Example sentences of "this [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster . |
| 2 | As for the computer password , on the other hand , this reviewer guessed it in one and had to wait twenty-odd pages for Casaubon to catch up . |
| 3 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 5 | Frankly , this proposal reminded me of one of the quotations with which Taylor prefaces his chapter on ‘ Value-added Processes in Information Analysis ’ : |
| 6 | This assignment introduced you to various sequences of notes played ascending and descending , within all five pentatonic scale shapes . |
| 7 | But Everton 's recent success this season hoisted them into second place — and Johnston 's Goodison story may not be over yet . |