Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why am I in this position ? |
| 2 | Where am I in this name ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why are you in this state ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Mel , just how involved are you in this murder ? ’ |
| 5 | But all governments are holier-than-thou in this respect and never publicly associate themselves with them . |
| 6 | How well how how sure are we of this result here . |
| 7 | Where are we by this time ? |
| 8 | Are we in this fantasy being invited to vote for fairy godmothers ? |
| 9 | It does n't have to be someone from this parish council , maybe other people are interested , or prepared to attend . |
| 10 | There will be none of this decay , this sadness , this tailing-off , this mess , this mingling of feeling . |
| 11 | If you 'd a husband and bairns to occupy yourself with , there 'd be none of this drawing and tootling on flutes . |
| 12 | ‘ Surely , ’ said Anwar to me , ‘ surely there must be something between this donkey 's legs ? ’ |
| 13 | In the 1760s the Lake District with its rugged and dramatic scenery began to be all the rage with artists of all sorts , and in their wake , as usual , the dilettanti rich followed limply behind , thinking there must be something in this search for the sublime through unadulterated nature . |
| 14 | There must be something in this house which would explain it all . ’ |
| 15 | In old males the tusks grow to a great length and are often broken , as if by combat , so there may be something in this theory . |
| 16 | Lord for instance and er there used to be one from this way , Portmadoc somewhere , the place was the place was called . |
| 17 | ‘ There ca n't be anything in this stuff , ’ Rodo continued as he broke open another can . |
| 18 | ‘ By the way , ’ said Andrée , ‘ leaving that rosy future aside , where are they at this moment ? ’ |
| 19 | Are they in this thing ? |
| 20 | Oh , I can see him now — ‘ Dragon bones and oyster shells ! ’ he 'd say scornfully , ‘ What good are they against this affliction ! ’ |
| 21 | One can imagine someone in a room looking at a beautiful painting , drinking in the details and the way in which they combine to constitute the lovely whole , and there being nothing beyond this observer and the object of his contemplation . |
| 22 | The point of contact with the fable of disembodied consciousness is that thinking has become Raskolnikov 's work , it has almost become Raskolnikov , and if he did and were nothing but this work we would have the first part of Notes from Underground repeated . |
| 23 | So addicted were they to this practice , which relieved their frugal existence by exporting their products to the more populous dales , that they earned a reputation as ‘ the terrible knitters of Dent ’ : terrible not because their handiwork was slipshod but because of their complete dedication to the craft . |
| 24 | Her throaty-cum-husky voice and staccato , often peaky and explosive delivery and songs ( four out of seven are hers on this album ) with a funky electronic feel are nevertheless altogether a very singular and instantly recognisable package . |
| 25 | Bill did you know that there 's nothing on this tape ? |
| 26 | ‘ There 's nothing on this earth that I want more than to make love to you , but , if I do , later you 'll regret it . ’ |
| 27 | Can I ask erm what 's happening to the Harlow Playhouse based Youth theatre cos obviously that has left a big gap in performances cos there 's nothing in this programme . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's nothing in this world that I 'm afraid of , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ least of all anything I might have to say to you . ’ |
| 29 | Because they 're a private school , they can take anybody they like — which is me in this case . ’ |
| 30 | There is nothing about this combination of themes which marks it out as the exclusive preserve of the right . |