Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your name will be imperishable if you do this thing in the name of peace . |
| 2 | Not all men are defensive or get upset if you raise this subject ; keeping silent about your concerns may put both your health and well-being at risk and wo n't help your relationship in the long term . |
| 3 | Posthumous birthday and get well cards are therefore understandable if you take this view . |
| 4 | ‘ What does it-mean if we pass this motion ? ’ |
| 5 | Edmund was lucky because he got this chance to do a university you see in |
| 6 | It looks as though Cnut was already mortally ill when he made this grant . |
| 7 | It 's very hard when you know this novel |
| 8 | And anyway it 's this bas er ba baseball player and he does n't hit the ball you see , which ma does n't make him famous so he finds this person and he makes him go back and he does hit the ball and becomes really famous and that special person 's Michael Caine , it looked quite good . |
| 9 | I 'm never sure if they eat this weed cos it does n't look as if it 's going anywhere . |
| 10 | It would be terrible if you lost this opportunity . |
| 11 | Now I have already criticized recall and memory as a guide to advertising effectiveness , so I am clearly vulnerable when I adduce this sort of thing as evidence for long-term effects of advertising . |
| 12 | What possible justification can there be for that , given the fact the actions are reasonable as they stay this year . |
| 13 | As long as we stay this dose to the hole we have to keep the rocket thrust going . ’ |
| 14 | We are humbled and brought low by them , but the spirit of man — and I now have to say woman — and the freedoms that we enjoy lie within our grasp as long as we hold this House . |
| 15 | He nodded , relieved that they had left her alone although he knew this business had only just started . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm showing it tonight to an audience of businessmen , and I always get red-hot when I watch this kind of thing . |
| 17 | He was cock-a-hoop when he recounted this part of the conversation to Lily . |
| 18 | I thought that she looked very pale when I arrived this afternoon . |
| 19 | He always got very excited when he asked this question . |
| 20 | MADONNA was already legendary when she made this record , but it was by far her most heartfelt , exuberant and accomplished set of songs . |
| 21 | The present situation is unacceptable if we consider this strand of computer-aided teaching at all important . |
| 22 | It is uncertain whether he composed this song himself or adapted an existing poem to the mocking , sentimental tone that was his and was already regarded as typical of Dublin . |
| 23 | And so whilst the popular perception of Harrogate will remain of it as being a very prosperous and pretty borough er with everything going for it , in fact there 's a very serious unemployment problem of structural er magnitude and we felt that the county structure plan had not acknowledged this erm special difficulty that Harrogate was facing , and had merely applied as we heard this morning the standard formula as it were to Harrogate , as it had to all the other local authority areas in the county . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
| 25 | So should you ever bet a local from Sherborne that you can find a better village , do n't be surprised if you get this reply . |
| 26 | Kate was silent as she digested this fact . |
| 27 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
| 28 | in the meantime Brocklesby was approaching and this one horrendous photograph of me looking very harassed you can well imagine and my father ever pompous when he saw this photograph said huh where were your directors , was n't one of them in charge , and I said no they were away having lunch , they were just going to arrive when they you know , anyway ? |
| 29 | Mark claims that all the people were astonished as they witnessed this contest between good and evil . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr Bishop 'll go mad when he sees this lot . ’ |