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
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