Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [conj] this [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a source of some regret to me that this column will not be here to report the changes . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems to me that this practice will only pay its way because of what they now call ‘ companion animals ’ . |
| 3 | He had heard so many stories of musket balls lodging in Bibles , not of course that he really believed them , but all the same What he wanted to do now was to find some immoral passages with which to confront the Padre , thereby proving to him that this book could not possibly be the word of God ( unadulterated , anyway ) . |
| 4 | She was going to say ‘ industry ’ , but it occurred to her that this admission would come oddly from an expert on the Industrial Novel . |
| 5 | It seems to us that this approach would not work where the ideas are essentially novel or controversial . |