Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [be] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've taken three of them , and one of them is this Jamie Baird . |
| 2 | There is more to say about this problem , but the essence of it is this question of fact . |
| 3 | What else he had failed to tell her was that there was a fortune at stake — and that the custodian of it was this Bluebeard , this marauding monster … who , even now , while she was going through the motions of hating him , was turning her body to liquid honey . |
| 4 | All I could get out of 'im was this gymnasium Billy was interested in . |
| 5 | ‘ The thing is , ’ Mungo went on , ‘ under it was this bird 's skull ; like the one they … ’ |
| 6 | While she sang a couple of blues tunes , and scatted on a version of Dizzy Gillespie 's Hot House which they inserted into What is This Thing Called Love , neither is really her style . |
| 7 | . However , after about eighteen month at , as a yard foreman , as I say I was still branch secretary of Portobello branch , and carrying on as usual , er I put in for There were this yard inspectors job wanted at Street Station . |
| 8 | But I am sure that what determined her to write to me was this paragraph : ‘ The author we most admire has rightly said that people do not know about families ; but Stephen and I know . |
| 9 | Sorry , if I could just clarify , I was actually at the meeting of Women 's Sub , erm as was Robin in fact , and they , the Women 's Sub-Committee considered the minute of this committee , and endorsed erm , in fact , Amanda did n't write until the meeting of women 's sub , because it was being considered by them , but erm they did n't add anything substantial to what was this committee had said and they did . |
| 10 | I mean you get a bus coming as far as Road and back I do n't suppose it has half a dozen folks on what 's this thing coming up here , nobody I 'd er I 've walked into Walsall all my life and but gradually the whole thing changes does n't it , and then the thing gets off as far as West Bromwich , and in , then , then there 's through traffic and then how far and the Green 's not big enough to take the turn around up Road then they change the direction , and it 's all done on bit by bit by bit and so Green 's got eroded it 's er |
| 11 | On what is this pride and enthusiasm based ? |
| 12 | On what was this appeal based ? |