Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] this [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , you shall have it as you wish , though it goes against the grain with me to see this fellow go free . |
| 2 | The West 's manifest unwillingness to use force against the Bosnian Serbs to get them to accept this plan has contributed to the latest rejection that the plan has suffered , the resounding No delivered by more than nine out of ten Bosnian Serb voters in last weekend 's referendum . |
| 3 | I asked this housemaster to develop this further . |
| 4 | So they should , and when the list of necessities is securely written down , you can ask the second question : How do I want this garden to feel ? |
| 5 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 6 | The best , and you have , I mean this branch has divisions , and all the rest of it , first division , premier division and all the rest of it . |
| 7 | I mean this generation needs hope . |
| 8 | whites studying blacks , you know , all those other kinds of imbalances in , in psychology in the social sciences erm which might be interesting erm cos like Guy sometimes says about erm when he was er talking to some er deaf people , well perhaps not talking 's the right word but communicating with some deaf people about their , about their problems , I mean this bloke said you psychologists are all the same you just think that deaf people need cochlea implement |
| 9 | I mean this scheme does n't look to me like available but I 'd just like to say reading the objections I am amazed by the large number of and er to stop the running , the rat running , you 've anyway erm speed cameras are not gon na be much help . |
| 10 | N no , well see what happened to me , I mean this person came and she said er , Er if you like I 'll do it for you . |
| 11 | ‘ My dear Gwendolen , ’ he solicitously and hypocritically began , ‘ I fear this fellow has upset you . ’ |
| 12 | I met this guy named Desmond . |
| 13 | Now I believe that the time has come for us to think again about the theological side , the theological er and I make this proposal consider the feasibility of a theological examination anti- semitism and the convenor is ready to accept it Thank you sir . |
| 14 | I got this press release the other day , cheaply produced and photocopied , for a new video release . |
| 15 | But at least I got this file sorted out . |
| 16 | The ones I tried this morning did n't come down , anyway . ’ |
| 17 | So I was looking around the Beckenham and Bromley area when I found this place called Haddon Hall which was an amazing property . |
| 18 | I found this section plodding and lacking in any positive sense of purpose , musical or textual . |
| 19 | The writer of the old guide book whence I gleaned this misinformation had unknowingly quoted a fragment of folklore older than Roscommon Town and its jail . |
| 20 | ( I am reminded of a passage in a book by Doris Lessing , where she says : ‘ I want this court to condemn Volyen utterly , root and branch , for failing to instruct its young in the rules that its own psychologists and anthropologists have extracted from research and study : for failing to arm its youth with information that would enable it — the youth — to resist being swept away with any system of ideas that happens to be available ’ . ) |
| 21 | I think to have a specific goal in mind like ‘ OK , I want this song to make someone feel sad ’ is useless . |
| 22 | I want this Parliament to continue to be the forum of our nation and I believe that the vast majority of our people share my wish . |
| 23 | I want this voyage to last forever . |
| 24 | I have a goal for LASMO — I want this company to continue to grow and to be more profitable . |
| 25 | ‘ I want this chamber guarded closely ! ’ the regent ordered . |
| 26 | I want this thing settled . |
| 27 | ‘ I want this room cleaned , and I want a warm bath got ready for Mrs Duncan . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I want this prison running perfectly for these visitors , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Then I want this lot livened up . ’ |
| 30 | If I said , I want this job done in two hours . |