Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 2 | Now let me just work through this with you so as er wh you know it 's unfortunate there 's such a lot in these things that er |
| 3 | Let us now turn to this very different approach . |
| 4 | She narrowed her eyes and added in clipped tones , ‘ I know you always thought of this as your home and that you never wanted me to be a part of it . |
| 5 | We d Okay we do n't know , we want to ask them we w So if you are an MP in North Yorkshire and er you think I 'm giving you a hard time and I know you sneakily listen to this programme , I know you listen . |
| 6 | ‘ Our objective is to make certain you know we strongly object to this development . |
| 7 | I mean , she 's saying well what do you exactly mean by this question ? |
| 8 | Do you ever look at this Cilla er Blind Date ? |
| 9 | Because of our volunteer system and our love of the job I think we always succeeded in this aim . |
| 10 | ‘ Do we ever escape from this place , Corp ? ’ |
| 11 | erm , and to use a word that would be used in other areas , retraining goes on , amongst the judiciary or do they just get to this pinnacle , and then hold it against all comers , until they choose to retire , I mean , in any other , er , job where you have a peculiar expertise , like that , you would be expected to update yourself , to keep up with the trends , you would be sent away to conferences , and retraining courses . |
| 12 | And a family of nephews — ’ another hesitation — ‘ and a niece — ’ Noreen looked up at this , and almost defied the Bishop with her stare , ‘ — that do him much credit in this world and I trust will be of some satisfaction to his account in the next . |
| 13 | ‘ Why have you never spoken of this before ? ’ she asked . |
| 14 | So have you always lived in this house ? |
| 15 | Have you always lived in this area , Evelyn ? |
| 16 | How long have you actually lived in this cottage Mr Chatfield ? |