Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From these women 's descriptions of their days , it is clear that rarely , if ever , is it possible for them to make this distinction either . |
| 2 | I have a strong interest in languages , and although now we are trying to teach more languages in school , even in primary schooling , I do n't feel that within er my , I 'm only eighteen at the moment , by the time I 'm twenty five things still wo n't have came far enough along for me to utilize this skill . |
| 3 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 4 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 5 | ‘ It is a great joy for me to declare this exhibition open and to pray for God 's blessing on you all who have worked with such tireless dedication over the years . |
| 6 | In retrospect , the greatest disservice Charles Howard ever did me was the way he had somehow made it impossible for me to trust this man . |
| 7 | Therefore by encouraging more of them to use this route , you 'll erode your , your planting in the nature reserve . |
| 8 | You swore each and every one of you to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence … |
| 9 | You know , I ought to be able to order one of you to do this shadow nonsense . ’ |
| 10 | Can I trust all of you to keep this secret ? |
| 11 | It was typical of him to choose this pub . |
| 12 | Well sorry , Anne , but I know too much about you to take this drivel . ’ |
| 13 | Even after I mean , as I say , we went out on the Wednesday and he said , all I need is for you to do this book again for me . |
| 14 | It is necessary for you to take this kind of positive approach ; think in terms of maximizing the number of nutrients that you derive from food by eating the right kind of balance of different foods during meals . |
| 15 | It seems as if the time has come for you to bring this side of life to the fore , and even without your co-operation other people will persuade you that being independent does not mean being alone . |
| 16 | It 's very important to become quicker , smoother in your movement , to bend down low or to be able to jump up high in order for you to get this point of contact . |
| 17 | They estimate what you normally spend in a year , divide by 12 , and arrange for you to pay this sum by monthly direct debit . |
| 18 | But the pressure did n't help , and nor did the night air , nor any of the great machinery of circumstance that had , without her realising it , been combining against her to produce this moment . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , you shall have it as you wish , though it goes against the grain with me to see this fellow go free . |
| 20 | Do n't worry at all we 've contracted with you to do this dress |
| 21 | I went back in with him to hoist this load , and the altar lamp was still bright . |
| 22 | But maybe it was the way he was looking across at her with those all-seeing predatory jet-black eyes of his , or maybe it was the way she felt just a bit claustrophobic at being shut up beside him in the narrow confines of the car and the desire that sparked in her to have this ordeal over quickly , but all at once an idea popped into her head . |
| 23 | Do you have confidence in him to conduct this operation ? |
| 24 | I 'd lastly like to say a thank you to Kevin , because I think , as a man , it is obviously more difficult for him to broach this subject , and he 's been pursuing this through APEX through for a very long time , and has worked extremely hard , so I 'd like to say thank you to him , and thank you to you now for taking the message back home . |
| 25 | Berry dismisses criticism of climbs of this kind , made recently by Reinhiold Messner among others : ‘ It 's all very well for him to say this kind of thing , but when he climbed Everest for the first time without oxygen and on other occasions , he was quite happy to make use of heavyweight-style expeditions . |
| 26 | Even Ipuky could not arrange for him to see this body , and he no longer had the cachet of officialdom with which to browbeat the embalmer . |
| 27 | If we have such a debate , it will be possible for him to raise this matter , as he will be able to do on other occasions . |
| 28 | How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child . |
| 29 | It was OK for her to do this kind of thing when in a mediumistic trance , but this was n't quite that , was it ? |
| 30 | When his call was refused by Sir Derek Alun-Jones , the chairman , on the grounds that it was likely to form the basis of future litigation , Mr Mackeson-Sandbach said the trustees would be seeking ‘ legal advice on the means open to them to examine this report ’ . |