Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then one day , I was in this car with some blokes , and one of them said , ‘ Have you heard about this band , with a really good one-legged woman bass player ? ’ |
| 2 | If Amanda Pennington ever heard about this he would die of shame . |
| 3 | It was her first visit to a city and she was taken aback by the volume of traffic — ‘ I had heard about this kind of thing , but it 's quite frightening close to like this , ’ she said , as she stood on the pavement in City Square and watched four lanes of vehicles jousting strenuously for position . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think I 've ever heard about this , Edna . ’ |
| 5 | Driving through Kilmartin , south of Oban , I saw two notices calling public meetings to discuss pollution — the first I and many others had heard about this problem . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah yes … we 've heard about this . |
| 7 | ‘ Have you heard about this new senator everyone is proclaiming as the next President , John F. Kennedy ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've heard about this sort of thing before , ’ he said , as if realizing what he 'd stumbled on , or at least what he thought he 'd stumbled on . |
| 9 | But my ex heard about this and sent me two letters , full of how much he cares for me and that the break-up was his fault . |
| 10 | I had already heard about this plan because the doctor had discussed it with my father ; but it was apparent that Eric himself was not at all enthusiastic about it . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've heard about this Hawaiian jaunt of mine , presumably ? ’ |
| 12 | Fiona ; Yeh I 've heard about this Council Tax , so then it 's true if you 're all students living together then you do n't have to pay ? great ! ! |
| 13 | No good , has anybody heard about this magic word conservation lately ? |
| 14 | You 've heard about this symbol of the brotherhood of man set in welcoming Perugia with its ancient traditions of hospitality , where every year bright-eyed , bushy-tailed youngsters come from the four corners of the world to study Italian culture and promote peace and international understanding . ’ |
| 15 | Zeinab had not heard about this . |
| 16 | Heard about this have you ? |
| 17 | I 've never I 've never heard about this thing called cos squared X , you explain it to me what do what 's it all about ? |
| 18 | The face , or ‘ best ’ , side was planed true , and ‘ best edge ’ squared off this . |
| 19 | Walking is taught through this detailed control of all the different aspects involved in making single steps . |
| 20 | I have known of some spectacularly successful relationships that have developed through this medium , particularly amongst the elderly . |
| 21 | The working of the Contagious Diseases Acts themselves also served to mobilise many a radical working man against the exploitation of working-class women , and an important alliance developed between this radicalism and feminists , which had the additional effect of providing for the latter a social support which enhanced their authority within the repeal movement . |
| 22 | In the case of the 1,800 which Book Trust received for this year 's Smarties Prize , they found good homes . |
| 23 | The fall in pocket money received for this age group contrasts with a rise from £1.40 a week to £1.48 shown in a Halifax survey of the under-12s last month . |
| 24 | Piggy is short-sighted ; and the spectacles he would have been prescribed for this condition could not possibly have been used as burning glasses . |
| 25 | A sophisticated burglar-alarm system has aided overnight and weekend security and although the caretaker is not on call from 11am to 3.30pm the levels of demand have fallen during this time as a direct result of his monitoring skills . |
| 26 | David is consequently punished for this action . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 'll be punished for this , Heathcliff , ’ I said sadly . |
| 28 | To die , to sleep ; To sleep : perchance to dream : aye , there 's the rub ; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil , Must give us pause . |
| 29 | When we have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| 30 | Other reasons for depopulation were also examined during this period . |