Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] in this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If they want to join us in this enterprise , so much the better . |
| 4 | 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 . " |
| 5 | Scaevola refuses to interpret it in this way . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Now I want at least , to intro introduce the possibility in the series of diagrams I 'm going to show you in this lecture that we can relate it to the four stages of pathogenesis that we , we outline briefly er , in the last lecture . |
| 8 | Even taking into account the fact that you 're dead , really … ask yourself , if I asked you straight off — I 'm going to stuff you in this box now , would you rather be alive or dead ? |
| 9 | ‘ Now Jane , ’ turning to me , ‘ I 'll have to leave you in this room with Mason while I fetch the doctor . |
| 10 | ‘ Is Francesca still in New York ? ’ the brat was asking anxiously , and McLeish , who had not wanted to discuss her in this company , found he had to reassure Jamie about her whereabouts and probable date of return . |
| 11 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 12 | Garfinkel 's interest is not in whether they are right or wrong in perceiving it in this way , but rather in how they come to perceive it in this way , and what effect this perception has on their actions . |
| 13 | Freud seeks to use it in this book as if it were a purely biological concept , and furthermore , one which is found among all living organisms . |
| 14 | And the immune system normally functions to protect us in this way , and is regulated in such a manner that it does not attack bits of oneself , but only legitimate foreign targets , and thereby is our ally . |
| 15 | ‘ What were you trying to teach me in this Lord ? ’ |
| 16 | So , getting down to specifics , the two species mentioned both make excellent aquarium subjects , the only cause for concern being whether they have been maintained in brackish water or already acclimatised to freshwater if you wish to maintain them in this environment . |
| 17 | Perhaps there were good reasons for trying to outwit him in this way ? |
| 18 | Nonetheless , I believe that the CA approach can get us further with the study of code switching than other approaches tried so far , and it is on that basis that I have chosen to use it in this book . |
| 19 | All car controls are in place but subjects were not required to use them in this experiment . |
| 20 | If you care to join us in this venture please send your contribution ( in round pounds please ) to Stella Webb , 14 Conyerd Road , Borough Green Kent within two weeks of receiving these notes . |