Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 2 | Our second introductory case places you in this situation . |
| 3 | He fell about laughing when his agent phoned him with this news . |
| 4 | If there is any attempt to bypass me in this matter , you shall all know of it ! ’ |
| 5 | Jezrael wondered whose memory was being replayed inside her mind to guide her through this metal rat-run . |
| 6 | I 'd like to wish you well , Hazel , but there 's no good to wish you in this place . |
| 7 | As for the Chancellor himself , Mr Parkinson said : ‘ I think he has both the backbone and the brains and the determination to see us through this difficulty . ’ |
| 8 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 9 | The we means ‘ someone in my group ’ , and when a Zuwayi used we in this sense , the reference group was small and was likely to include his own ancestors and relatives , men he could name in a line of descent which included both speaker and audience , which explained the existence and identity of each person , and provided them with a character and loyalties . |
| 10 | ‘ Yet you must have help to free you from this condition and , frankly , I have found myself at a loss . |
| 11 | Bernhart Silberysen was the mayor in charge of the restoration , and the town council presented him with this bowl in thanks . |
| 12 | Should the monk provide her with this money she will repay him in whatever way he pleases . |
| 13 | Even crystal beads , whose actual source is unknown , but whose type of geographic distribution places them with this group , has a similar fall-off with a peak at Sleaford . |
| 14 | ‘ We have no need to answer you on this matter , ’ is the calm response of Shadrach , Mesach and Abed-nego to Nebuchadnezzar 's threat . |
| 15 | The plaintiff encouraged him in this behaviour . |
| 16 | I was very nervous , and I found myself coming on very strong and direct with her , and saying , ‘ I liked Rosemary 's Baby , but the picture bothered me for this reason … |
| 17 | However , he was mindful of his limitations and , after some time , he was able to arrange for a ‘ godly , diligent physician ’ to come and set up a practice in the town to relieve him of this burden . |
| 18 | He 'd no right to drag you into this sort of caper . ’ |
| 19 | The act of the king touching them in this way protects them from the otherwise dangerous consequences of being in contact with the power of the king . |
| 20 | Makarenko describes them in this way : |
| 21 | That she , who has always denied any further consequences of their evil — ‘ A little water clears us of this deed : /How easy is it then ! ’ |
| 22 | The main reason for this lack of use appears have been uncertainty regarding the potential of such a source , a small number of companies indicated that cost was a factor deterring them from this type of information . |
| 23 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
| 24 | Ali himself has acknowledged this : ‘ I started boxing because I thought this was the fastest way for a black person to make it in this country ’ ( quoted by Torres , 1971 , p.83 ) . |
| 25 | The vulgar Miller intrudes , and , with his fabliau and the nature of the genre and of fabliau language in mind , we can find some amusement in contemplating the possible sexual reading of " " unbokeled is the male " " , " the purse is unbuckled " , a vulgarity that the Host , playing the role given him at this point , would no doubt have considered excluded from his words . |
| 26 | A man describing himself as being in the public relations business had phoned Julian Klein 's office and made an appointment to meet him on this day , but had not divulged the nature of his business . |
| 27 | Why does the Lord bring us into this land , to fall by the sword ? ’ |
| 28 | Mind reading At one of my first-ever children shows , the father told me of this mind reading trick which we found worked well with the children . |
| 29 | At NEWTONDALE HALT peace and tranquillity greet you in this dale where no cars can go . |
| 30 | The old man told me in this connection : |