Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
2 | As for you , you 'd better come to see me this afternoon . |
3 | Strange , Mowbray pondered , that Adam had not come to see them this Christmas . |
4 | I tried to catch him this morning , before we went to our appointments , but he would n't speak to me . |
5 | If you really want to aid us this time round , tell everyone that . |
6 | But you do n't need to use them this term anyway so it 's alright . |
7 | We do n't need to do it this time . |
8 | and say to him so and so and so and so he 'd always answer back and say I want to do it this way |
9 | The enclosed experiments will , I doubt not , excuse this my freedom in endeavouring to give him this opportunity of becoming acquainted with you . |
10 | I tried to contact you this afternoon but was unable to get through . |
11 | Erm , then anything else I 've said today , this is really not holy writ , erm , I 'm just going to make or suggested arrangement of these dividers and if you want to keep them this way that 's fine , and if you want to do something else with them that 's also fine . |
12 | I tried to call you this week-end . |
13 | ‘ I tried to call you this morning , ’ she said , ‘ but you 'd already left . ’ |
14 | I phoned to invite you this morning , Guido , but of course you were n't there . ’ |
15 | I tried to telephone her this morning at the flat but there was no reply . |
16 | ‘ I tried to telephone you this morning — ’ he said . |
17 | What I want to show you this afternoon , is that the power of the child 's imagination is a factory which we have but to encourage , not to teach . |
18 | " You certainly gave him your version of how your aunt came to leave me this property , " Matthew said bitterly . |
19 | The ISPA plans to pay him this money later in the week but is also to discipline him . |
20 | So she went with the architect and he was wanting to show us this kind of and we were like , were cold and were back to the hotel , we did n't even go into the house . |
21 | I 'm not going to lose it this time . ’ |
22 | ‘ I know where he 's staying and I 'm going to tackle him this evening . ’ |
23 | Nurse Buckle intends to visit you this afternoon to advise you further . |
24 | Come on , if she is going to feed us this crud , she could at least get her research right . |
25 | The only uncertainty is how the Lord is going to play it this time : start with the two of trumps and lead up to the ace , start with the ace and run down to the two , or mix them around . |
26 | Erm , I will start with the two most important pieces of information that I 'm going to give you this afternoon . |
27 | And erm they said well you 've got to come off it , you know , were not going to do you this time , but you 've got to come straight , stop doing it all , erm , cos you 've been reported and your on the Social Security . |
28 | I do n't know if I 'm going to do it this year cos this year she 's chosen , I 've got four , right there 's two the same which she usually has up those , like she 'll hang one up , fill one up and swop them over |
29 | In fact , she was going to do it this morning . |
30 | I was going to do it this morning and bring and for the box that they have the old prayer I think going up to Yugoslavia soon |