Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pat was having an affair — and in a crowded restaurant , he asked her at the top of the sentorian Williams voice : ‘ Well tell us about this man you 're having the affair with then . ’ |
| 2 | All the same , I ca n't help feeling a little anxious about this relish he is revealing for anarchy . |
| 3 | About this holiday you know this arrangement |
| 4 | Now , about this building you wait a minute , where 's Dubois ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You still have n't told me about this evidence you have against me , ’ Claudia said with an assumed air of indifference . |
| 6 | Now if you read what is written about this change you 'd think the BBC was about to axe Radio 4 . |
| 7 | Now if you read what is written about this change you 'd think the BBC was about to axe Radio 4 . |
| 8 | What my father felt about this conjunction I can only guess . |
| 9 | But mind , I will say this about this chappie he does stick to it . |
| 10 | Another thing that seriously disappoints me about this life I 'm living through : the reading . |
| 11 | ‘ Now , ’ she went on , ‘ now I would so like to hear about this Uncle you talk of , the Cabinet Minister . |
| 12 | ‘ Now , tell me about this book you are writing . |
| 13 | It was about this time she began seeing more and more of Laurence Wheldon … |
| 14 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 15 | Last year at about this time it produced the admirable Victorian Newcastle painter Ralph Hedley ; this winter it is showing in ‘ A Romance with the North East ’ Rober and Isa ( Thompson ) Jobling , who lived and worked there until the 1920s producing powerful and poetic images of its countryside coast and people . |
| 16 | About this time I wrote to her : |
| 17 | About this time I had , by a certain wicked attempt — for I had a bold heart which rather put me upon courting than avoiding danger — set a hornet 's nest about my ears so I thought it better to remove myself to France and be a little more discreet in my armours . |
| 18 | At about this time I was able to discard the dread of the " chop " from Halton and a balm to my ego was a gain in my outdoor activities , particularly in cross-country and track , I felt very comfortable at the workshops , I also adored the evening sessions at school when we were lectured by such great names of the day as Churchill , Trenchard , Beaverbrook , General Smuts , a host of politicians , and near our own held , such fine names in aviation as Handley Page and others ; splendid names in their day . |
| 19 | About this time I noticed that those crews who consistently got aiming point pictures on the bomb plots issued by HQ Bomber Command after each raid were never selected for PFF . |
| 20 | About this time he started to wonder whether he ought to be a monk . |
| 21 | At about this time he acquired the churches of Brightwalton and Melton Mowbray , gifts from the monks of Battle and Lewes . |
| 22 | At about this time he returned to Courthill to assist his father , and so he was able to use all the resources of the smithy to make the kind of machine that was in his mind . |
| 23 | ‘ Do your parents know about this trouble you 're in ? ’ |
| 24 | If you start thinking about this game it will drive you crazy . ’ |
| 25 | Regarding the bladder and rectum , Hunter was especially precise : ‘ Instead of being only 10 minutes about this Process you must be ½ an Hour to an Hour about it . ’ |
| 26 | Thing about this programme it is so it is so crucial to everything that goes on at Radio York while it is happening , they eat in the other room that 's how much er interest there is they eat in the other room . |
| 27 | Fortunately I realized what was happening and went to our Old Town doctor , who had some serious things to say about this method she considered Germanic , and we were sent to St Helen 's Hospital for a minor operation and a re-think . |
| 28 | ‘ I presume you 've read about this body they found in Clerkenwell ? ’ he said . |
| 29 | What about this woman we 're going to see ? |
| 30 | ‘ That you swear to tell me all about this woman you told Ma was the most wonderful girl in the world . ’ |