Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 3 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 4 | She tried to see herself through this man 's eyes , to relive the last couple of hours from his point of view . |
| 5 | Surely no one would need to consult him at this hour ? |
| 6 | It is not recommended to exercise her in this condition , because of the unwelcomed attention she will receive , and the risk of her becoming pregnant . |
| 7 | Sometimes at least they seem to have reported to Stockholm independently of the chief under whom they served ; and in the later years of the eighteenth century Gustavus III sometimes tried to use them in this way as agents of a secret personal diplomacy . |
| 8 | and it was on full power and I tried to save it after this thing came off . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's cruel of you to try to force me into this family . |
| 10 | In order to try to distance themselves from this operation they employed a freelance , just as they tap telephones illegally or burgle property by using freelances . |
| 11 | If you want to settle them at this meeting . |
| 12 | But it all nearly went horribly wrong as Benn cursed the ‘ scumbags ’ who tried to rob him of this title . |
| 13 | Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net . |
| 14 | If they want to join us in this enterprise , so much the better . |
| 15 | George V tried to dissuade him from this course and indeed went so far as to register a formal protest : |
| 16 | I want to ask her about this issue . |
| 17 | ‘ Nobody needs to tell anyone at this club how important our next two home games are . |
| 18 | As to whether , and if so how , Parliament cares to avail itself of this opportunity , the Act is silent . |
| 19 | One reporter who came to interview him in this period noticed how he looked as if he might collapse from " lack of nourishment , insomnia and fatigue " , and an acquaintance described him thus : " His face was pale as baker 's bread … he smoked and between exhalations he hacked a dry , deathly smoker 's hack Eliot was cadaverous . " |
| 20 | But Clare seemed to know nothing of this side of the relationship between her brother and her cousin . |
| 21 | And about this too I hope to help you during this course . |
| 22 | Something must be done to free her from this grip . |
| 23 | God in heaven , he seemed to do nothing on this job but envy Boxer and his easy role . |
| 24 | I 've decided to let you off this time . ’ |
| 25 | Scaevola refuses to interpret it in this way . |
| 26 | It is perhaps somewhat strange , given the proven commercial success of the VT600 , that very little effort is made to market it in this country . |
| 27 | For he knew what Susan had done to present him with this daughter , his beautiful Kate , born just 12 years ago , six months after Simon had left their village . |
| 28 | There is little the High Elves can do to stop them at this point . |
| 29 | Organisations seeking to avail themselves of this opportunity need to catch a high speed train pretty quickly ! ’ |
| 30 | It was as if time had lost all meaning , as if even that were conspiring to hasten him to this place where he would spend the rest of his life . |