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 .
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