Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strange , Mowbray pondered , that Adam had not come to see them this Christmas . |
| 2 | They 're being told by Lucy 's father , who flew out to see them this morning . |
| 3 | As for you , you 'd better come to see me this afternoon . |
| 4 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 5 | Q : It 's good of you to see me this evening . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’ |
| 8 | Deny them this participation of freedom , and you break that sole bond which originally made , and must still preserve , the unity of the empire . |
| 9 | ‘ You must lend me this music , Basil , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Thanks for seeing me this evening er |
| 11 | Right that 's , that 's , that 's lovely Ian anyway thanks very much for seeing me this evening erm well as I say I 'll go away and prepare some figures and then I 'll , I 'll see you what , what say Wednesday next week ? |
| 12 | He 's trying to kill me this fucker ! |
| 13 | ‘ But why did you make me this way ? ’ |
| 14 | What you say basically to somebody is , right , what do you want them this height or that height ? |
| 15 | We have heard nothing this evening about where the money will come from . |
| 16 | Hick , a member of their 1983 World Cup squad when only 17 , will be opposing them this time . |
| 17 | You obviously think you can do what you like with women , and perhaps that 's the fault of those who 've let you treat them this way in the past . |
| 18 | He nearly got me this afternoon . |
| 19 | So Parsons got me this job and I used to sit up there and answer the phones . ’ |
| 20 | Mr Blackadder tolled me this buk is ful of jokes that are abowt as funny as getting your bottom caut in a bacon slicer . |
| 21 | Friends will be in touch this afternoon and you 'll need to make time to accommodate them this evening . |
| 22 | He said , ‘ Sickness has given me this fortune that this sultan has come to my side , at morn so health and well being have accrued to me from the arrival of this King without retinue . |
| 23 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
| 24 | She had given me this book , Period , and she says that how you feel about your first period affects you all your life , it affects your self-image , so it 's very important . |
| 25 | Ah well he says , and he said he 's given me this list . |
| 26 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 27 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
| 28 | No I could n't I mean , and these people are Jehovah Witnesses who sold me this house and my feelings about the commercial probity of Jehovah Witnesses are that they have n't any commercial probity . |
| 29 | He asked them this question , do you believe that I am able to do this ? |
| 30 | ‘ I 've given them this number and they 're going to test the line and call me back , ’ she said when Iris came in from the garden . |