Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 2 | It seems as if the time has come for you to bring this side of life to the fore , and even without your co-operation other people will persuade you that being independent does not mean being alone . |
| 3 | While our sports leaders recognise the contribution they can make to providing a ‘ healthy outlet ’ , they are concerned that , although government looks to them to play this role , it is often not prepared to assist them . |
| 4 | He had always been involved to some extent , but when an old villager came to him and said , ‘ You ca n't let this thing die , your father was a polemaster and we look to you to see this thing does n't stop ’ , he could n't resist the challenge . |
| 5 | When his call was refused by Sir Derek Alun-Jones , the chairman , on the grounds that it was likely to form the basis of future litigation , Mr Mackeson-Sandbach said the trustees would be seeking ‘ legal advice on the means open to them to examine this report ’ . |
| 6 | I do n't know why it had occurred to her to make this observation . |
| 7 | Then I got the nuts off , by which time these two ladies had become a crowd of people staring at me changing this tyre , and then it becomes a performance . |
| 8 | What real difference will it make to you to rethink this aspect of your employment ? |
| 9 | But the pressure did n't help , and nor did the night air , nor any of the great machinery of circumstance that had , without her realising it , been combining against her to produce this moment . |
| 10 | Anyway , she went to she took this sister 's post in The Yale |
| 11 | There is a great healing tradition within the evangelical Charismatic Movement , and those who adhere to it believe this healing is about seeking out the devil and ridding the possessed of this influence . |
| 12 | In addition , contract computer staff often gain advice and assistance from the agencies through which they work on how to proceed with incorporation , and are often encouraged by them to take this step . |
| 13 | They estimate what you normally spend in a year , divide by 12 , and arrange for you to pay this sum by monthly direct debit . |
| 14 | Even Ipuky could not arrange for him to see this body , and he no longer had the cachet of officialdom with which to browbeat the embalmer . |
| 15 | Do n't worry at all we 've contracted with you to do this dress |
| 16 | However , Major John Wiseman , M.C. , at first told me categorically ( in a private communication ) that my husband had not been in ‘ A ’ Squadron , but later kindly wrote to me to correct this statement . |
| 17 | I said well I 'm trying to I said this bloke what happens to be my oldest brother I said , and he wo n't even tow it for me ! |
| 18 | and if you look in the blue box , bottom left to begin with it says this chapter looks at the way in which human beings treat animals . |
| 19 | But maybe it was the way he was looking across at her with those all-seeing predatory jet-black eyes of his , or maybe it was the way she felt just a bit claustrophobic at being shut up beside him in the narrow confines of the car and the desire that sparked in her to have this ordeal over quickly , but all at once an idea popped into her head . |
| 20 | Notices attached to them make this plain . |