Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 3 | The act of the king touching them in this way protects them from the otherwise dangerous consequences of being in contact with the power of the king . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They did n't want me at this party , but because I AM , fang and claw I have grapple-hooked their smooth cliffs , and have the right to stalk these wooded cliffs , lap at their abundant streams . |
| 6 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 7 | Ask yourself the question , ‘ Is it my desire , my greed , my wish to be in control that drives me in this matter , or do I feel the lightness of purpose that is a mark of the guidance from within ? ’ |
| 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 | Again , the would-be reformers ' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion . |
| 10 | I do n't want them after this visit tomorrow I might go out one more time |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't want them in this country . |
| 12 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
| 13 | Clive had got so used to being able to fool everyone in this circle that he was unnerved by her obvious clear-sightedness . |
| 14 | Erm , it has actually worked , erm , in that it seems that there 's a very fair chance that er , in spite of the very discouraging things that were said by some of the people on my right when I moved this , erm , there is a very good chance now for a reasonable er , settlement in South Africa , which I think should erm , make everyone in this chamber very happy , and it is that , undoubtedly the case that economic pressure had a great deal to do with that . |
| 15 | ‘ To treat them in this way is disgraceful . ’ |
| 16 | When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience . |
| 17 | The advantage of using them in this situation is their low cost and the speed with which the wall can be built up . |
| 18 | Two of these are worthy of a wider audience and thus I make no apology for including them in this month 's Surgery ! |
| 19 | He was trying , insanely , to preserve everyone in this family in just the state in which he had first encountered them , when they had given him that delightful sense of secure , harmonious , integrated living . |
| 20 | Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | You got me into this mess . |
| 23 | It was drink that got me into this mess . |
| 24 | Eadmer inserted them at this point into his Historia Novorum . |
| 25 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
| 26 | ‘ What do you mean to do , ’ demanded Harry , looking fiercely up at him from under drawn brows , ‘ now that you 've tricked me into this betrayal ? |
| 27 | I wo n't let you hustle me in this way . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’ |
| 30 | The Viennese modernists , Klimt , von Hofmannsthal , Hoffmann , Moser , had only joined them in this acceptance . |