Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On their feet were sandals very similar to those worn by a friar , but there was nothing peace-loving about this pair of demons . |
| 2 | The purpose of the research is to investigate the background to the decision by the department to employ CTA to manage participation , to describe and appraise CTA 's outreach work , to identify common themes arising from community groups ' objections , to describe and analyze the strategy which CTA adopted during the Public Inquiry , and to draw general conclusions about this approach to democratising planning and urban policy . |
| 3 | Doctor see about this hair of mine , it 's just not coming back in . |
| 4 | The first thing to notice about this story of war is its fearful silence about the enemy . |
| 5 | You could n't have expected it , he had been doubtful about this day from the beginning . |
| 6 | She wanted to forget all about this man beside her , just as he seemed to have forgotten about her . |
| 7 | The more I read about this man as a kid , the more fascinated I became . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Son , I want to have a word with you about this man in the pictures , so that you 'll know what to do in future . |
| 9 | Well , I think you 're you 're putting your finger on the issue that we brought up at the very beginning about this man in the churchyard . |
| 10 | ( ii ) The sequence in which pieces of information are released is only part of what is odd about this way of putting things . |
| 11 | Tell me , young woman , what is right about this way of life ? |
| 12 | ‘ Listen , ’ she said , ‘ someone told me today about this survey in a women 's magazine . |
| 13 | What is particularly noteworthy about this category of stations is the wide range of uses covered . |
| 14 | The important point about this category of moves , is that the ‘ home ’ remains in existence and a person is required to establish a new life elsewhere . |
| 15 | Do you think we could do you think we could forget about this plan of ours for stardom ? |
| 16 | Ed told me he 'd had a lot of bitter arguments about this plan with Hauser . ’ |
| 17 | They had learnt a bit about this tigress by now and nobody was about to take any chances . |
| 18 | ‘ And now , if we could get back to the point , I believe you were about to explain to me about this proposition of yours ? ’ |
| 19 | And then crossed out ‘ dumb ’ and inserted ‘ sweet ’ because it occurred to her that Mrs Rundle might have known about this affliction from the lawyers but had not been able to find the words to tell the children about it . |
| 20 | The fear that the encounter might have been handled incompetently is concealed in dismissive remarks about this type of work , about it not bring their job , as well as critical comments on the members of the public who think it is and who therefore make unrealistic demands on them . |
| 21 | It has also given legal effect to the judicial monitoring procedure , but there is no accountability of the Commissioner to Parliament despite the concern about this type of procedure which was raised in public after the Massiter affair . |
| 22 | Lectures about this type of library material tend to sound like a catalogue of unfamiliar names — the ‘ catalogue aria ’ . |
| 23 | The real difficulty about this type of individual help is that it may provide immediate relief but not necessarily the understanding to cope with the same or similar situations in the future . |
| 24 | The National Marriage Guidance Council offers sexual therapy and also publishes a booklet about this type of counselling . |
| 25 | Jung wrote vividly about this type of covenant . |
| 26 | Is n't it about time somebody did something about this type of rip-off ? |
| 27 | Even if you do not normally bother too much about this type of thing , it is strongly urged that great care be taken when dealing with IC3 . |
| 28 | Public awareness of corporate crime has certainly increased recently , but none the less there is still more misinformation and mystification about this type of crime than about ‘ conventional ’ crime . |
| 29 | Professional Footballers ' Association leader Gordon Taylor spoke out about this type of body blow in last week 's ‘ Soccer In Crisis ’ investigation when he was asked by the Echo over spiralling players ' wages . |
| 30 | There are several sorts of truth I could tell about this decade of work . |