Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said , ‘ Sickness has given me this fortune that this sultan has come to my side , at morn so health and well being have accrued to me from the arrival of this King without retinue . |
| 2 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
| 3 | She had given me this book , Period , and she says that how you feel about your first period affects you all your life , it affects your self-image , so it 's very important . |
| 4 | Ah well he says , and he said he 's given me this list . |
| 5 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 6 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've given them this number and they 're going to test the line and call me back , ’ she said when Iris came in from the garden . |
| 8 | He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle . |
| 9 | Several videos on less obvious techniques have also impressed me this year . |
| 10 | Do you agree that the characteristics of Skelton as we have considered them this morning , make a contribution to the setting of the historic city of York ? |
| 11 | The amount of times you 've rung him this week ! |
| 12 | He gave Tottenham Hotspur the title , I think , of the greatest club side ever in erm , British football , and they won erm , the double as everyone knows , in nineteen sixty one , the first English team to have won it this century . |
| 13 | how , how well they 've enjoyed it this morning I thought well I wished I 'd made the effort |
| 14 | I think I 've cracked it this time . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Major said Mr Patten had been ‘ the architect of of the campaign that has won us this victory … |
| 16 | ‘ But on the other hand I have no intention of letting you add my name to the list , just because you 've lent me this flat , ’ she lashed back . |
| 17 | Maybe the police has made me this way , but do you not see that if you 're going to come in here asking me questions about my family , if you 're going to want to know all these things , I 've got to be able to trust you ? |
| 18 | That she has so kindly obliged me this evening , and on Twelfth Night of all nights causes me no small surprise . ’ |
| 19 | We had a hedgehog last year , I have n't seen them this winter er you know since |
| 20 | What was encouraging was the way we played — the best I 've seen them this term ( although I 've only seen 4 matches ) . |
| 21 | You should of seen them this morning , Paula was lined up with her pills and then he stood next to her with his pills and erm |
| 22 | Yeah , well I du n no , do it all properly I must do all my bits and pieces tonight , I have n't done them this week , oh let's have a look at the poll tax , because I thought there was one more , I 'm sure there is |
| 23 | ‘ I 've hardly seen you this evening , have I ? |
| 24 | I have only met her this morning . ’ |
| 25 | It could have saved him this time , but the policeman , half nerved up for aggression , caught him fairly in the doorway and hung on with professional ease . |
| 26 | I have n't seen him this afternoon . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've known Rohan a long time , but I 've never seen him this way with a woman before , or with such immediacy . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I could have seen him this morning before your lot arrived but I funked it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Have you seen him this morning ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Have you seen him this morning ? ’ asked Jill . |