Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You may visit her this afternoon , Ellen , if you like . |
| 2 | ‘ You must lend me this music , Basil , ’ he said . |
| 3 | You might put it this way : We are human beings , not because we have souls but because we are able to conceive of the possibility that we might have souls . |
| 4 | But er she does want to pay it back , she does want to pay it back , and er well she wants to pay it back , erm , if you could start it this time next year she 'd be er she would be grateful for that . |
| 5 | But you could give me this project , put me in charge of the entire operation — and let me see it through . |
| 6 | But there again er it was the time we lived in and you had certain Well yards had their own way of trying to keep track of when a guy was in a toilet etcetera and sometimes you would have to hand in y your er your time ticket , to the toilet attendant , and you would give him this ticket and he would say right you are , you know , and mark down your number on a book and say to you , well you 've got seven minutes or something you know . |
| 7 | ‘ You will meet her this evening . |
| 8 | Perhaps through your letters page you will allow me this opportunity to urge all pencil manufacturers to consider making available their full range of leads ( coloured as well as graphite ) for holder use and saving annually a small forest of cedar wood and other trees used in producing the pleasing but expense and wasteful product . |
| 9 | For some reason they seem to believe that you will obey them this time . |
| 10 | You can do it this time . |
| 11 | Yo go on you can tell me this joke and then you can finish . |
| 12 | ‘ You can see her this evening , since you 've already made the journey . |
| 13 | We 've got the see if you can get us this number , and nine times out of ten he comes back and says here it is , and on the tenth occasion he 'll come back and say , Too risky . |