Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] this " in BNC.
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1 | The writer asked what this was all about . |
2 | Well mum , mum got me this when |
3 | Instinct and an adolescence spent in observation rather than practice told her this was the kind of man who ate little girls like Suzie for breakfast . |
4 | It is not the authors ' intention to give it this gloss . |
5 | Thank you very much , er , conference , and indeed it gives me great pleasure to address you this morning . |
6 | Let old Shallot tell you this : when you 're in real trouble the women will help ; most men are cowards . |
7 | It is impossible for the outsider to appreciate what this meant to a man as proud as Richards , but it was noticeable that in the Test series against Pakistan and New Zealand which followed his form was very ordinary . |
8 | In the second-half of the Second Test they recaptured their World Cup form and it will take a very good side to beat them this summer . |
9 | He opens his mouth to tell her this , but she puts her finger on his lips to silence him . |
10 | They propose a national radiological spatial information system and , in a pilot project in Cumbria , have integrated several layers of data within ARC/INFO to show what this might involve ( Fig. 10.2 ) . |
11 | panel seeks to make that two million pounds , subject to the appropriate level of grants and borrow approvals and perhaps some assistance from within our own resources and elsewhere being budget , this is a , a firm intention to increase that figure , but we can not say it has been increased yet , to do so will be premature , but that I ask the committee to accept it this morning as a recommendation from the |
12 | And I can tell you that erm Birmingham City Council told me this erm that if ever they need anyone to chair a meeting they would look to the Guild , committees . |
13 | Her scream of delight told me this was a good time to move away . |
14 | There are five species of this large piratical sea-bird , and they are notoriously difficult to separate , but the warden told us this was a roosting place ( they do not breed in the Seychelles ) for mainly immature greater and lesser frigate birds , probably from the huge breeding colonies on Aldabra . |
15 | The girl tells you this — this fairy-tale , and you believe it ? ’ |
16 | All contemporary hues , every scrap of modern dialogue , every present mood , every tabloid headline , every bell clanging across the meadow tells us this . |
17 | Since you are still in the process of learning about your camcorder 's capabilities , it might be a good idea to deliberately try some of these mixed light shots and to shoot some comparisons between fully auto white balance and outdoor/indoor presets , if your machine gives you this choice of operation . |
18 | It 's as the sun hits it this side . |
19 | He had no right to treat her this way . |
20 | ‘ We invite criticism and discussion by the archaeological professsion to see what this really means . |
21 | and interested parents have a right to know what this initiative actually means . |
22 | Well , it 's been a joy to meet you this evening , please can I have another signed photo to replace the old one ? |
23 | Oh the teacher told us this one . |
24 | Cross and take the path towards the youth hostel which runs parallel with the road — a green-topped post tells you this is the start of the walk . |
25 | I had a rare job rousing you this morning . ’ |
26 | Paul the apostle gives us this assurance : ‘ He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus . ’ |
27 | Anyroad , there 's no need to tell you this — you 've lived down here long enough , ’ he continued . |
28 | Where did all that macho shit get you this time ? ’ |
29 | Local authorities are to be given the leading role in the organisation of community care , but the decision to give them this responsibility was taken with the greatest possible reluctance and only after every other possibility had been explored . |
30 | It may seem hardly worth while defining a function to do something this simple . |