Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they were on about that they ship them abroad and th , they were interviewing a lad in London he said oh , he used to get up in the morning and er go down to the phone box and phone this contact they know and he 'd tell you what cars you wanted pinching this day and they pinch them to order ! |
| 2 | Up to the darkroom to begin at once the pictures she had taken this afternoon . |
| 3 | and and she said something about through her interest in North American Indians she 'd written this novel . |
| 4 | Such things she had heard this day ! |
| 5 | Like if Nick was dead and I was remembering the things we 'd done this year , perhaps . |
| 6 | When watching parliamentary television , I have not often felt that there was an unfair political balance and none of the Members I interviewed raised this matter , except that one Liberal Democrat believed that the smaller parties were squeezed out of live coverage on Tuesdays and Thursdays . |
| 7 | MARTIN O'NEILL , the Wycombe Wanderers manager , emerged cheerfully to face the press , extolling the virtues of what had been , by his own admission , one of the most gruelling 90 minutes he had endured this season . |
| 8 | This was purely business , and for all the jolly camaraderie Kate was aware that most of the men she 'd met this evening had grave reservations about her ability to do her job well now that they 'd seen her . |
| 9 | Greater Manchester West is my first choice , not Greater Manchester East , and when I looked at the vote in the last contest , back in nineteen eighty eight , when the erm then Alliance , or the ex-Alliance vote was split between the social erm liberal democrats as they were then , and the S D P , and saw the votes I had to beat this time , six thousand nine hundred , I thought I can look good next to that . |