Example sentences of "[prep] this he " in BNC.
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| 1 | In thinking about this he ‘ luckily ’ ( as he says ) hit upon the idea that matter in motion is the key . |
| 2 | When Toscanini was told about this he doubled their winning for them . |
| 3 | But about this he did not care . |
| 4 | If Amanda Pennington ever heard about this he would die of shame . |
| 5 | J. had been with the now famous 617 Squadron for a time , and in talking about this he was able to furnish me with details of an incident which I had vaguely heard of while I was at Bourn . |
| 6 | The letter was carefully worded — it hinted that the offer might be regarded as a debasement of his talent , but if he were not too sensitive about this he might be prepared to accept the fee which was negotiable . |
| 7 | I heard something about this he said , er I was on holidays all last week he said but erm it 's bloody lies cos I saw him last week . |
| 8 | For this he turned again to Morgan . |
| 9 | For this he fought a hard ten-round contest . |
| 10 | For this he only had to spend four months in France , thus profiting from considerable tax concessions for non residents . |
| 11 | In 1939 Morgan went to France at OC2 Air Formation Signals and played a key role in organising telecommunications between the French and British forces : for this he was appointed CBE . |
| 12 | To prepare for this he had moved many of his photographs , pictures , books and other possessions from London so that the house , though not looking exactly as it did when he was there , became a showplace bursting with Shaviana . |
| 13 | For this he was profoundly grateful and it stopped the worse of the panics . |
| 14 | For this he has to thank — or curse — Mr Glanville , a nineteenth century vicar of Sheviock . |
| 15 | For this he is considered by his admirers ‘ one of the master-minds of our country ’ . |
| 16 | She went to the edge of the roof and shouted across the village at the unnamed thief that for this he 'd be struck with paralysis ; that he 'd be smitten with cholera and die : that unless he owned up and returned the cockerel , the gods would punish his family with poverty and starvation for ever . |
| 17 | We worked 12 hours a day , and for this he paid me 200 francs ( £20 ) a week because , he said , he had to take our board and lodging from our pay . ’ |
| 18 | For this he paid ten pence a year at Michaelmas and performed a number of other duties on the lord 's land and paid tithes to the church . |
| 19 | For this he received a two-match ban . |
| 20 | For this he was relieved of his world title and , like Johnson , was involuntarily immobilized . |
| 21 | For Peirce , statistical sampling is the fundamental kind of ampliative inference , and for this he derives its ‘ validity ’ from his understanding of reality — its repeated use will take us to the truth in the long run . |
| 22 | My understanding is that in 1977 Willy De Roos achieved this under sail in one season , and for this he received a Krug Award for Excellence . |
| 23 | However , he had one final argument , more crushing than any he had yet delivered , and for this he needed no words . |
| 24 | Cedric had been just too young for the war , and for this he had never forgiven Fate . |
| 25 | For this he relied upon Reg. v. Apicella ( 1985 ) 82 Cr.App.R. 295 and Director of Public Prosecutions v. Marshall [ 1988 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 26 | And for this he would require authorization from Gen McCreery at Eighth Army , to override the previous instruction from Gen Clark on 7 May that " German forces … facing TITO forces must surrender to TITO " . |
| 27 | For this he performs in ten degrees . |
| 28 | For this he was hounded into the political wilderness ; but now it is happening . |
| 29 | For this he has been smeared and victimised . |
| 30 | For this he was thrice arrested and interrogated . |