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Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] this [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1	When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed .
2	When Queenie talks about the increased expenditure on recreation from nineteen eighty to now , that 's quite right , there has been a huge increase in spending , and that 's because the Labour Council was committed to improving recreation facilities in the City , and it did n't continue the appalling record that the Conservative administration had had before of virtually no recreational facilities , it invested in recreation facilities — you listed them yourself — and of course those facilities have to be paid for and on when we have stood for election we 've always made it clear that we want to provide quality services , but of course that they have to be paid for , and so the second point that you then made was that , you know , our budget 's gone up beyond belief , well I mean this year it 's being cut by two million pounds , last year it was a standstill budget , and erm that has been done at a time when in fact Central Government has been transferring responsibilities from Central Government onto Local Government without increasing , indeed at the same time decreasing the amount of Central Government grant that 's gone to local councils .
3	I mean this bit I like .
4	So that is one thing as I develop this theme you 'll you 'll see .
5	The first time I met this creature she was an unlettered half-caste peasant who smelt of stale sweat and dead chickens .
6	Now , Michael Bolton was from my town , Newhaven , and this guy I knew just knew him , and he says , ‘ Michael , I got this kid I 'm thinking of managing ; tell me what you think of him . ’
7	oh look my bags open , tt , I hate this bag it always comes open
8	The first few occasions I experienced this enigma I put it down simply to the fact that I was fishing too far out and the bream were brushing against the line and giving me ‘ line ’ bites .
9	Reading Unamuno , I found this passage which gave me comfort among all the mockery : ‘ The greatest height of heroism to which an individual , like a people , can attain is to know how to face ridicule . ’
10	The observant reader may have noticed that I used this construction myself above on p. 98 ; this was done consciously .
11	( I told this lad what I thought of what he said too ) .
12	If I ca well if I catch this side it goes round to Church Hill
13	The first time I played this competition my team happened to come first .
14	And er I joined this territorials they come and then I joined them , and we went to Camp Parkgate for a fortnight .
15	Er , on the first day that I joined this Council which was the first day that you joined er Councillor .
16	So I present this pattern I push it through the decoders and I see that that line 's maybe is active so I put a one in there to record the fact that that logic term er occurred .
17	so I 've put that away , I , it ai n't even in my account , Alan 's got that and I said to Alan if I pass this test I shall buy a banger , five hundred quid with this tax money and then put the odd to insurance , if I do n't I 'll leave it where it is , because I , I mean little one will want a holiday and that anyway so I 've kept it for that , but that 's what I intend to do , so I said to Alan if I get a little banger just enough to get me to Tettering and back I was gon na go tech , to do some courses
18	I know this morning it 's , I changed his nappy and I like always have a bottle of you know those
19	Now I discovered this morning there is actually act four scene three in some people 's editions .
20	I like this area I really do actually if I could afford to live here I would .
21	Concomitant symptoms are symptoms not directly related to but arising at the same time as , the main complaint such as a headache with diarrhoea or cold sores with a fever — things which are repeatedly associated , so that the patient might say ‘ Whenever I get this problem I always get a stomach upset ’ or whatever it may be .
22	I felt and this is the bit I like , I , I some I , I used to set this at one point in the examination question and ask people to guess which American president said it I 'll read , I 'll read it to you measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation just , I 'll just get the essence of that , measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation ninety percent put Richard Nixon er no one put Abraham Lincoln er cos he was one of the good guys right or wrong I assume this ground I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the if to save James Buchanan is essentially the Pontius Pilate of American politics he says yes these are very acute problems er and very difficult er and I 'd like to help but I 'm sorry I ca n't and I really do have to go off and wash my hands now erm and , you know , you carry on and when you 've resolved it tell me what you want me to do and I 'll ,
23	Well I remember this wedding it was my auntie and she was she was married at Stronsay to a territorial .
24	So any rate I rang this fellow I said eh he said oh he said you 've got no chance mate , he said .
25	Well I saw this present I thought I could find it sort of erm well I suppose I would off everywhere .
26	When I saw this happening I began to watch more closely , and I saw that some nights even when she was n't up on the stage Madame had her eye on these two and would often look from one to the other and then back again .
27	If I saw this candle it would remind me of a carrot .
28	If I keep this hand I 've got now I 've got two four six eight ten .
29	Every single time I do this job I find a new record by Rancid Hell Spawn on top of the pile .
30	But I suppose you get insight er twenty per cent was she ca n't outrun him I think this bit she gets killed and she turns up in Little England , this come on .