Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] it [prep] this " in BNC.

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1 Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length .
2 But I know that 's what it was you know because the wee lassie done it with this special electronic thing
3 Carrots and meat and good stuff , and then they used to put a little flour to thicken it like this do you see , with a big spoon like that .
4 Ali himself has acknowledged this : ‘ I started boxing because I thought this was the fastest way for a black person to make it in this country ’ ( quoted by Torres , 1971 , p.83 ) .
5 I canna see it in this light ya fule , ’ the top-hat swayed angrily as its owner knocked the hand away .
6 One prisoner put it like this : ‘ I waken up every morning with this pain .
7 To sleep around is not the safest way to play it in this day and age . ’
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