Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] [conj] this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But I had to accept that this examination was far more important to them .
2 I wanted to believe that this man — this stranger — had seen me and wanted me .
3 She seemed to realise that this comment was not exactly reassuring and hastened to make amends .
4 But she had to admit that this child was of a different type altogether : her voice , her manner suggested a refined type of background .
5 It was if she wanted to forget that this part of her life ever existed . ’
6 Ultimately , he came to realize that this persecution complex existed only in his own mind , and that his unpopularity in Barbados arose from his walking out on them .
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