Example sentences of "this [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This regretfully brought to an abrupt end his continuing work for the Building Employers Confederation as well as destroying a lifetime 's work in building up a family company . |
| 2 | This slowly drifting cloud is pitiful ! |
| 3 | Finings , a glutinous liquid made from the swim bladder of the sturgeon , is also added : this slowly clears the beer of its yeasty deposits . |
| 4 | But this fundamentally depends on the level of output of the economy when the savers reach old age . |
| 5 | This skilfully manipulates alliteration and rhyme in a humorously wry acknowledgement of the archetypally human facility for putting off that effort of intellectual and emotional energy involved in recognising and acting on the truth . |
| 6 | The last three verses of Dame Sirith form a fitting climax to this skilfully constructed fabliau . |
| 7 | This powerfully confirmed the way in which Tolkien had been accustoming himself to think about the world ever since he grew to manhood . |
| 8 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
| 9 | I find this intensely moving . |
| 10 | This intensely concentrated yet spacious journey-tale gives an impression of urgency by Masefield 's typical ‘ and-then ’ pattern and the energetic sequence of dangers and escapes which comply with the title ( Odtaa is ‘ One damned thing after another ’ ) — not as flippant a title as it might sound but an example of Masefield 's virtuosity in the way he can mix humour , tension and deep emotion without self-consciousness . |
| 11 | As this is the first journal of this most heralded of years — 1992 — it would seem appropriate to mention our links with Europe . |
| 12 | The structural changes which would be necessary to reduce the present Davis Cup match format from three days , to one , would destroy the whole character of a competition which , in this commercially dominated age , is arguably more important to the world of tennis than ever before |
| 13 | My disguise for this little jaunt I 'm taking . |
| 14 | Presumably her absence is itself a status display : you have to be really important to skip this little get together . |
| 15 | During this little confab I have left Rainbow standing on the edge of the dancefloor , adrift in a daydream , with her hands in her pockets , and that nice chunky backside of hers bouncing in time to the music . |
| 16 | Teacher : How much will this little plant need ? |
| 17 | There 's this little bent old man with a shopping trolley thing and he bashes it into the back of my legs . |
| 18 | But at the moment , they lost their first one admittedly , against Chelmsford , they 're second in the Autumn Cup , but they need this little run in , they need to find that confidence , and maybe losing that one match may add that little something next week , because they face the Harringay Racers who they drew with earlier on , and the Sheffield Sabres . |
| 19 | For the first time visitor to the area , or local walkers looking for something new , this is an excellent guide providing a good foundation to appreciate this little known and one of the least spoilt areas of England . |
| 20 | The more I thought about it , the more I looked forward to seeing this little known mountainous region , and I had every intention of penetrating at least as far as the Webi Shebeli river . |
| 21 | There is , however , one exception to this vastly changed landscape . |
| 22 | Lutyens 's ideal of an orderly life run by efficient , invisible servants is more than realised in this immaculately appointed domain . |
| 23 | This presumably discouraged a liking for beer . |
| 24 | This presumably does not make the prohibitions any less morally problematic . |
| 25 | This presumably reflected a belief either that the damage caused by opencasting had been exaggerated by Flowers or that this damage was fully justified by the perceived benefits gained from increased production . |
| 26 | This presumably refers to devotional access to the rood-loft ( by newel stair or ladder ) . |
| 27 | This presumably posed a risk to airline uniforms ; was likely to distract passengers ( the male ones at any rate ) at a time when they should have been paying attention to the cabin staff for rather different reasons ; and carried the ultimate danger of the implant exploding . |
| 28 | This presumably implies that the contents had been consigned as an offering to the goddess , whose shrine or temple may have been nearby . |
| 29 | Robert this , this presumably implies that the agent is suing the name |
| 30 | This presumably includes talking openly about boyfriends , sex and contraception . |