Example sentences of "this [adj] [noun] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | They did , they say they got water hammer we went into the ladies toilets and one door , one cubicle was shut and there was this loud drumming noise and I said to Brenda perhaps it 's an alarm signal perhaps somebody on the other side of that door has been taken ill and has pressed some sort of alarm signal , anyway we went out and they said oh no it 's always making that noise ! |
2 | He leaves with us — and you can stay in this bloody office block if you like . ’ |
3 | Such is her affection for this popular police officer that she arranged a dinner in his honour after he had recovered which was attended by her family . |
4 | McDonald 's uses this high quality blend because it provides the consistency and unique taste our customers have come to expect . |
5 | It could be interpreted as a different commander view : there is no single commander responsible for this overall revenue account so it is not published . |
6 | So , this joint staffing watch as it exists at the moment , has got a very restricted shelf life , an and I doubt if it 's going to survive . |
7 | He looked like a local man , at home and unobtrusive in this comfortable country room as he would have been in the border landscape outside . |
8 | I still got this little housewife feeling that it ought to be ready when you come in the door you know . |
9 | Perhaps you could prop up this little hand mirror that I 've got in there . |
10 | In September Leslie 's 5th Brigade found itself part of the 4th Indian Division , and it was with this famous fighting force that he was to spend about the next nine months . |
11 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
12 | Julia Smith directs this Birmingham Rep ‘ astonishing production = grab this full star production while you can ’ The Guardian The eerie menace and absurd comedy of Kafka 's surreal saga of Gregor Samsa whose body unexpectedly turns into a large beetle — brilliantly played by Gary Selfton , with original music by Nigel Piper and suitably claustrophobic design by Helen Skillicorn . |
13 | And she got this ginormous magnifying glass and she nipped me face , just there . |
14 | If , for example , a firm were to amend its sales budget half-way through a budget period the personnel responsible for production need to know this amended sales budget so they can plan and make provisions to ensure the products are available for sale . |
15 | Faith as big as this minuscule mustard seed that you ca n't see . |
16 | Number seven loads and loads and loads and loads of this moist toilet tissue cos we 're trying to get rid of it all so you 've got the lot . |
17 | Accordingly , it is important for us the view multimedia in this wider industry context if we are to assess its significance and likely future impacts . |
18 | I am writing to tell you what those few minutes of destruction will now mean and to ask for your urgent help to stop this needless forest massacre before it is too late . |