Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hyphenating them may overcome this problem . |
| 2 | Chairman , if I may add this add this to the outline application , indicating that that 's to the rear of the site , the Mayor |
| 3 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |
| 4 | The confusion yields when we realize that we have to do with a limited area , however large , and that the ‘ unionists ’ , if I may use this term , made the mistake of extrapolating the ambiguity and interchangeability within this limited area to the whole scope of Mozart 's staccato notation . |
| 5 | ‘ If I may say this gently , Chief , one does not question Lieutenant Denholm on those matters . |
| 6 | He is if I may take this question of the appointment of the independent members , he has certainly separated himself directly from their appointment by having this regional instrument . |
| 7 | The poor fellow 's dead and I do n't know whether I ought to say this … ’ |
| 8 | Just as there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This is a pleasant experience ’ to saying ‘ This is a good thing ’ , so there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This act will produce the best consequences ’ to saying ‘ I ought to do this act ’ . |
| 9 | Surely someone can meaningfully say ‘ I ought to do this , because I promised , even though better consequences would ensue from my doing something else which would involve breaking the promise . ’ |
| 10 | I ought to start this note with a health warning — it contains some mathematics ; not a lot , but some . |
| 11 | Erm , I ought to know this , but it 's not the sort of thing that I have on my fingertips . |
| 12 | I ought to qualify this by saying that going direct from A to B can result in lost opportunities : The missed chances to connect households or businesses that adjoin the road . |
| 13 | ‘ I must finish this letter . |
| 14 | ‘ You go on , ’ he said when she interrupted him , ‘ I must finish this . ’ |
| 15 | I must finish this letter , she thought . |
| 16 | You insisted I must wear this to dine , and I am certainly not going to change again now . |
| 17 | I must emphasize this , since the point has been misunderstood . |
| 18 | Even now I feel I must modify this by saying that technically I am a brilliant driver , handicapped only by having a 100mph temperament coupled with 5mph eyesight . |
| 19 | I did n't like this town when I first came to it , and … and I must whisper this , I did n't care much for him either , for his deaf-aid makes him believe that everybody else is deaf . ’ |
| 20 | I must stop this , she thought , Conrad 's getting drunk : I must be careful for him . |
| 21 | I 'm an older woman , she thought , I must stop this . |
| 22 | You 've got to get your casualty from the cause , but make sure it 's safe for you , now if it is a , a place where you 've got to get your casualty out and you have n't got a lifeline and I must express this really that there must be two of you and if you are going in you only go in if you think it is safe to go in and you must have a line attached to you and there 's somebody outside , so that if you do get erm overcome by fumes or whatever , they can pull you out , you are safe , they 'll see to you , if there is no hope , you do n't try to be the hero , what you do is go and make a phone call and get the professionals in , because they do n't want to come along and have to deal with two casualties , when there 's only one . |
| 23 | If you find my door closed to you , it 's because I must travel this dark , dangerous road alone . |
| 24 | And so I knew I must do this now . |
| 25 | PAMELA : [ alone ] After what has passed I must leave this house and go to the next town and wait for an opportunity to get home to my parents . |
| 26 | ‘ If I am , I must leave this house before daylight . |
| 27 | That is why I must leave this place . |
| 28 | It 's just that I must talk this through . |
| 29 | She continued : ‘ I am 70 years old but I felt I must make this sacrifice for them , even though the constraints on me in the future are very great . ’ |
| 30 | Now , I must make this quite clear to you , you ca n't actually mess around with time . |