Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not . |
| 2 | Beside him , the Substitute burst into delighted laughter and said , ‘ Maestrangelo , introduce me to this man ! ’ |
| 3 | And he never forgive me for this you see because he were a big noise you know , he he 'd got a big business in . |
| 4 | Test me in this , ’ says the Lord Almighty , ‘ and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it . |
| 5 | If you 've got tetanus , to stop you breaking your back with these muscle contractions , so that they can nurse you adequately , they inject you with this stuff and you are paralysed until the tetanus has been fought off . |
| 6 | I want him in this evening . |
| 7 | How in the world could a worthless louse like Guy Sterne melt her into this uncomfortable aching longing ? |
| 8 | ‘ He swears that the Brigadier and the Brigade Major use his establishment and supply him with this vital information . |
| 9 | It was what she had wanted to do since she met him — touch him like this , feel his naked body against her . |
| 10 | Can you find the hole and plug it with this ? ’ |
| 11 | Why not come out arid say it in this day and age , she muttered to herself as she dialled the number . |
| 12 | when you say it like this . |
| 13 | put this program in and you swap it for this er map disk , then it comes up , you tell it where you are , where you going to and it works your route out |
| 14 | Go on , dazzle 'em with this bright patchwork T-shirt , teamed with loose-fitting , bright pink cotton voile shorts . |
| 15 | ‘ Awaken us from this nightmare , Huy . |
| 16 | Hold thee from this forever ’ |
| 17 | Well I used to the grindstone was in the cart shed , you see , and er I used to turn the handle whilst he ground his knives down and then he 'd take them in the slaughterhouse , after he got them ground , and put them on this stone to get them smooth , to get a fine edge on the knife . |
| 18 | And I unloaded at Mr Riggs on Norwich Hill ( he used to contract for all the horses with the post-office ; and we used to take hay there ) , and I pulled the load into his yard ; took the horses out , and put them into this load what my uncle — what they sent away . |
| 19 | They bought the potatoes and they put them into this machine to mix them up with a couple of pails of water and then they drained all the taters off and left the milk that was left and used that for the baking . |
| 20 | They took me along and they put me into this dormitory . |
| 21 | I had just turned sixteen and they put me in this place that was really for dossers . |
| 22 | Ancient towns , majestic chateaux , houses clinging precariously to sheer cliffs and deep natural caves await you on this tour of remarkable south-west France . |
| 23 | We ca n't hurt her — humiliate her like this when she 's expecting to marry him in just a few weeks , even if it has been arranged for family reasons , and not for love . |
| 24 | You see , they 've got a card of the fella that did the thingy so , when they put him onto this other fella he says , er , yeah , his name were Mr so and so . |
| 25 | And he said , ‘ Well , we had this Tremolux amp and I put it through this compressor . ’ |
| 26 | I put it to this hundred , would you spend two thousand pounds on having a tummy tuck if your tummy needing tucking ? , |
| 27 | I ca n't agree a solution with our officers that is acceptable to the residents I represent and I put it to this council to try and get something done about it and all I get from the chairman of the committee is the officer 's comments pushed back down my throat . |
| 28 | I put it on this morning he did n't like it . |
| 29 | So we put it into this pot and we invest it in as many funds and spread the money out , so if , if one fund does n't produce very much in return , another fund will , and so we in fact , get a better spread throughout the market , than you could do as an individual . |
| 30 | ‘ Put it like this . |