why did n't you tell me before that you believed in women 's lib ? |
| 24 | ‘ You never told me before that you did n't like my company , Catherine ! ’ cried Heathcliff . |
| 25 | In fact , it seems to me now that what remained constant did so , and all the more so , because of the changes with which the family was faced . |
| 26 | The plethora of adjectives point , again , towards self-dramatisation , and it is clear to me now that I used this device as a means of bearing depression in general . |
| 27 | how d you know yeah , you 're telling me now that I missed something in eighty seven . |
| 28 | She made no protest when Travis removed her boots and jumper , nor when he lay down beside her , turning her so that they lay spoon-fashion before zipping them up into the quilted cocoon . |
| 29 | The Woman turned , pulling the whole of the little group round with her so that they faced the house , towards the mirror which hung over the sofa . |
| 30 | He had manoeuvred her just right , pressing her into the tightest corner , standing squarely in front of her so that she had no choice but to stare into his dark , angry face . |