Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] this book " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people helped to produce this book ; the authors particularly wish to thank Mr G W Lennox for his enthusiasm and encouragement , and Mr A L McKittrick for the original artwork . |
| 2 | It was not a critical success : as Philip Mairet , to whom the book was dedicated , put it , " Nobody seemed to like this book very much . |
| 3 | The experiment I was doing all those months ago when I began writing this book , which I described in Chapter 2 , involved using the sugar fucose as a precursor for glycoprotein . |
| 4 | I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it to anyone with an interest in the way chemistry really develops , as opposed to the way it is described in the research literature . |
| 5 | I enjoyed reading this book and can recommend it as a source of information about the background theory and application of ultrasound to chemistry . |
| 6 | ‘ I decided to write this book in order to collate all the information about brain tumours , much of which is what myself and my wife Linda found when Helen was diagnosed . |
| 7 | In order to make the radio series , over 30 interviews were recorded exclusively , although only 5% could be used in the finished production , which is why I decided to produce this book , which will prove to be an excellent documentation on the life of David Bowie — an insight into this enigma of the rock world — told by those who really know . |
| 8 | In his introduction , Tony Greenbank gives an honest personal account of the reasons why he decided to produce this book . |
| 9 | I did wish this book were longer , but it 's a perfect short bedtime read which cheers tired eyes and ears . |
| 10 | The professor had treated this book with proper severity , and Himmler wanted me to dispose once and for all of this type of scientific mischief-making . |
| 11 | It was not the fault of Annie Besant 's biographer that I often longed to put this book down . |
| 12 | But she made up her mind , did n't she , that she had to publish this book under a man 's name ? |
| 13 | I said knew about it , erm , you must have known about it , erm , that standard edition of the complete psychological works of Freud , that 's its title , and you 're one of the editors , one of the editors , I said , there 's no evidence that you ever intended to include this book in it , even though , you know , I understand that it could n't be published as long as Woodrow Wilson 's family was still alive , but erm , you know , why was n't it published in the standard edition ? |