Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] this [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Blackadder tolled me this buk is ful of jokes that are abowt as funny as getting your bottom caut in a bacon slicer . |
| 2 | ‘ We believe that we might have had it this year were it not for the election . ’ |
| 3 | Local authorities are to be given the leading role in the organisation of community care , but the decision to give them this responsibility was taken with the greatest possible reluctance and only after every other possibility had been explored . |
| 4 | What reinvigorated them this time was the passing reference in Tuesday 's column to former Sunderland ( and Darlington ) manager Billy Elliott ‘ the old flying winger , ’ recalls Ron . |
| 5 | ‘ I can assure you this woman is what she appears — an intelligent scientist untrammeled by the usual preoccupations of women . ’ |
| 6 | Chairman , erm , as I understand it this afternoon is , is a free vote and I , for that reason end there , I hope that persuade any waverers er one way , erm , at the moment we 've got agreements with tenants and it 's up to them to decide what to do with their land . |
| 7 | Er in my opinion at this particular time we must bear in mind the financial constraints that we work under and er would the board agree with me that erm survival comes first yes but it 's obvious that the programme that we 've er had put forward is a good compromise between preferred in the arts , maintaining the theatre as a viable proposition and er entertaining the people of this particular part of the world because as I understand it this theatre was not just the artist also an entertainment centre and it 's in this area that er it 's quite obvious when you look into the figures on this area the popular area that the majority income comes so you 'll have to make a compromise and I will congratulate the board on what I think is pretty reasonable compromise so it 's quite obvious in the programme . |
| 8 | The only big difference in doing it this way is that you do n't get to specify a name or icon for the item . |
| 9 | That he could affect her this way was deeply shocking . |
| 10 | I can tell you this place is a bloody paradise compared with Fresnes . |
| 11 | Mind you this skirt is only casual . |
| 12 | But for Sergeant Geoff Newitt , from Great Milton in Oxfordshire , memories of the night last July which earned him this honour are never far from his mind . |
| 13 | ‘ Pinkie , are you telling me this fellow 's a bloody intellectual ? |
| 14 | The reason I can offer you this choice is because , on its way to you now , is an invitation to enter our ‘ DOUBLE YOUR MONEY ’ prize draw . |
| 15 | The only reason I 've beaten you this time is look at that sixteen Do n't even know four one for are you ? |
| 16 | S so what I want you to show you this morning is how we can actually make the chlorine . |
| 17 | ‘ I promise you this man is a most extraordinary individual , ’ Chant said . |