Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sit down at this desk with a ledger . |
| 2 | Zoom in on this bungalow |
| 3 | We have exhibitions at Sandown , Bristol , Leeds , Glasgow — obviously the machines cash in on this and have their own conventions in various parts of the country . |
| 4 | His grandparents usually chip in at this point . |
| 5 | You trot down like this . |
| 6 | The idea that , that human beings are a species whose social interactions are very critical , as we know social interactions are also very important to reproductive success , and so I bring in inside this analytic cooperation the idea about deception and the evolution of the unconscious , that press deceivers do n't know that , deceiving . |
| 7 | D. From long experience the Wills family know that cereal crops ( wheat and barley ) normally grow better in this region than in other parts of Britain . |
| 8 | Each meeting ends with the moneymen all saying things like I 'm in or I want in on this or You got it or Let's do it . |
| 9 | There again , I would say that top down in this country it is fast enough , and what shake there is certainly is not accompanied by any rattles or ‘ looseness ’ . |
| 10 | Other examples appear elsewhere in this chapter . |
| 11 | In discussing texts we idealise away from this variability of the experiencing of the text and assume what Schutz has called ‘ the reciprocity of perspective ’ , whereby we take it for granted that readers of a text or listeners to a text share the same experience ( Schutz , 1953 ) . |
| 12 | The first shift away from this kind of deixis is where the centre of orientation ( origo ) but not the related objects are part of the canonical situation . |
| 13 | We say more about this later in the Annual Report . |
| 14 | We apologise sincerely for this clerical error , and regret the confusion and inconvenience it has caused . |
| 15 | The week begun with Dalglish dominating Merseyside once again in the build up for this special occasion . |
| 16 | We 're putting some money away for e expenses , we 've taken up the option to purchase , we 've put in a planning application for change of use , we investigated possible grant applications , we 're investigating future expenditure and income generation , and then we report back to this committee once . |
| 17 | But men cry out against this . |
| 18 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |
| 19 | There are many examples which fit well into this area , including fluidized bed engineering , freeze drying , laser technology and smart cards . |
| 20 | Pope and Mays 's cognitive approaches fit well into this framework ( figure ) . |
| 21 | Other members of the group shift awkwardly at this picture of Arcadia in Southall , until an economist announces coldly that ‘ it is axiomatic that anything the state does it does worse than the private sector . ’ |
| 22 | In the lower glacial sea levels the straits in this region would have been narrower and shallower and the water comparatively warm even for this latitude . |
| 23 | The Smiths fit neatly into this strategy as the exception to the rule . |
| 24 | Oh we change over like this . |
| 25 | CAB advisers are accustomed to finding themselves in the position of mediators , and although they usually sit comfortably in this role , many dislike the role of mediator between client , Department of Social Security and charity foundations that has been thrust upon them . |
| 26 | But look around you and see how many people sit just like this ! |
| 27 | Hold on to this tension for a slow count to five , then let your feet relax and become limp as you breathe out with a sigh . |
| 28 | Hold on to this |
| 29 | And he shall not , he shall not , walk onward like this over my discomfiture , secure that his foot can not slip . |
| 30 | A few States benefit most from this expenditure , notably those around Washington DC itself ( where potential contractors may gain advantages from locating in proximity to the Pentagon ) , plus Massachusetts , Texas , California , Washington , Maine and Missouri . |