Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] this " in BNC.

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1 Dimly , she thought that was n't the romantic kind of thing she 'd envisioned saying at this point , but what did it matter ?
2 The only formality required of a person who wishes to commence trading in this way concerns the naming of the business .
3 We hope you have enjoyed browsing through this brochure , and that it 's provided you with a little inspiration .
4 They have a very fiercely competitive system , and some people say that you have to start preparing for this at nursery school erm and it 's a question of going to the right schools , going to the right training colleges , though it 's not so much a question of going to university , although you do have to have a university degree in most cases , but they have special training establishments with a tough competition to get into it , and as a result of this the people who come out are very highly selected , and think of themselves as being very professional , very competent , they have a great deal more self confidence , in some ways , than our British civil servants do .
5 After a while we appeared to stop accelerating in this nose-high stance — and of course we could no longer clearly see where we were going , so I eased the yoke forward to lift us onto the step .
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