Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb past] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it was Church who originally proposed the use of ‘ pinches ’ and ‘ scoops ’ for measuring out the components of salt-sugar solutions for the purpose of oral rehydration , it was BRAC which adapted this method for use by the people of Bangladesh . |
| 2 | The United Kingdom imposed visa restrictions from Nov. 8 on former Yugoslavs except holders of Croatian and Slovenian passports and agreed to take only 150 refugees plus their dependants ; on Nov. 30 it increased this number to 1,000 plus dependants for temporary asylum . |
| 3 | But before he cruised to his unbeaten 85 which sealed this victory with more than 11 overs to spare , he was put through quite an ordeal by the pumped-up Waqar . |
| 4 | All her energies were too busy focusing on how much she disliked this man , who had not even deigned to tell her his name as yet , even though he knew hers . |
| 5 | Though it was only over dinner that Lisa had begun to realise just how much she needed this rest . |
| 6 | I had to go in the office every Friday night and I was only earning about two pounds seventeen and six a week and they use and Deputy Harbourmaster , Captain , he say , how much you earned this week he say , three pound , I 'm asking you four he say , well they 'd take it off you and er you 'd be paying it now , takes about six months , and he old Harbourmaster see you about the quay he said . |
| 7 | We think it 's sad they brought this case after the police declined to prosecute , and based it on evidence provided by an anti-hunt political pressure group |
| 8 | On Dec. 7 he put this intention into action by visiting Amritsar , accompanied by his most senior ministers , where he received a warm welcome from large crowds . |
| 9 | After seeing Bali 's multitude of vistas , from dramatic mountains and dense jungles to volcanoes , rice terraces tripping down hillsides and long golden beaches — all in an area 85 miles long and 50 miles wide — I was glad I answered this island 's call . |
| 10 | I 'm so glad you had this conversation with me while I 've been miked up and I 've got it all taped . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm glad we met this morning , because I was going to ring you anyway . |
| 12 | His malevolence towards Pound , his friend since their college days in Philadelphia , is extraordinary ; and when in 1920 he amplified this piece in the prologue to his Kora in Hell , Williams compounded the offence by quoting selectively from a private letter that Pound had written him . |
| 13 | He was sitting down then all of sudden he had this bottle of scotch and he told bring some whisky down . |
| 14 | In the summer of 1981 I investigated this pattern of variation by surveying seven towns scattered throughout Britain : Bristol , Birmingham , Leeds , Liverpool , Manchester , Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's crazy , ’ Anne said , ‘ I 'm sure I came this way … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sure I searched this part of the library before , ’ said Endill poking his head outside . |
| 17 | so you just wan na revisit it and say oh I 'm sure you found this document has been really useful this evening and out of those five areas we discussed , you might wan na consolidate it a bit , which was the one that excited you the most and that 's your retirement savings you know |
| 18 | To all who attended this day we thank you for your good humour and co-operation under difficult circumstances . |
| 19 | And I would have thought us giving five percent and , and there are other provinces that are giving more will ensure at least the the on twelve thousand we pay next year and therefore , starting with eleven and half thousand we paid this year and that provinces and in ourselves went further than that it is possible . |
| 20 | When Adam Peters and Ben Watkins changed their band 's name to Sunsonic they maintained this virtue to release a couple of refined , ambient , floating singles . |
| 21 | It meant , when it was given , that whoever had this house , could want nothing else . |
| 22 | Alluding to this lack of support for a walkout , Gorbachev in his closing speech to the congress on July 13 insisted : " Those who hoped this congress would be the funeral of the Communist Party have been proved wrong . |
| 23 | As regards the legal position of some 350,000 Chinese living in Indonesia , it was eventually agreed that China would offer them citizenship , and that those who declined this offer would be granted permanent residency rights by the Indonesian government . |
| 24 | I 'm sure all of those who attended this year 's rally will join me in a sincere vote of thanks to Mick and Julie Turrell . |
| 25 | In the 1840s most of those who acquired this land were British , including some civil servants . |
| 26 | But those who received this education did so in the German language , and those who made no progress in German could proceed no further than elementary school . |
| 27 | Those who enjoyed this year 's ‘ Summer Outing ’ thank her for her hospitality . |
| 28 | He stated that those who disobeyed this order ‘ will be severely punished ’ . |
| 29 | Around half of the respondents would have clearly felt more comfortable with the question if the proposed time scale had been 5–7 days , and a great majority of those who took this approach including the vast majority of respondents who used the SPG form — suggested that 7 days would not be unreasonable . |
| 30 | William Tallack , who as Secretary of the Howard Association had experience of criminal affairs reaching back towards the mid-nineteenth century , was among those who took this line . |