Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He loves a crisis of this sort , rallying people and so on . |
| 2 | In time he would seek a solution to this problem by envisaging a brotherhood of painters living self-sufficiently , away from the worldliness of towns and thus uncontaminated by modern fevers and distractions . |
| 3 | Look , I do n't know a lot about this sort of thing , but surely it would go in your favour if you went to the police and told them everything of your own accord without waiting for them to … to … ? ’ |
| 4 | He did not need a stick at this time , for he was feeling better than usual , and his skin would have passed for normal except for some roughness here and there easily attributable to the chafing of clothes or to taking too many baths in hard water without the benefit of bottled body oils sold by any chemist worth the name . |
| 5 | Creep tests provide a measure of this tendency to deform and are relatively easy to carry out . |
| 6 | The first seventeen chapters of Scale 2 provide a context for this discussion which looks back to Scale 1 . |
| 7 | It is also clear that Equations ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) provide a solution for this problem . |
| 8 | Yemeni homes and cafés provide a spittoon for this purpose . |
| 9 | I start from a position of very much respecting the fact that the hon. Member for Gateshead , East was a Member of the European Parliament for 10 years before becoming a Member of this House and I recognise the expertise that she has acquired in this subject . |
| 10 | ‘ I would be prepared to write a leader on this project , but I would find it difficult to take the opposing point of view to that given in those two leaders . |
| 11 | O eight nine one double nine double one double four win a hundred pound do you win a copy of this book ? |
| 12 | If you are a board member , send a copy of this book to your senior executive team , highlighting these two pages with the annotation : " I 'm sure you 'll agree " . |
| 13 | If you are not a board member , send a copy of this book to every board member you know , highlighting these two pages with the annotation : " I 'm sure you 'll agree " . |
| 14 | Just send a copy of this letter to five of your friends who are equally tired and discontented . |
| 15 | Why not buy a dress with this year 's fashion colour ! |
| 16 | You ca n't buy a Fiesta for this kind of money , or a Metro or a Nova and even if you could , you would n't have half as much fun . |
| 17 | and the rich will buy a house in this area , like you have Embassy people |
| 18 | A leading industry figure said : ‘ We could have real problems keeping a lid on this situation . ’ |
| 19 | And , as you know , he devoted a book to this kind of connection : his study of Gothic architecture and scholasticism . |
| 20 | He might linger a while in this village after all . |
| 21 | I was still overwhelmed by the painting , but I was now aware that I was overwhelmed , and this , somehow , seemed to establish a distance between this emotion and me . ’ |
| 22 | In order to establish a value under this method , the maintainable level of future earnings is estimated and applied to a suitably chosen price/earnings ratio ( P/E ratio ) . |
| 23 | Leading on from that , we fixed a meeting for this year aimed at getting to know each other better and looking at how to prepare together the ecumenical service . |
| 24 | We we should discuss a bit about this document and I too have had the er dubious honour of reading John Major 's speech and it 's nice to see that both Tory speakers have actually managed to take half of it each and paraphrase it . |
| 25 | This event sprung up following the failure of the Squash Rackets Association to secure a sponsor for this year 's national championships and a resultant boycott from most of the leading professionals . |
| 26 | Such an order can be sought from a magistrates ' court on evidence that a representative sample is unsafe and the authority does not need to secure a conviction in this respect . |
| 27 | She fully understands that it 'll be up to you and Alan to decide whether you want a book on this subject and if you think it is a complete non-starter you might like to stop her in her tracks . |
| 28 | Er , our press office tell me that we have just had a call from ten Downing Street , who want a copy of this speech . |
| 29 | The next point which posed a problem in this case was that the clause was unlimited in geographical area and the business of Littlewoods was solely within the UK whereas the businesses of the GUS group were worldwide . |
| 30 | While Marx rejects needs as the units in terms of which economic phenomena should be analysed , he could in principle simply replace them by some other property of individuals , and found a theory on this trait instead . |