Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [conj] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we asked ourselves whether this catalogue would still find a corresponding resonance , given the flood of technical literature which is currently circulating in the ceramics market . |
| 2 | Gazing out into the blue , he asked himself if this assignment was his swan song . |
| 3 | Later , Lucien told himself that this shadow had been of the future . |
| 4 | Those two opposite and unmixable elements , that separately ruled herself and this man , were mixed now and flooding through her veins . |
| 5 | In the past she has often been the butt of uncomplimentary remarks herself but this time it is not her performance which should be belittled . |
| 6 | Property men are asking themselves whether this boom can last . |
| 7 | In 1980 we ought perhaps to have asked ourselves whether this river might have been the Shatt al-Arab itself , while one of the characters was Iranian and the other Iraqi . |
| 8 | a and remind ourselves that this gift of God in th the Holy Spirit , the baptism of the spirit , it is not an optional extra , it 's not something for super saint , it 's not something for special people , or for certain types of people , it is a , not an optional extra , it is God 's purpose for every one of his children ! |
| 9 | Remind yourself that this figure can not hurt you , and approach . |
| 10 | I noticed that Aunt Louise could thread her needle without too much trouble and even write a few letters , but I had heard that sight is often impaired by poor health , and prided myself that this improvement might be due to good food and peace of mind . |
| 11 | She felt suddenly protective of Travis , who was in no state whatsoever to defend himself if this man , for some reason , meant to set about him — which looked likely from his manner . |
| 12 | About twice a day , she 'd ask herself whether this move had been right for him . |
| 13 | With what remained of her objective consciousness Louisa strove to tell herself that this encounter was not of her reality , not of her willing … but even as she struggled she felt herself drawn under the influence of a mind at once alien and familiar — a mind resolute to lacerate its own fine sensibility , and with a perverse , intellectual sang-froid . |
| 14 | I was n't , as I say , though I do n't delude myself that this area of my life which I kept hidden from Oliver was the story of one triumph after another . |