Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean , I know , but Colin ai n't been down much this week , because Colin 's been working , he 's been working every day and that , you know what I mean , it 's been a bit hard for us to get down but we tried . |
2 | It is the function of the cognitive analyser to perform in exactly this way and thereby to relate the organism more closely to environmental and social change . |
3 | There is no need to deny these elements of their self-description ; indeed it is important to recognize that certain cultural formations occur in exactly this way . |
4 | It goes along the lines that ‘ researchers ’ research ’ is all about ‘ controlled experimentation within a psycho-statistical paradigm ’ — to coin a jargon or two — and expressed in just this kind of language . |
5 | It goes along the lines that ‘ researchers ’ research ’ is all about ‘ controlled experimentation within a psycho-statistical paradigm ’ — to coin a jargon or two — and expressed in just this kind of language . |
6 | Losses were reduced from £1.5 million to £1.1 million in the last six months of trading , and should go down further this year . |
7 | ‘ Still , even so , perhaps I 'll wander in early this evening . |
8 | Aye , cos you were in early this week . |
9 | Found a girl with a good memory who remembered him checking in early this morning for a flight to Brussels . |
10 | German rates should start to come down later this year , when — and if — the Bundesbank believes that inflation is under control . |
11 | Chartered accountants Touche Ross have taken the whole of the 12,000 sq ft fourth floor and is planning to move in later this summer . |
12 | Then we 'll make it come down now this side . |
13 | ‘ My Carrie told me when I come in 'ere this mornin' , ’ Danny replied . |
14 | Well they got down alright this morning . |
15 | Get down here this minute ! ’ |
16 | Coming down here this week , I came a week early actually , I , I used a week 's holiday as well , and er my lady friend says I think we 'll buy a house in Goodwood . |
17 | And similarly for this er decoder down here this section down here . |
18 | The original Los Desamperados ( ‘ the abandoned ones ’ ) was burnt down earlier this century and was replaced by an earthquake-proof Italianate structure clad in cream-coloured stucco . |
19 | The area was previously served by Hawkes , which closed down earlier this year . |
20 | AEA Technology , the company which runs the Dounreay nuclear power plant , has signed a deal with a consortium of German , Dutch and Belgian electricity companies to receive nuclear fuel from the Kalkar plant in western Germany , which was closed down earlier this year . |
21 | ( The other reactor was closed down earlier this year ; see ED 58 . ) |
22 | The Gatt trade talks broke down earlier this week because of a long-running dispute over EC oilseed subsidies and the volume of EC exports to the US . |
23 | Lord Desai — an economic spokesman in the Lords — had to stand down earlier this month after controversial remarks about VAT , which went against Labour 's policy . |
24 | And yet many of these new churches have to confess they find themselves in precisely this position . |
25 | we go what we do down there this year . |
26 | ‘ Mary and I took our dogs down there this afternoon and I must admit we did n't like it , Mary was quite frightened . |
27 | Supposed to be going down there this afternoon but |
28 | Cos she ought to be down there this morning did n't she ? |
29 | But then er he works late last night and he had to go in again this morning . |
30 | So in point of fact idioms is you 'll find that they always fit in either this slot or in this slot , but you wo n't find an idiom which has to form such that if you remove the subject and verb from a sentence you can stick the idiom in there and it will make sense . |