Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lord abbot here has been good enough to admit me to his confidence so far as is appropriate , since I was a witness of what happened this morning , but now you have cause to enquire further , as I understand . |
| 2 | The banks of the Susquehannah lay out of reach as a setting in which to realize this vision ; the streams which flowed from the Quantock Hills passed through a landscape which had already begun to seem hardly less desirable . |
| 3 | The lawn climbs a slope several yards in front of the summerhouse , and in those days , as today , four flagstones embedded into the grass served as steps by which to negotiate this climb . |
| 4 | ‘ But in truth there was much more at the back of it all , including the whole story of what happened this summer between Kee and me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It is a great joy for me to declare this exhibition open and to pray for God 's blessing on you all who have worked with such tireless dedication over the years . |
| 6 | There 's a erm if there 's a need for 'em to clean this Saturday , say they need to clean round that sedge |
| 7 | I would make the point that it has taken thirty five years for us to reach this point where we have comprehensive strategy for York , we have battled with er various greenbelt boundaries in the past , I think there has never been erm a total review development plan requirements for the Greater York area , no more of its implications on possible greenbelt boundaries , we now have that and the greenbelt local plan , Southern Ryedale local plans are being progressed on the basis of that strategy , and there are other plans in the pipeline . |
| 8 | Do you have confidence in him to conduct this operation ? |
| 9 | In fact they were clearly entranced by Hannah — which , it has to be said , is par for the course with everyone meeting this lady for the first time . |
| 10 | The rest of me knew this sort of thing worked . |
| 11 | The rest of us use this time to make or mend kit , and to read up on possible areas to visit come the Spring . |
| 12 | ‘ So I decided I needed a solid-body guitar for regular playing , and this friend of mine had this Firebird . |
| 13 | A friend of mine had this Firebird — I did n't know what I was buying , and he did n't know what he was sellin |
| 14 | A doctor friend of mine found this home on Welfare Island where I could just observe old people . |
| 15 | In fact , on one occasion , a very close friend of mine found this step with a piece of carpet on it . |
| 16 | In the event of our cancelling this order as to all or any of the goods and/or the work covered thereby we shall be entitled to purchase from a third party a like quantity of goods of similar description and quality , or a reasonable alternative thereto , bearing in mind our need to take delivery of the goods by the date specified overleaf , or to contract with a third party to perform work of a similar description and quality , and in that event you shall be liable to reimburse to us on demand all expenditure incurred by us in connection with our said cancellation , including any increase in the price over that stated overleaf . |
| 17 | It'a away at Man City and considering the last two visits to Maine road where we let in 4 goals each game , Is there any chance of us winning this game ? considering also that we did n't win any away games last season . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , you shall have it as you wish , though it goes against the grain with me to see this fellow go free . |
| 19 | The third was Private Eye 's Adrian Mole-style Diary of John Major , which it was claimed had made the Prime Minister such a figure of ridicule that it might be a significant factor in his losing this election . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you have any evidence on which to base this supposition ? ’ |
| 21 | Nevertheless , ( 219 ) is the equivalent of " Postulate AB = CD " , which is to say that let is an instruction to anyone reading this sentence to conceive AB as equal to CD . |
| 22 | There are often substantive reasons for expecting proportions to respond to an explanatory variable in something resembling this flat S shape . |
| 23 | The body mass index is a convenient measure on which to make this judgment . |
| 24 | No England team have ever gone beyond the last eight in a World Cup played abroad , and the significance of their seeding this time will only become clear after tomorrow 's draw . |
| 25 | No England team have ever gone beyond the last eight in a World Cup played abroad , and the significance of their seeding this time will only become clear after tomorrow 's draw . |
| 26 | ‘ But if my Director-General asks what happened to the agreement that no operation of anything approaching this scale was to be mounted in this country without our knowledge … ? ’ |
| 27 | It is encouraging that these countries wish to follow our example but it also places a heavy obligation on us to offer this assistance . |
| 28 | The government in order to protect people has put a stop to us collecting this money . |
| 29 | Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result . |
| 30 | Now , so we have n't got the reason for you gaining this skill that you had in the case of making scones , playing the clarinet . |