Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] this " in BNC.
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1 | My father , a policeman , had taught me how to do this years before . |
2 | I do n't think I quite understand this Allan . |
3 | And I think you 'll agree , it is a difficult I mean I always stress this point about attitude , that a lot of problems that we get in our advice centres have been made worse because the customer has caused er you know argument or a scene |
4 | I have n't spoken to erm , I mean I only thought this coming along in the street , whether there 's anybody sort of notable , I mean is it , is , is , is there any value in actually having a figurehead type chairman you know , sort of celebrity type |
5 | Day 14 ) Not only has Dave been on a raft the last week but today — honest Dave , I 've waited two months for that 50 bucks you promised me not to reveal this , but it has not arrived — he got off the raft and walked around Upset . |
6 | Well do you know I never knew this I was recently hit by a car and , although not seriously hurt , I did go to casualty to have some cuts cleaned and an X-ray taken to check I had n't broken my ankle . |
7 | ‘ Has she ever done this before ? ’ |
8 | ‘ I want you ter take this letter ter your sister Mary . |
9 | D' ya know he never does this ! |
10 | Has he ever suggested this before ? ’ |
11 | It was my dreaming son who told me how to do this . |
12 | Do , let me just drink this and I 'll do you . |
13 | Let me just finish this off . |
14 | Okay , let me just finish this section then we 'll take er we 'll er we 'll take a break to er take a break for the rest of the day actually yes . |
15 | let me just finish this game |
16 | ‘ Hold still now , let me just fix this … there now . ’ |
17 | Let me just do this from er Road police station . |
18 | Er I will I will hand over but let me just say this that my instinct is that it a policy expressed in the way you 've you 've suggested is just superfluous because all you 're doing is describing in in a po in upper case letters , the situation as it is and that that my answer is that it would that there would be no need for such a it would be gratuitously ap it 's an unnecessary statement . |
19 | Hang on , let me just do this game on card |
20 | Let me just put this on pause for a bit . |
21 | And let me now posit this : ‘ dignity ’ has to do crucially with a butler 's ability not to abandon the professional being he inhabits . |
22 | Let there be no way out of it ; let me really make this promise . |
23 | Everything 's hunky-dory and I never hope I ever knock this , I do n't know whether Susan wants to hear this but since we started doing |
24 | just before we show you how to do this , check some final details . |
25 | It can help if you gently stroke that side of his face as he eats : the physiotherapist will show you how to do this correctly . |
26 | We may find ourselves disagreeing with other people on the basis of sampling ; one man may claim that a shirt he bought from a well-known manufacturer wore out in no time at all , whereas his friend says he always buys this make because they wear so well . |
27 | Exactly , and let us not forget this either . |
28 | Let us instantly quit this cursed house that once I took pleasure in . |
29 | Let us however confine this process of differentiation to only the cultural realm . |
30 | Let us now consider this a little more closely . |