Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] this [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to follow him to his bedroom to confront him with this unacceptable behaviour . |
| 2 | Our thanks to them and to everyone who gave so generously of their time and money to help us through this difficult time . |
| 3 | After start-up funds from the Gulbenkian to employ our data-base operator , we have now received some funds from the Baring Foundation to assist us in this major task . |
| 4 | There would be no hard news , said the DoI , but if we were interested in learning the background it would bring together some experts on fibre optics to brief us on this new technology . |
| 5 | B : Well , the milkman has come All that we can reasonably expect a semantic theory to tell us about this minimal exchange is that there is at least one reading that we might paraphrase as follows : ( 2 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time ? |
| 6 | We need that one performance to get us over this losing streak . |
| 7 | whom he could trust , and he needed my youth to support him at this difficult time and so , like a fool , I had believed him and flown |
| 8 | You do not even need anything as obvious as a party to start you on this slippery slope . |