Example sentences of "this [noun sg] to [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would doubtless suffer this blow to his esteem in a First Folio or a 1532 Chaucer , given half a chance , but in lesser books the wound is too serious . |
| 2 | Prince Charles could never have dreamed of this twist to his call for respectful allegiance to the past . |
| 3 | Philip would go this morning to his source for such things , talk it over ; if one was available , did she want him to buy it , and if so , did she have the money ? |
| 4 | As Miranda was halfway down the dark and narrow stairwell , she realised who it was who had so disarmed Madame that she had not scolded Marie-Angèle ( for not being downstairs to hand , to run the message up to Mlle Everard ) , or waited to reproach Miranda herself for allowing visitors to call without appointments and cause all this trouble to her hostess in the Hotel Davenant . |
| 5 | The Congress soon found its desire to implement a return , regardless of political considerations , opposed not only by Israel but by the Arab states , and even the Palestinian Arab Higher Committee itself , which did not welcome this challenge to their authority in the management of negotiations with the enemy . |
| 6 | The Duke passed on this information to his agent among the burgh politicians , instructing that he should ‘ take that opportunity of fixing , as much as is possible , Christie ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ D' you think I 'm so stupid I 'd glue this thing to my head on purpose ? ’ |
| 8 | Protestant Unionists had begun to respond to this threat to their supremacy by organising a private army , the Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) , said to have had the backing of the Conservative Party and the British military establishment . |