Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] this [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | So I ask this congress to watch closely this benefits agency , and let's make sure that the sick and maternity grants get paid correctly to what they are entitled to . |
2 | This therefore will be my last Sunday with you and so I take this opportunity to thank you again for all your kindnesses to me and for the way you made me welcome when I arrived 5 years ago ( does n't time fly ! ) . |
3 | On this basis , the unit and type readings of jacket in I like this jacket belong to the same lexeme , because the same contrast recurs with skirt , dress , coat , hat , etc . |
4 | So we saw this fellow go up to the window and look and then he went and got a stone from the kerb and ‘ bang ’ on the window . |
5 | And there then this was discontinued in they gave this beer to keep for lack of exercise keep them regular . |
6 | So it says this scale shows both minutes and decimals and now use the scale to change these to minutes . |
7 | ‘ The sooner we get this scum banged away the better . ’ |
8 | That bastard on that bus , when I got off I heard this voice saying and I looked round and there 's this ragger sitting there |
9 | ‘ People are coming here drunk , worried or tired of the chores of the world , but always they leave this place refreshed . ’ |
10 | ‘ Now I hope this result lifts everybody 's confidence . ’ |
11 | ‘ Roman , do n't you think this farce has gone far enough ? ’ she snapped , beginning to lose her calm diplomacy . |
12 | If he comes up and he says , Well we want this job done in a quarter of the time . |
13 | Then I want this lot livened up . ’ |
14 | ‘ I lie there pretending to be asleep then I feel this thing pressed against me . |
15 | But at least I got this file sorted out . |
16 | Taking all this into account , it is possible to explain how I interpreted this utterance to function as a request for help in freeing the cat — as having a pragmatic meaning roughly paraphrasable as |
17 | Harris goes on : ‘ This is roughly how I feel this morning contemplating my future career as a political columnist : 1,200 words a week , week in , week out , stretching into the 14th , 15th , 16th , 17th and maybe even — God preserve us — the 18th successive years of Conservative rule … |
18 | And then we walked further and then we found this pub to eat . |
19 | And then erm , then they had this thing called Niff , which was water , and they came round spraying all of us . |
20 | and they , they put the concrete down , then they get this thing to put on it and it , it sort of moulds it |
21 | Maybe he used this house to work in . ’ |
22 | The writer of the old guide book whence I gleaned this misinformation had unknowingly quoted a fragment of folklore older than Roscommon Town and its jail . |