Example sentences of "[coord] this [noun] [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the colour changer now available , the whole thing has been greatly speeded up and this patterning has almost become fully automatic , at least when using only four colours . |
| 2 | and , anyway she was poorly for days and this Rita had just come on , poorly for days |
| 3 | The attitudinal use of intonation is something that is best acquired through talking with and listening to English speakers , and this course aims simply to train learners to be more aware of and sensitive to the way English speakers use intonation . |
| 4 | Dysart had said Cornelius was older than his contemporaries at Breakspear and this man did indeed look nearer fifty than forty , unruly iron-grey hair framing a gaunt high-boned face , the brow hooded enough and the nose sufficiently hooked to add a sinewy hint of predacity to his relaxed and smiling features . |
| 5 | And this boy 's just opened the path . |
| 6 | So I thought well I 'm in with a chance , you know , one 's wanted a and this leg repairing so compare it with that no |
| 7 | Nenna 's character was faulty , but she had the instinct to see what made other people unhappy , and this instinct had only failed her once , in the case of her own husband . |
| 8 | Later in the century , with the rise of the labour movement , a different contrast was drawn , between capitalism and socialism , between ‘ bourgeois democracy ’ and ‘ socialist democracy ’ , and this distinction has largely dominated political controversy up to the present time . |
| 9 | In retrospect , what I found fascinating at the time ( and this feeling has only increased with time and further thought ) was that all the crew just did what I would have told them had I been able to make contact with them . |
| 10 | In 1979 , there were about 240 students on TEC Certificate and Diploma programmes and this number has now risen very considerably ; in addition , Higher Certificate and Diploma courses are now in operation . |
| 11 | And this world harboured enough infesting furtive Stealers to cause a huge conflagration of lives — the calculated level of obscene sacrifice — without leading to really major devastation . |
| 12 | Likewise true status of the aircraft is difficult to tie down and this guide aims really to locate airframes . |
| 13 | Until recently it also supplied M & N Norman Timber , but this company has since stopped taking mahogany from Maginco on environmental grounds . |
| 14 | Until recently , a salmon farm inhibited fishing in Skeltar , but this enterprise has since ended and salmon once more have freedom of access to their traditional spawning grounds . |
| 15 | ‘ It was said that this was the place where the tide came in first and went out last , but this recession has barely affected us so far ’ , announces Richard Needham , minister of state for Northern Ireland . |
| 16 | It may look excessive , but this stout staking really pays off |
| 17 | ‘ Nobody wants to play chess on a rugby pitch , but this change has also changed the face of the game . |
| 18 | picture of just like that yeah but this geezer 's like got skiing glasses on and this huge joint and like all these attachments just going like that look like broccoli but like that yeah . |
| 19 | But this front-runner has always battled with gameness and gets plenty of weight from Midnight Madness , a previous winner of this race . |
| 20 | Overnight services for sleeping cars are a long-standing feature of BR 's Anglo-Scottish routes , but this market has also changed . |
| 21 | In other words , the Semai had always been capable of violence , but this capability had never had any meaning . |
| 22 | It said : ‘ There are extreme viewpoints , but this study has clearly identified a major problem area for the National Health Service . ’ |
| 23 | As one of the four original components of the US-administered UN Trust Territory of the Pacific , Belau had negotiated a Compact of Free Association with the USA , but this compact had never become operative , as the rights which it granted to the USA to determine defence and foreign policy issues conflicted with the clauses of Belau 's Constitution which forbade the entry , storage or disposal of nuclear , chemical or biological weapons . |