Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I insist on paying for this interview , although there 's nothing further for you to do at present . ’ |
| 2 | yeah but he do n't get done , he does n't get done , that is the problem , the kids do n't , I 've written a letter to Mr yesterday , why they were waiting for the games teacher he was hitting Geoffrey and he gave him a dead leg , kneeing him in the leg , he said before drama , he 's got drama tomorrow he says he hates drama because the teacher takes no notice , he said one week Stuart was hitting me with a stick and the teacher just said calm down you boys , and he was being hit with a stick oh no and this I find totally disgusting and I feel like complaining about this , one of the teachers and I do n't know whether its drama yeah I think it was drama and |
| 3 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 4 | I see what you mean about sitting in this seat . |
| 5 | What do you gain from acting in this way ? |
| 6 | She thought of standing against this landscape and of being somehow contained within herself : resolute , alone , but not lonely . |
| 7 | Now you think about walking round this . |
| 8 | ‘ But I want to make it clear to both of you — as I shall to Mrs Abberley — that any further information you come across touching on this case should be communicated to us immediately . |
| 9 | The energy we waste on coping with this excess is energy which is lost to other more vital functions . |
| 10 | She could therefore only love her sister more that , when it came to choosing between this most important interview of her career or flying to her husband 's bedside , Cara was n't hesitating to fly to where love and instinct guided . |
| 11 | It is astonishing that the Opposition should ask us to legislate without consulting on this very important issue . |