Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
2 | If it is directed to his particular case , the Home Secretary should disregard it at this stage unless it was evidence at the trial ; if directed to penal policy in general , it is merely a small part of his information as to public opinion . |
3 | David and Angela came along to see it and David said , ‘ I must introduce you to this guy Tony DeFries who is going to be my manager , and I think you should meet him too . ’ |
4 | Of course , I should expect them in this house . |
5 | Oh , and incidentally , I must tell you at this point that his pre-birth environment was most carefully handled . |
6 | I must get him alongside this time , he thought . |
7 | But cold reality was but a split second away , and Leith went swiftly from dream world to fury that he should involve her in this sham . |
8 | I 'll keep it in this tin in this draw . |
9 | I 'll call you on this number at nine and tell you where . |
10 | I 'll leave you with this summary . |
11 | I 'll be all right in a minute ’ , and then she goes , ‘ I 'll let you off this time ’ , and then I did it again — a really loud one , and she goes , ‘ Fay , you 're going to have to go to the Headmistress ’ , she goes … |
12 | We need an effective independent regulator , not the mafia regulating mafia and saying it 's quite understandable boy , we 'll let you off this time which is what happens now er with the Institute of Chartered Accountants er as a recognised supervisory body er in this er in this particular field . |
13 | He let us off he said you two are supposed to get a late mark but I 'll let you off this time three and we 've got a detention . |
14 | I 'll put it in this side . |
15 | If you do n't plan , you 'll get stressed out , you wo n't be running your business properly , it causes stress , it 'll kill you it may not physically kill you , but it 'll kill you in this business . |
16 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
17 | I said I 'd bring it in this week . |
18 | For example , if it was important to distinguish between a high level and low level tone for English we could do it in this way : |
19 | because the editor picks it up and say ‘ I can use that because I can see an angle , I could use it in this way or that way or , |
20 | ‘ Maybe we could suspend them from this bit in the middle with a length of thread , ’ Norris grunted , sticking his head almost right inside the appliance . |
21 | It 's like all good things to come , I do n't like to count my chickens , so I 'd rather not , not the little memorandums say , oh you 've got another X million , if only we could take them in this year . |
22 | ‘ I could take you to this Hotel Ritz you have spoken of , ’ he suggested . |
23 | Well I phoned them and said , I thought I 'd leave it till this morning . |
24 | So I thought I 'd tell you about this bit of niceness — and no , there 's not a free Bettencourt signature model in it for me . |
25 | So anyway yesterday afternoon I was checking through it when the phone went again to ask about the washing machine and I was looking through the paper to see whether , and they 'd put it in this week ! |
26 | Perhaps you could adopt ours on this occasion . |
27 | I think we could let her off this time . |
28 | The Princess had spotlights , he 'd turn them around this way when it was time to get Sandy to the door and then he 'd go back on his own to switch them off . |
29 | Bertha had looked at her in thoughtful silence for several long moments before she 'd said , ‘ Dear Lucy — I believe you could help me in this affair . ’ |
30 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |