Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the quiet of night I lie in bed and hear the rattle of stones tumbling down this cliff , as , far below , the North American tectonic plate strains against the Gorda plate to its north and the Pacific plate to its west . |
| 2 | To hug him in my arms is something I can feel so strong it 's just like it was happening right this minute . |
| 3 | And if a Boeing plane is n't landing right this second at any of those cities , wait a minute . |
| 4 | Okay , what 's happening locally this evening ? |
| 5 | So I was laid out in the back of the van on the bed and he 's driving down this field to put the tent , because it had little er bits you know where it 's marked out for you to camp , and I 'm driving around in the back saying , yes you 've , you 've just missed the fence there and you know . |
| 6 | Last night driving down this bit , it 's terrible ! |
| 7 | It was 11.00 p.m. at night when the victim , in her early 30s , was walking down this alleyway off Barton Street in Tewkesbury . |
| 8 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 9 | Then those showers dying away er dying away this afternoon for one or two good sunny spells , temperature high today of sixty three degrees fahrenheit . |
| 10 | Kemp has performed a valuable service in opening up this area . |
| 11 | The benefits of this route could be substantial : about half of the Currie High roll comes from the Baberton and Juniper Green area , and when I carried out a survey , among parents , of travel to the school from these areas last year , a substantial number of families were in favour of opening up this path . |
| 12 | It will be gearing up this year , but is unlikely to repeat the 1991 rights issue . |
| 13 | Brian Anderson , the Quakers ' club secretary , added : ‘ It 's awful to hear of a young fan ending up this way . |
| 14 | Provided a mains transformer has a single primary winding there should be no difficulty in wiring up this section of the supply . |
| 15 | Around a third of expenditure was absorbed by the projects of the Musée d'Orsay ( opened 1986 ) and the Louvre ( the Pei Pyramid opened 1989 ) with the Richelieu Wing opening later this year . |
| 16 | Our technical facility at Kitsuregawa , Japan is on budget and on time for opening later this year . |
| 17 | With the Royal Academy 's survey of Sickert 's oil paintings opening later this month , the Camden Town connoisseur should consider the following investments : |
| 18 | The Grangetown Neighbourhood Centre in Bolckow Road , Grangetown , is opening later this month at a cost of £130,000 bringing better health facilities into the area . |
| 19 | Forward on the MGB 's exposed foredeck , Able Seaman Savage racked the Sperrbrecher with his 2-pounder pom-pom , knocking out this mine destroyer 's 88mm ( 3.5in ) gun and setting fire to its ready-use ammunition lockers on deck . |
| 20 | Profits from perestroika : launching here this month and in the USA next year is MNP ( pronounced ‘ meer ’ ) , a fizzy , clear version of a ‘ traditional Russian recipe ’ that contains less sugar and additives than most gassies . |
| 21 | Dublin is no exception and , as luck would have it , the most important event to be happening there this year is an artistic one : the opening of the Irish Museum of Modern Art ( IMMA ) . |
| 22 | If , however , you are intending to grow alpines on staging then this style may be ideal . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll be driving again this afternoon . ’ |
| 24 | WEDGWOOD Golf Society 's go-getting committee is driving forward this season with a new secretary , a new venue and a major push to attract more members . |
| 25 | A group of 261 Vietnamese flew to Hanoi from Hong Kong yesterday , bringing to 3,241 the number returning voluntarily this year . |
| 26 | Which might go some small way towards explaining why this weekend 's concerts are Jackson 's first in London for three years . |
| 27 | Alternatively you can record in so-called wholesale mode , that is by either sucking away this patch of membrane or by applying a whole er a large voltage pulse which essentially fries it , so it burns it away , and you then gain electrical access to the interior of the cell . |
| 28 | The first reasonably reliable and convincing learning task for Drosophila involved training them using just this sense of smell . |
| 29 | ‘ The officer says , will you kindly oblige by filling in this form ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Good , now I just want you to save me and yourself a lot of trouble by filling in this form for the Red Cross . ’ |