Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] something [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Irish rugby is something special and down the years we 've proved we 're always capable of producing something like this . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Irish rugby is something special and down the years we 've proved we 're always capable of producing something like this . ’ |
| 3 | Many hon. Members believe that the Secretary of State should immediately instruct the Director General of Fair Trading to review the position urgently and in detail , so that we can discover whether there is still some possibility of saving something from this awful mess . |
| 4 | It also provides the context in which to consider both the claim that for the later Foucault knowledge is absolutely determined , leaving him in the impossible situation of requiring something outside this for any prospect of critique , as well as the question of exactly how power and resistance are interdependent and to what extent they are separable . |
| 5 | But by now I was crazed with the idea of doing something for this woman that retained some shred of playfulness to it , so she could think to herself : ‘ All in fun , all in fun ’ , and yet which conveyed the full force of the idea that I had been alone in that office that weekend with a huge erection thinking of her . |
| 6 | ‘ Other accountants should n't dismiss the idea of doing something like this , ’ she adds . |
| 7 | ‘ They are both gentle and kind , and are not capable of doing something like this , let alone covering it up with such success . |
| 8 | Do you realise what it 's like having something like this hanging over your head ? ’ |
| 9 | No point in rushing something like this . ’ |