Example sentences of "this she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This she combines admirably with looking after 14-year-old Alex , 12-year-old Rosie , and 5-year-old twins Fifi ( Fiona ) and Nicky : ‘ It was a new direction but something I 'd always been interested in . |
| 2 | To this she agreed and sat for Deverell , William Holman Hunt [ q.v. ] , and for ( Sir ) John Everett Millais [ q.v. ] as the drowned Ophelia . |
| 3 | At least on this she agreed with Guido . |
| 4 | For this she blames the record companies , run by yuppies with no feel for showbiz . |
| 5 | this is , well this is it right , she 's in the canteen , she 's , and she 's going right and putting on this really stupid laugh , right , and I said what 's wrong ? , she goes , she goes , she goes , she goes , right she , and iffy , this how bad she , she was faking , you know like this she goes , she goes , no , no |
| 6 | The closeness had somehow died , but apart from this she 'd been so sure there was much he could tell her . |
| 7 | She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time . |
| 8 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
| 9 | She was afraid he would ask her about herself and to forestall this she asked him to tell her about his training and what he hoped for in the future . |
| 10 | At this she became thoughtful . |
| 11 | The easiest task for Emma was learning to come to the table for lunch when called and once she had started to receive stickers for this she became aware of how to earn them . |
| 12 | She ought to be wary but despite this she felt pleased . |
| 13 | During the " 14 — " 18 war , I started singing " Eternal Father strong to save " at the end of my prayers and Basil got very tired of it and asked Mother to stop me , but this she felt unable to do . |
| 14 | Because of this she felt generous and said she had realised some time ago that a really beautiful man was very much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman , and was n't that interesting . |
| 15 | Underneath this she wore black cotton trousers — ideally these should have been made of silk , but she felt sure no one would notice . |
| 16 | After this she returned to the house hoping against hope that in the interval her daughter might have returned , but there was no sign of her . |
| 17 | After this she began paying even more attention than usual to her appearance . |
| 18 | After this she began to hear strange sounds and melodies ‘ that she could not well hear what a man said to her at that time , unless he spoke the louder . |
| 19 | I think you will find out more when you see him — ’ and to this she added , ‘ naturally . ’ |
| 20 | The indicated remedy appeared to be spigelia , but when she was given this she developed palpitations and became quite anxious . |
| 21 | She would have respected Simon Copley more if he had been less prone to venial selfishness , less preoccupied with his physical comfort , but this she told herself was probably the result of fifty years of spoiling by a devoted wife . |
| 22 | You er but when we were talking about this she told me that |
| 23 | Her favourite line was Bernhardt 's , and this she copied into the front of each of the eighteen notebooks , at least the five of them that I still have ; Oh well , I 'll just buy the theatre . |
| 24 | My stepfather agreed , but soon after this she died . ’ |
| 25 | At this she burst into loud laughter that sounded rather like the hooting of a siamang and slapped her thighs with her hands . |
| 26 | And what year was this she got married ? |
| 27 | All this she heard , even understood , but still she was speechless . |
| 28 | At this she cut herself a narrow wedge from the pie , and when her mother turned round from the oven and looked at her plate , she remarked , ‘ You wo n't get fat on that . |
| 29 | Next she took off one of her two petticoats which had tucks and embroidery round the hem , and this she cut to cover it and make a frill round the edge . |
| 30 | After this she managed to get a job in the National Health Service , where the majority of speech therapists are employed . |