Example sentences of "this [noun] ['s] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keegan , though , declined to look beyond this afternoon 's match when he left St James 's Park with his 14-man squad yesterday . |
| 2 | ‘ I used to go and play basketball at this gymnasium , ’ recalls Randy , as though it were only yesterday , ‘ and from there I 'd go over to this drummer 's house and we 'd jam . ’ |
| 3 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 4 | This does not mean that all pensioners live in poverty , but the effect of age discrimination is to depress the whole of this group 's income and it is only those with access to higher incomes through , for example , substantial occupational pensions , who are able to cushion themselves against the economic consequences . |
| 5 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 6 | as far we 're concerned this day 's seminar that we 're organizing , it will be purely and simply local government branches of the three organized regions in Northumberland . |
| 7 | As the crow flies , Elterwater and Grasmere are only two miles apart , so it would be easy to miss out this day 's walk if you wanted to shorten the complete circuit . |
| 8 | But we can not trust this wife 's claim that she is starved of cash by her husband . |
| 9 | There are a couple of the procedures now that in the light of this morning 's discussion that I think I can certainly circulate what are done , but they wo n't in , by any means now be final , and I also received this morning from Richard some discussions . |
| 10 | Right , where 's this morning 's paper and I go to the bogs ? |
| 11 | He then sends an inspector to our museum and it is upon this inspector 's report that it is decided whether we are successful in our application . |
| 12 | Who would think from the urbanity of this week 's column that I am sitting at my keyboard shivering , sniffing , coughing and streaming like a tubercular poet of the 1890s ? |
| 13 | The second would be to hold by-elections in areas that were excluded from this week 's election because they were controlled by the Khmers Rouges . |
| 14 | ‘ I have family and friends who assume that Rangers will beat FC Brugge with a couple of goals to spare , but in order to do that we will need to play throughout this week 's game as we did in the second half over there , ’ he added . |
| 15 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 16 | SPEEDWAY : Joe Screen , who won the British under-21 championship in 1990 , will start favourite for this year 's title as he chases a £10,000 bonus from sponsors Homefire . |
| 17 | " Even if you have a copy of the old ( September 1988 ) Catalogue , have a look at this year 's edition as it contains details of 15 new titles and information on many more books , packs , videos and projects . |
| 18 | of this year 's allocation if they wished to do so . |
| 19 | Please sell as many books of tickets as possible , more are available from the Office — RING HILDA NOW — We must raise the much needed funds to complete this year 's programme and YOU OR ONE OF YOUR CLASS MEMBERS COULD BE A LUCKY WINNER . |
| 20 | Guinness manager Ken Morrison said : ‘ We are delighted to be helping stage this year 's tournament and it demonstrates our commitment to hockey in Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 21 | This carpet 's navy and it 's terrible , it shows everything . |