Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference . |
| 2 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 3 | I am happy to see them in this workmanlike state . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 5 | He thought to himself ‘ I do n't want him to see me like this ’ . |
| 6 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 7 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 8 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 9 | ‘ To treat them in this way is disgraceful . ’ |
| 10 | Right , now then , be like this I 'll pretend that I 've done something that needs to be , a high sling to support me in this fashion . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you going to treat me like this for the next ten years ? ’ |
| 12 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 13 | If a power of appointment , either in law or in fact , is vested in trade unions , the effect is not only to arrogate to them rights attaching only to ownership , but to establish them in this particular matter as the constitutional equals of Parliament . |
| 14 | But if we are going to accuse them of this then we had better also accuse them of inventing the doctrine of the Trinity , for although the New Testament provides evidence for such a cardinal Christian belief it does not set it out in a clear or distinct fashion . |
| 15 | this is a school one , yeah , they have to write them in this little |
| 16 | The court was bound by the maximum aggregate of six months in section 133 in respect of these offences , and the jurisdiction to pass them in this form did not exist . |
| 17 | When you have got the idea of how to tighten them in this way , you can do the exercise anywhere . |
| 18 | You 'll just have to trust me on this one , baby . ’ |
| 19 | I am sorry to worry you over this but the result of the present system is that John Merer and I are barely on speaking terms . |
| 20 | Do you have any idea how long it 's taken me to find you in this God-forsaken place ? |
| 21 | A man describing himself as being in the public relations business had phoned Julian Klein 's office and made an appointment to meet him on this day , but had not divulged the nature of his business . |
| 22 | No one would hear her , but she could n't face having to find him among this unfamiliar crowd . |
| 23 | ‘ I am concerned to find him like this , ’ he said , sliding away from the immovable barrier . |
| 24 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 25 | This is Brando 's first film since 1980 and it 's good that his old campaigning fire was still sufficiently there under the millions and the sloth to pull him into this . |
| 26 | I decided not to inform him of this . |
| 27 | They had been lucky to find it in this hilly and heavily forested terrain . |
| 28 | We hope that you will continue to provide us with this vital information as we embark together on the second piloting year . |
| 29 | And the person who was going to lead them to this golden opportunity was the new driving force who had come to the fore and already earned himself the nickname of ‘ the Eddie Shah of News on Sunday ’ — Chris Walsh . |
| 30 | ‘ I regret ever allowing you to talk me into this crazy scheme ! ’ she exclaimed as she slid into bed and pulled the duvet up to her chin . |