Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [conj] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For her sister 's sake Fabia kept smiling , though her heart failed her that this lady — be she wife , housekeeper or both — knew no English . |
| 2 | His hair was almost black , heavy and smoothly groomed , swept back from a face that was icily cold , only the long , humorous-looking mouth telling her that this hostility was solely for her benefit and not some natural mannerism . |
| 3 | The region in which a child is brought up may also have an effect on the propensity to demand HE although this effect will be confounded with many of the factors listed above ( see Rees , 1986 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ No need to remind her that this room is virtually a hospital ward now . ’ |
| 5 | British Rail tell us that this evening 's Banbury to London Paddington train which was due to leave Banbury at three minutes past seven has been cancelled , otherwise I 've no problems to report on the local trains or buses . . |
| 6 | Her friend told me that this baby wants for nothing , it is the best dressed baby In the neighbourhood . |
| 7 | Her triumphant smile told me that this time Jessica 's husband had excelled himself . |
| 8 | But the wisdom of age told me that this parabola of promise would not be maintained indefinitely , but would peak and then decline . |
| 9 | Officials refused to indicate the exact origin of the material but did say that " experience tells us that this kind of material comes from Eastern Europe " . |
| 10 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 11 | Barbara Sewart , for instance , has angina and of course her doctor told her that this diet was particularly suitable for her . |
| 12 | But nothing you can point to in your present situation tells you that this situation is not one in which you are mistaken . |
| 13 | I dashed across to the DC 's house to tell him that this train with several hundred refugees was standing in the station , and some shelter must be found for them . |