Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [pron] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He was sitting down then all of sudden he had this bottle of scotch and he told bring some whisky down . |
2 | It is a compulsive stop for cars and coaches , the large parking places on the roadside often being taxed to capacity , but despite the inevitable crowds , Eilean Donan should be on the itinerary of all who pass this way . |
3 | In the summer of 1981 I investigated this pattern of variation by surveying seven towns scattered throughout Britain : Bristol , Birmingham , Leeds , Liverpool , Manchester , Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield . |
4 | In the 1840s most of those who acquired this land were British , including some civil servants . |
5 | I 'm sure all of those who attended this year 's rally will join me in a sincere vote of thanks to Mick and Julie Turrell . |
6 | Around half of the respondents would have clearly felt more comfortable with the question if the proposed time scale had been 5–7 days , and a great majority of those who took this approach including the vast majority of respondents who used the SPG form — suggested that 7 days would not be unreasonable . |
7 | The data thus show that a large proportion ( 30–40% ) of those who begin this treatment may become longterm users . |
8 | Those who cling to an impression of Reger as an unrelievedly turgid and ponderous musician should certainly sample the 6 Burlesques of 1901 which open this recital . |
9 | ‘ We do n't want to start crowing because we 're not up there yet , but if we keep on like this I believe this side can make a challenge . ’ |
10 | So but I think with this I mean this homework , that 's the only thing I do n't believe in because they 've got ta revise it which is brilliant , I mean , at the moment but they also give them three hours homework a night ! |
11 | If we insert equation ( 20 ) into this we obtain This equation applies to the combustion of one mole of methane gas under standard conditions as specified by the equation in the previous example . |
12 | I suspect that it is assumed by most people , including those who planned this course of lectures , that language is a means of communication — that this is what it is for ; and that since literature is made out of language , it too must be a kind of communication , as defined by , for instance , the Collins English Dictionary : ‘ the imparting or exchange of information , ideas , feelings ’ . |
13 | As for the other eight including several who started this summer as bankers arguments can be made against them all . |
14 | A danger exists for those who use this route as a short cut to Currie . |
15 | A danger exists for those who use this route as a short cut to Currie . |
16 | Alternatively , for those who regard this definition as too restrictive — particularly in its implicit overtones of stability , regularity and mutual accommodation between the parties — the central core of the subject is the ‘ study of the process of control over work relations ’ ( Hyman , 1975 , p. 12 ) . |
17 | I confess to being an edge-of-the-seat man myself , and for those who share this taste , Oppitz 's literal , unrhetorical manner will be too comfortable by half . |
18 | However , for those who select this method for dogs , cats , parrots or fish the cost would be from £300 to £600 . |
19 | His malevolence towards Pound , his friend since their college days in Philadelphia , is extraordinary ; and when in 1920 he amplified this piece in the prologue to his Kora in Hell , Williams compounded the offence by quoting selectively from a private letter that Pound had written him . |
20 | In 1860 he left this company and joined Charles Shepherd of Leadenhall Street , the chronometer and horological instrument-maker and inventor of the electrical clocks used by the Royal Observatory . |
21 | When Adam Peters and Ben Watkins changed their band 's name to Sunsonic they maintained this virtue to release a couple of refined , ambient , floating singles . |
22 | To all who attended this day we thank you for your good humour and co-operation under difficult circumstances . |
23 | To those who possess this kind of power to influence or even determine political outcomes , the possession of the single individual vote must seem by comparison a trivial and irrelevant form of political participation . |
24 | William Tallack , who as Secretary of the Howard Association had experience of criminal affairs reaching back towards the mid-nineteenth century , was among those who took this line . |
25 | Among those who share this view , some would seek to create change by attempting to influence the dominant values of the society . |
26 | At first he disliked this thought . |