Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend of mine who accompanied him to a play disputed this , but it was true . |
| 2 | The planners could determine the availability of finance : ‘ Every single externally financed project was therefore meant to be scrutinized for conformity with the targets and if the projects passed this test the Commission would see to it that sufficient tax and credit incentives would be made available ’ ( Estrin and Holmes , 1983 , p. 179 ) . |
| 3 | BORIS Yeltsin chose the best word to describe the economic recovery plan which the Congress of People 's Deputies passed this week . |
| 4 | The rules made this impossible . |
| 5 | The 20mm and 40mm quick-firing guns here were in or on concrete emplacements , and although the crew of the outer guns were knocked out for a time the Germans got this battery firing again , and the searchlight on the Mole 's tip was never put out . |
| 6 | Sue was on about her daughter living with that bloke like , I do n't know if it was the same bloke , I just du n no , yes it is , yes it is , it 's got ta be the one , when she broke her shoulder , it 's got ta be , anyway he got no job and Sarah got this good job apparently wherever it is , I ca n't remember where it was |
| 7 | Once the ice shifted , 250,000 years ago , nomadic hunters made this region their own — we know , for they left a trail of hewn flint artefacts . |
| 8 | Rameau laid this out as a simple trio for first and second violins and continuo , with flutes doubling the firsts in unison . |
| 9 | Nicholson had feared that his hurdling star might be tapped for speed on faster ground than he likes and around this sharpish track , but Mighty Mogul passed this major test with flying colours . |
| 10 | The duo face competition from at least five bank-led consortia , all vying to operate the network , which should be up and running by 1995 , with the licence award expected this autumn . |
| 11 | Prices of industrial products doubled this week and rising prices of bread , milk and meat will worsen the already fast-declining living standards of the population , two thirds of whom live on the poverty line or below . |
| 12 | Liberal deputies countered this argument by pointing out that " rampant privatization " was already in progress at all levels , including the state administration [ see dacha scandal below ] . |
| 13 | ‘ Producers were prepared to pay good money for quality stock and the number of sheep sold this year was higher than in 1990 . ’ |
| 14 | Japanese merchants shared this lowly status with their counterparts in China . |
| 15 | Hobbes had left England for Paris in 1640 , believing that his political views made this prudent and , as mathematics tutor to the future Charles II , he was associated there with the exiled English court . |
| 16 | Perhaps his own impatient temperament made this especially essential in his case : I myself fled to the wilderness when it proved no longer possible to live harmoniously with men , who , admittedly , were a frequent obstacle to my inner joy . |
| 17 | I once attempted to read his first book , Alex Through The Looking Glass , but stumbled and fell at page 10 where the Hurricane made this observation on the subject of literature : ‘ My favourite read is Robert Ludlum . |
| 18 | The quickly erected boarded external finish of the former storage shed and the predominantly ‘ dry ’ construction of the internal wall linings made this a practical policy once reconstruction , during the spring and summer months , of the decayed lower-storey brickwork was complete and had produced a habitable shell . |
| 19 | Last year Ian made this bungy jump out of a balloon at more than ten thousand feet . |
| 20 | Trevor and Lucy Blake were slightly unusual parents , although it was years before Alan and his sister Pamela realized this . |
| 21 | Though now brewery owned this old basement bar , dating back to 1830 , remains little changed — thanks to the pressure of the locals . |
| 22 | Long afterwards , giving evidence at the Nuremberg Trials in 1947 , the Crown Prince made this interesting remark : |
| 23 | These researchers divided this violence up into three categories : threats , violence and sexual harassment . |
| 24 | In the early 1970s the courts applied this test with extreme rigour . |
| 25 | Ian found this offensive but , given the amount and type of information which he wanted from the man , he did n't want to antagonise him . |
| 26 | Luckily , there is a back doorway with some machines and QRAM used this loophole to produce Upper memory blocks . |
| 27 | Perversely , Scarlet found this one of Connie 's greatest attractions . |
| 28 | James Heaton of Widnes tried this on a small scale at Langley Mill , Nottinghamshire , but the cost proved too high . |
| 29 | One-fifth of small authorities mentioned this , ( see Table 30 ) approximately the same number as those who wished to extend internal training . |
| 30 | What made things particularly difficult was that I felt I was n't Black enough for my Black colleagues and that white workers picking up on the division used this to their advantage by divide-and-rule tactics . |