Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [conj] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He usually comes to a struggling club with nothing to lose but this time he 's been part of the slump . |
| 2 | What she said to me on the subject of the race riots and how she felt in that context makes me think that this stage in her life was nothing to do with race . |
| 3 | If you have any of your class members attending please let them know that this payment is now due . |
| 4 | Enough for me to know that this house was not a good place to be when he was alive , not good for either of you . |
| 5 | Please let me know whether this proposition is of interest either by writing to me or by telephoning either myself or my colleague [ NAME ] . |
| 6 | I overheard that this afternoon , I did n't think that was |
| 7 | I regret if this remark has misled Mr Blair or you to think that I could preach at Kildalton as a Candidate . |
| 8 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 9 | You know , I mean but this teacher wo n't stand no nonsense and I said to Lee y you were at it three years before you could speak like Carla speaks it ! |
| 10 | I realized that this suit had been among the clothes Barrymore had left for Selden , and I told Holmes . |
| 11 | During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting . |
| 12 | Afterwards I realised that this idea was wrong . |
| 13 | ‘ Once I realised that this novel was going to be a kind of mammoth , I decided to forgo writing the series . |
| 14 | ‘ If not , then I fear that this paperback edition will come and it will be sold on a very large scale and will be smuggled to other countries where it is banned and will be read in translation , ’ Mr Chisti said . |
| 15 | Therefore I fear that this light will not long endure . ’ |
| 16 | I trust that this review has helped at least somewhat to lighten that load . |
| 17 | BUYER : I expect that this upholstery will be difficult to clean . |
| 18 | I say that this type of equipment is necessary because until we can be sure all major rockets and missiles have gone , there will always be a chance of such offensive capabilities ‘ falling into the wrong hands ’ and that may result in terrible consequences . |
| 19 | Although I say that this story could really happen , I doubt that there would be the character of Simon in reality as I think that a boy his age would realise the dangerous situation he was in , and join the other boys . |
| 20 | And everything 's alright as I say until this problem with his eyesight . |
| 21 | But with reasonable adjustments of time and numbers , I propose that this arrangement could be considered . |
| 22 | Now I acknowledge that this kind of exegesis might be disturbing for some , but I believe that it is important for us as modern Christians to feel the force of this criticism which has thrown fresh light on the Scriptures as we have received them . |
| 23 | We are running up Trundleys Road across the Surrey Canal when I suggest that this running could get us nicked by the police . |
| 24 | Again I suggest that this line of argument is unsound . |
| 25 | I apologise if this description of Boy sounds to you like some fantasy and not a real person , a real young man ; and worse still , if this looks like a photograph from that kind of magazine which you would n't even buy , let alone be seen reading in public , on public transport for instance . |
| 26 | Well how do I know that this computer does not have a theory of the external world ? |
| 27 | And I believed that this world of darkness and changing images went on without a break , as unceasingly as the other less real one outside , wherever outside was , and by some unlikely philanthropic gesture of the city corporation was allowed to co-exist and be connected by the little dark doors with dark portholes . |
| 28 | I conclude that this book could most definitely happen , in fact it is happening all the time in our lives although we are protected by our parents who are conditioned to life . |
| 29 | I hope that this proposal is satisfactory to you . |
| 30 | Erm , it should n't , it should be noted that the er land owners are prepared to pay for a fairly expensive footbridge on their land to cure the problem and er I hope that this Council 's initiatives follow through and a twenty five year old problem gets cured . |