Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It , it was gon na cost me a thousand but I 've done a deal with a guy who 'd got stuck with some in Manchester so it 's gon na cost me five hundred which I 'm getting done this Friday . |
| 2 | If you 're getting married this July , you 're going to be in adventurous mode when it comes to the honeymoon ! |
| 3 | If I had a daughter getting married this summer I would be tempted to give her a twopart party in similar vein . |
| 4 | His daughter getting married this evening . ’ |
| 5 | Well thank you Chairman , I have to go back to last Wednesday afternoon , when I had a telephone call from a reporter from the Eastern Daily Press asking me to make a statement on the press release by Suffolk County Council stating that the Bungay bypass has been abandoned well Chairman I have to say that I was somewhat erm put out , because I did I disappoint I think because they , the Highway Department did n't have the courtesy to inform me first , and you can well imagine how I felt er having received this news . |
| 6 | Having received this notice of intention to wind up their company at Coldharbour Road , Smith & Jones once more offered £500 , this time in an open letter , in full and final satisfaction of the claim for £1250 , GFT having failed to provide a satisfactory explanation as to damage and delay . |
| 7 | Having examined this location I regret to advise you that there are several reasons why this stop can not be relocated as requested . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's a businessman , ’ Melissa pointed out , having heard this eulogy several times already . |
| 9 | Having given this example of structuring I perhaps need to make clear some of the terminology I have been using before looking at more examples . |
| 10 | Then , having given this information to which Alice felt she was not entitled , Muriel said , with a look of irritated guilt because of Alice 's critical face , that she would go and see . |
| 11 | Follow the blue posts until the track meets an obvious forestry road , and as a reward for having come this way , a wooden seat . |
| 12 | The evidence for our palaeolithic ancestors having occupied this area is found in the eastern reaches of the Serengeti where the natural forces of erosion have cut a deep gash into the grasslands to expose the sun-baked deposits of Olduvai Gorge . |
| 13 | Having resolved this dispute he became involved in long battles over his rights and tithes from the manors , for in 1256 , he is complaining that his rents and profits were so small , scarcely amounting to forty marks a year , being only enough to meet half his expenses . |
| 14 | Furthermore , competition has reduced somewhat because a number of the smaller software houses have disappeared due to the recession ; and the group is recruiting again , after having frozen this activity for the past couple of years . |
| 15 | Hall seems not to have fulfilled his promise to cost the winning designs , as Hunt , who presumably would have made the estimates , did not examine the plans , and there is no evidence of Hall having reported this information back to Parliament . |
| 16 | Having considered this report the Council went on to state its commitment to the provision of approved re-entry programmes in its first annual report of December 1984 . |
| 17 | Having adopted this generalists ’ view of data processing and exchange it might be prudent to secure our involvement in the development , testing and adoption of encoding standards . |
| 18 | Having endured this series of questions designed to trap him , Jesus returned the compliment with a question directed against the Scribes . |
| 19 | Having noticed this discrepancy , Husameddin suggests that the text of Ibn Hajar ought to read thus suggesting that a ( seven ) has dropped out of the text . |
| 20 | The two belligerents having accepted this text in principle , Perez de Cuellar 's task , involving a bout of shuttle diplomacy , was now to pin them down to an actual cease-fire on the ground . |
| 21 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 22 | Having made this decision after a minute 's observation , not only amazed him , it also caused him to relax completely . |
| 23 | It is essential that the United Nations should be in there and that , having made this contribution , we should be in there supporting it , to make sure that the inhabitants of these camps , whether they are Khmer Rouge camps , Prince Sihanouk or Son Sann camps , are properly protected against being forced , against their will , across borders . |
| 24 | Having made this assessment , the marketer should be aware of the potential problems which exist in communication within different cultures . |
| 25 | Having made this point , we can move on to examine the objectives and constraints associated with such enterprises . |
| 26 | Having made this announcement , my employer put his volumes down on a table , seated himself on the chaise-longue , and stretched out his legs . |
| 27 | Having answered this part of the questionnaire , the informants were then given the next paragraph of the story : The informants were then asked whether this explained the mismatch of the previous paragraph . |
| 28 | The social exclusivity of private education enables a distinct ‘ superior ’ culture to remain intact , and ensures that this world-view is displayed with the self-assurance and ‘ soundness ’ that is valued by those recruiting entrants to elite occupations ( the elite-educated spies Burgess and Maclean are notorious for having exploited this trust ) . |
| 29 | ‘ Having seen this Hospital through many periods of difficulty ’ , the Prime Minister continued , she could understand ‘ very well ’ the problem of staff morale that the representatives had raised . |
| 30 | It is true of course that the device could potentially backfire : having equipped this Tribunal with so much power , it might begin to use it and impose demands on the executive which exceed those which the courts would demand . |