Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [adv] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh no — I would n't want to be responsible for landing someone else in this mess . ’ |
| 2 | Dec 10 1988 Pick yourself up , gentle reader — we apologise for knocking you sideways with this psychedelic carnival of visuals and ideas . |
| 3 | The government would save so much money in the long run if they built us all homes instead of putting us up in this dump ; it 's ridiculous . ’ |
| 4 | But it 's only by sort of putting it out like this and thinking yes , the media wants to talk about this , talk about that , talk about the other , you know , they are in this case the most , the likely thing to be adding to the problem . |
| 5 | The prospect of setting yourself up for this job is far more daunting than the actual work , and once you have overcome the inertia of thinking it out and making a start , the results more than justify the effort . |
| 6 | Abrams , having mumbled about ‘ the gratitude of the secretary ( of state ) and of the President for getting us out of this jam ’ , was asked by Ibnu again : ‘ But what concrete do we get out of this ? ’ |
| 7 | That 's the trouble with talking it over like this . |
| 8 | If you had n't been consistent in laying them out like this , then you ca n't so quite confidently go round , go round erasing large chunks of the spreadsheet . |
| 9 | At first , Theda did not know whether she was more angry with Lady Merchiston for loaning her out like this , or with Mrs Rosalia Alderley for making such an impertinent request . |
| 10 | You are doing yourself a lot of harm by keeping me here like this interrogating me about matters which are protected by the official secrets legislation . ’ |
| 11 | I am doing the firm no harm by tipping you off like this because Kovacs recommends you to buy a clock from them that will not simply tell you the time . |
| 12 | by jotting them down on this hurtling train |
| 13 | However , she had been somehow unnerved by finding him here in this way . |