Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [prep] this " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was out and under the bonnet when I got stopped by this policeman . |
| 2 | Then , as the weeks went by , I got filled with this sense of pride . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , those four hundred thousand Palestinians lost everything in Kuwait , and erm it 'll be important to know that for each Palestinian in Kuwait there 's at least two or three other Palestinians whom they support outside Kuwait , in other words in Jordan , West Bank and the Gaza strip , so totally the Palestinians who got devastated by this invasion is about one point two million Palestinians . |
| 4 | By a different route , New Zealand and Newfoundland were similarly placed and , as we have seen , in 1922 the Irish Free State became added to this list . |
| 5 | As one would except , pre-existing material got sucked into this new world . |
| 6 | Do you know what would happen to us if we got caught with this stuff ? |
| 7 | West Ham 's Julian Dicks got booked in this skirmish . |
| 8 | I got injured in this game as well . |
| 9 | Naturally , she 'd heard of this legendary Tech-Green , and was disappointed someone of such intelligence and vision had allowed maudlin dross to get in the way of his career . |
| 10 | In advance , using the smokescreen of Tech-Green bureaucracy , he 'd arranged for this fictional shuttle-worker to be placed on a shift which involved taking a shuttle through the gravity well to Gaiah . |
| 11 | Once I 'd broken into this solicitor 's and all there was there was this big safe , y'know the type I mean , a big square box that was on this big slab of polished wood . |
| 12 | At least he 'd fallen off this side of the wall , he would n't have to jump it again . |
| 13 | Pamela had nearly had a heart attack when she 'd looked at this year 's brochure and seen how much it would cost . |
| 14 | Christopher seemed impressed by this . |
| 15 | Mrs Aboud — she and her husband were both Israeli citizens — seemed resigned to this gradual destruction of the little mixed society around their home . |
| 16 | He seemed resigned to this twist of fate that the first calf to be born into his stable for two years had been brought to life before it was ready , before the winter was even through . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought you 'd forgotten about this morning , ’ she said in a small voice . |
| 18 | Ah , I 'd forgotten about this one : Kevin Brand , there could be a connection there . |
| 19 | ‘ About some stolen property , ’ said the other , who , I 'd decided by this time , had shifty eyes . |
| 20 | Now that the little spot of reality I 'd made in this mean city has been so lightly abandoned by those I 'd thought it would be safe with — but you wo n't catch me compromising with the lackeys . |
| 21 | They 'd no internal passports in this tiny country , but from what he 'd seen of this building they had computers the like of which the Leningrad Militia could only dream about . |
| 22 | Well I 've been out all afternoon so I wondered if you 'd phoned in this afternoon . |
| 23 | and what he 'd done to this pillow was no one 's business . |
| 24 | Oh , we 'd felt like this for years but we would n't acknowledge it , and then we started meeting casually and standing talking for ages , but it was only when I met him and he was so upset about the baby and — and other things . |
| 25 | Estabrook watched the smoke drift up over the assassin 's grey eyes , and before he could prevent himself he was telling his story , the rules he 'd drawn for this exchange forgotten . |
| 26 | I 'd retired by this time . |
| 27 | ‘ Poor Tom would have been so very unhappy if he 'd known of this situation , ’ she 'd sniffed while fumbling for a handkerchief . |
| 28 | ‘ But if he 'd known of this outrage , ’ said Philip , looking from one to the other of them with searching eyes , ‘ the boy would have told me in Isambard 's presence . |
| 29 | But he seemed disposed on this occasion to discuss St Stephen 's , because its problems had lately been much on his mind . |
| 30 | Though he 'd driven through this area many times — he had a warehouse in the neighbourhood — he recognized none of it . |