Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] this " in BNC.
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1 | I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference . |
2 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
3 | I am happy to see them in this workmanlike state . |
4 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
5 | He thought to himself ‘ I do n't want him to see me like this ’ . |
6 | The act of the king touching them in this way protects them from the otherwise dangerous consequences of being in contact with the power of the king . |
7 | By depreciating against the other currencies as needed , the scavenger currency would insulate them from this local depression . |
8 | They do n't build them like this any more — Healey ( top ) , Cobra ( above ) |
9 | ‘ Why do you insist on seeing me in this horrible way ? ’ she finished up . |
10 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
11 | They did n't want me at this party , but because I AM , fang and claw I have grapple-hooked their smooth cliffs , and have the right to stalk these wooded cliffs , lap at their abundant streams . |
12 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
13 | Ask yourself the question , ‘ Is it my desire , my greed , my wish to be in control that drives me in this matter , or do I feel the lightness of purpose that is a mark of the guidance from within ? ’ |
14 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
15 | ‘ You shall paint me like this if it would please you , Barney dear , ’ she whispered aloud . |
16 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
17 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
18 | Again , the would-be reformers ' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion . |
19 | I do n't want them after this visit tomorrow I might go out one more time |
20 | ‘ I do n't want them in this country . |
21 | It 's just great to have Marie touching me like this . |
22 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
23 | He 'll be sorry he 's treated me like this , Ellen ! ’ |
24 | ‘ How can you treat me like this after all I have sacrificed for you ? ’ |
25 | You ca n't treat me like this ! |
26 | If you do love me , how can you treat me like this ? |
27 | That means you can treat me like this . |
28 | ‘ To treat them in this way is disgraceful . ’ |
29 | When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience . |
30 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ , but indeed it could be applied in many places . |