Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Wright was in the wrong and landed this into the safe hands of Barnett . |
| 2 | The powerboat world has been left high and dry this summer by a big red boat named Flippin Shytalk … its call sign is P69 … the only number that reads the same upside down … but the Oxfordshire crew that run and race her are on the very top of their sport at the moment … |
| 3 | Get a chocolate egg about six inches high and place this on a wall made of cake . |
| 4 | Now fuck-off and take this old shitbag with you . ’ |
| 5 | There is a tendency to regard mains water as pure and to keep this for special purposes while using one of the other supplies for , say , bulk-washing on the assumption that it is less pure ; this may not always be true . |
| 6 | They argue that the differential in living standards between the two groups is minimal and to see this as social mobility is to detract attention from the important fact that they are all part of the large urban poor whose poverty is due to the wider social formation and , in particular , the capitalist mode of production . |
| 7 | I felt special when I was pregnant and carrying this little person inside me . |
| 8 | Above all things he wanted to see McAllister 's bright and bubbling face , and she had been unwontedly shy and subdued this morning . |
| 9 | And she had not been half asleep and dreaming this time . |
| 10 | If we take the 32.9% found in Franks 's study as representative and compare this prevalence figure with the yearly mortality in the European Community — 22.6/100000 — this suggests that only one in 1456 patients would die of prostate cancer . |
| 11 | You feel a bit dozy and dull this month , with a propensity for lying on your back in the sun , dreaming of bygone days . |
| 12 | SIMPLY COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS ACTION SHEET TO : |
| 13 | ‘ All men wish all women to be gentle , ’ Mrs Browning commented , ‘ just as all women wish men to be strong and to alter this we must first start with our sons and what they are brought up to . |
| 14 | I ca n't think why , when they 're so big and strong and have this beautiful warren . |
| 15 | keep records of research done/methods used and relay this regularly in updated form to STRSN members |
| 16 | In evolutionary game theory , we imagine a population of animals pairing off at random and playing this game . |
| 17 | Replacing the battery is n't difficult , although it is fiddly and to accomplish this and to gain access to the truss rod a circular plate on the back of the guitar has to be removed . |
| 18 | The first thing to do is to find a pair of old jeans or other piece of favourite clothing that is too tight and use this as a measure for making progress . |
| 19 | My mother was more stoical and scorned this self-pity . |
| 20 | Starting downwind and with lots of speed , roll inverted and hold this for a moment ( consult the judges of your particular contest for advice on how long a ‘ moment ’ is ) with zero , or slight negative pitch . |
| 21 | I lay back in my bed , hoping that Eric was still at large and heading this way , and also that my head and guts would stop reminding me how uncomfortable they could feel . |
| 22 | After swimming she had felt completely alive and glad to be awake and have this time of her own , which had been a gift to her from Tom and Maggie . |
| 23 | Invest time , this week , next week and every week in encouraging and supporting this elite team , making sure that you provide them with development opportunities . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm bowling a bit quicker , but they main difference is that I feel more confident and settled this time , ’ he explained . |
| 25 | The graphics are extremely good and make this game well worth ordering . |
| 26 | He was director in Shillong , Simla , and Calcutta ; then in 1933 he was appointed surveyor-general and held this position until his retirement in 1937 . |
| 27 | Normative scoring involves marking the child 's performance on each item as correct or incorrect and converting this to a standardised score or an age equivalent . |
| 28 | Human rights education is a means of stimulating and increasing this awareness . |
| 29 | ‘ Tradition dies hard and it may well be that many zealous companions will go on quoting Syriac and Egyptian and perpetuating this extraordinary jumble of explanations , ’ wrote Canon Richard Tydeman , Grand Superintendent over the Suffolk province of Freemasonry , in 1985 . |
| 30 | He looked mean and menacing this morning , dressed in tough denims , with his ruffled hair , and dark , unshaven jawline . |