Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adv] [vb base] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It upsets me that I still have this ‘ enfant terrible ’ reputation . |
| 2 | ‘ It is not true that I only play this game for money . |
| 3 | Being a mere composite from charnel houses , I fear that I alone undergo this sorrow behind the eyebrows . |
| 4 | I unashamedly admit that I sometimes use this song as a form of social control . |
| 5 | Personally I like to keep things as simple as possible , so I always relate this concept to the relative major key even if I 'm dealing with a song which is in a minor key . |
| 6 | But it seems all too likely that the 21 married women who applied to rejoin the trade and the union in 1919–20 were war widows , although we only know this for sure of three of them . |
| 7 | Erm , but I think that we also think this is in an in the state of philosophy nowadays . |
| 8 | Vanity and a nod towards Alan Meale compel that we also include this : A short-sighted scribbler called Amos ; Recorded the gaffes of the famous ; And if ever his column ; Becomes faintly solemn ; He 'll be sacked on the spot ( who would blame us ) ? |
| 9 | The most curious thing is that we actually esteem this sort of thinking and consider it clever instead of facile . |
| 10 | Erm and these are the fairly brief er Chairman I think , I am sorry for disappointing Mr because because erm I main properties but erm we are basically I think sort of more or less agreed parties that we actually want this . |
| 11 | It is a robust species and can reach over two feet in length , although they seldom reach this size in the aquarium . |
| 12 | What organizing principles must the cells have so that they reliably give this pattern , even when the cells are rearranged and the length of the line varies ? |
| 13 | Horses like to be caressed , stroked , and scratched ; to the extent that they frequently provide this mutual scratching service for each other . |
| 14 | But you do n't get that choice you do n't er and to me I , I hate going because the , you , you got everyone seems to be , it 's , it 's as bad as a road really with the trolleys erm and I badly miss this over-the-counter service but er |
| 15 | So my the , in my mind the best way forward is for this council to promote the right to buy and I fully support this motion and I would urge members of this council to ignore the report that comes back from the housing committee . |
| 16 | And I only get this sort of breakfast when you 're angry , he thought . |
| 17 | ‘ Now , Hans , that 's my office number and these two are our home numbers — now , Pat and I really mean this — anytime you 're in Doncaster or even in Leeds — we 'll pick you up . |
| 18 | Erm , but the point that I really wanted to make slightly mischievous , but the point I really want to make is that I am very concerned indeed about the future of the , of this service er in the re-organisation of the councils , and I really feel this is something we need to keep very much in mind in short to ensure that this valuable record is er is maintained . |
| 19 | I am trying hard and I really believe this could be the one this weekend . |
| 20 | So I support er the recommendation for the change in the er , Treasury Management Policy er statement , and I formally move this to be adopted by this Committee . |
| 21 | ‘ What we have to do , ’ said Samuel , taking advantage of her exit from the ring , ‘ and I take it no one objects if I now chair this committee , ’ he added off-handedly , ‘ is to decide whether the Week of the Lion should continue or be cancelled . ’ |
| 22 | Behind him , behind the last of the houses , the ancient terraces , which his forebears have shaped and which now shape this community , rise up steeply to the rock escarpment dominating this side of the island . |
| 23 | Mentioning the white chromosome reminds me of another thing I wanted to say , because erm another variant of this incorrect criticism that people made of Darwin about blending , and you still hear this today , and people should know better , especially the social sciences , is , oh , single genes can not influence behaviour . |
| 24 | And you always turn this off , this |
| 25 | ‘ And you obviously find this situation very entertaining . |
| 26 | But in terms of saying there are easy savings to be found in terms of greater efficiencies in this authority I warn you , we are reaching the level unless we actually want in putting a completely unacceptable level of stress on the people who we employ and who universally serve this city very finely and give such a very high level of service . |
| 27 | and erm and so it appears , if you just take this document at this time , that how that they 're placing less emphasis upon production , I mean if their aim is to , if their primary aim is to mobilize mass support that how that production was going to decrease because it was gon na infringe upon rich and middle peasants . |
| 28 | If you just attach this to your |
| 29 | Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ? |
| 30 | Come forth if you still haunt this place , damned being ! ’ |