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 .
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