Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ To tell you the truth it never occurred to me until this minute . |
2 | The attempt in the Treaty to reorganize the Balkans as a stable structure of national states appealed to them for this reason . |
3 | Miss Groundwater — he found that he thought of her in this way again , as a fillip to rage — was seated at her mirror , already in her nightgown , brushing out her hair . |
4 | Pitted against him in this bout was The Big Boss Man — 337lbs from Cobb County , Georgia — who , as fans of Sky TV 's Wrestling Mania know , is a pumped-up hulk ‘ on the side of the law ’ . |
5 | She had to salvage her pride , forsake forever the tenderness that ached within her for this man … |
6 | Another man had been at the table for some time but Beales only looked at him at this point , curious to know who MacQuillan was with . |
7 | He also caught a number of covert glances at himself : was that what a few moment 's conversation with a presidential aide did for you in this town ? |
8 | I am most grateful , therefore , to James Freeman , chairman of the PLC who spoke to me on this matter . |
9 | I thought that , and I 'm not an expert in but I thought this was a penetrating critique and all goes well for how the department is handling in a very difficult starting situation , a most important matter but there is Mr spoke to me about this paper and er I think we will have to hear what Mr had to say , I do n't know who 's going to report that . |
10 | One young teacher working in a more conservative college spoke to me of this period with some amusement . |
11 | And they sent back and now this is what they said to us in this letter I remember this distinctly that er if we want you to come out we 'll tell you but we regard your factories as our second line of defence . |
12 | Elizabeth wrote to me at this time . |
13 | We pointed out them from this side of the house er the local government 's finance act does impose both duties . |
14 | Emlyn Williams , who stayed with them in this period while he was on a tour with his Charles Dickens readings , describes scenes of domestic industry and felicity . |