Example sentences of "[noun] [be] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What news ? ’ 'Great news ? ’ 'What be this news ? ’ 'News , they say ! ’ etc. etc . |
| 2 | The male did not bother her at all after spawning , so I was able to leave her in the Mbuna colony until she was ‘ near term ’ — and all the fry were this time normal — all 120+ of them . |
| 3 | And you come over the bridge and the toll 's this side of it . |
| 4 | THE MAN responsible for Britain 's contribution to the Concorde programme is this country 's candidate for the top job at the European space Agency ( ESA ) , which becomes vacant in a year 's time . |
| 5 | It seems like you got there 's a logic , there are arguments behind what you 're doing , and you 're equalising things certainly , but I suppose what comes to mind is this phrase to rob Peter to pay Paul , and it must be very difficult to explain to the people in the old folks home when it 's being closed , I 'm sorry , you 're doing this so that somebody else in a different part of the country will have a better quality of life . |
| 6 | Freda said : ‘ You 'll still go to the lawyer 's this afternoon ? ’ |
| 7 | Designer knit-denim is this season 's best-selling collection . |
| 8 | They are to take granddad 's this afternoon . |
| 9 | As Mass Observation noted , " One very vital effect of the air-raids is this blurring of the future . |
| 10 | ‘ He told me he was round Madge 's this morning — He might have put them back — in her cardi pocket or somewhere . |
| 11 | One of the words that the Bible uses most often to describe a Christian 's relationships is this word ‘ respect ’ . |
| 12 | I think that one of the most confusing aspects is this word corporates , what 's a national account corporate , what 's a national account |
| 13 | Typical of his dramatic handling of words is this passage from ‘ Quanto piu m'arde ’ ( published in 1540 ) . |
| 14 | AMONG the super savings is this voucher which admits up to four people to the American Adventure Theme Park for just £3 each . |
| 15 | It is a pity , for much of the pleasure of carp fishing is this tuning-in of a highly developed hunting instinct . |
| 16 | He was not afraid to show that Johnny is this guy with all of these problems on his sleeve . ’ |
| 17 | June is an excellent month for marriage , Sagittarius , and if your wedding is this month it 's going to be a happy time for you both ! |
| 18 | ‘ Madame Kettle is this evening a very angry lady … and when people are angry , it is easy for an experienced interrogator like myself to make them talk . ’ |
| 19 | BELFAST 'S Lord Mayor Herbert Ditty was this afternoon staring defeat in the face as the City Hall vote counting reached its climax . |
| 20 | What good was this love that she should never have given birth to ? |
| 21 | there in the Chronicle was this thing to say what a good response they had ! |
| 22 | The wartime commentator 's jingoistic jangle was this time replaced by a solemn voice , and we were confronted with pictures of moving skeletons , some of them smiling weakly and making slow gestures . |
| 23 | Among the unexpected aspects that came to light was this situation with regard to individual help . |
| 24 | A wartime guise for the Pantographs was this cream pre-War livery . |
| 25 | Reed Consumer Books was this week locked in dispute with leading wholesalers after proposing to introduce a standardised discount structure and abolishing full credit on returns , in a move which if pursued by other publishers could seriously damage the long-term prospects of the wholesale sector . |
| 26 | What is ultimately of most significance in Foucault 's work is this recognition of the constant struggles within the definitions of sexuality . |
| 27 | I took them to the dry cleaner 's this afternoon . ’ |
| 28 | Since it is LSI 's own proprietary design rather than Sun 's this time around no royalties will have to be paid to Sun , another factor in its economy . |
| 29 | The strange brooding power and expectation in some of Moore 's statues is this emotion , carved and chiselled into stone . |
| 30 | Extrasure is this year one of the first insurers to reduce the qualifying period to eight hours . |