Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] this [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked this housemaster to develop this further . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | ( 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 ’ . ) |
| 4 | I think to have a specific goal in mind like ‘ OK , I want this song to make someone feel sad ’ is useless . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I want this voyage to last forever . |
| 7 | I have a goal for LASMO — I want this company to continue to grow and to be more profitable . |
| 8 | I want this morning to consider the effect of some of those issues on our planet and particularly on our atmosphere , and I begin by considering the ozone layer . |
| 9 | ‘ I want this feeling to go away , that 's all , ’ he said primly . |
| 10 | Dad and Liza went inquiring door to door while Frankie and I used this opportunity to see if our bottles were safe in the washhouse . |
| 11 | May I tak this opoortuneity to silence those dictators of owr acting person Mr. PD Sing . |
| 12 | As my hon. Friend said , we have substantially increased the area covered by green belt in this country , and I welcome this chance to make absolutely clear to any planning applicants thinking of trying to develop green belt land that we shall stand by our commitments . |
| 13 | I welcome this opportunity to congratulate the Government on the Gracious Speech and on their proposal to abolish the community charge and to replace it with the council tax . |
| 14 | In case anyone is wondering , I read this cover to cover on the flight home , when I am a most captive audience for almost any reading material . |
| 15 | I get this inclination to take a broom and a pail and tidy up . |
| 16 | Taking all this into account , it is possible to explain how I interpreted this utterance to function as a request for help in freeing the cat — as having a pragmatic meaning roughly paraphrasable as |
| 17 | May I take this opportunity to dispel rumours , circulating among supporters , concerning Mr Pahdra Singh 's involvement with an unnamed supermarket syndicate which is believed to be interested in purchasing ‘ The Tip ’ for redevelopment . |
| 18 | May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support of the Society . |
| 19 | ‘ May I take this opportunity to thank you all for the good work you are doing and assure you of my prayers . ’ |
| 20 | May I take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in the School and to wish you a pleasant morning with us . |
| 21 | MAY I take this opportunity to say how relieved I was to find that the August 1992 issue of your splendid magazine was largely free of the indefatigable hostility directed towards rugby league football by its immediate predecessor ? |
| 22 | May I take this opportunity to say how sickened I was by the small group of supporters hounding the ticket kiosk for their money back , after Monday night 's County Shield match against Whaddon YMCA . |
| 23 | May I take this opportunity to offer my condolences . |
| 24 | May I take this opportunity to congratulate Hardley school in my constituency which was the first in Hampshire to achieve grant-maintained status ? |
| 25 | May I take this opportunity to introduce myself . |
| 26 | Among the frolicking number was a Catholic priest discovered stark naked and coupled in ‘ deep meditation ’ with a nubile masseuse — all in the line of duty , or so he made out , ‘ I needed this experience to understand the problems of my parishioners . ’ |
| 27 | I encouraged the English boy to move in one evening after he had taken me to a pub , and I felt this urge to have a hold on all the different sides there were to London . |
| 28 | I wore this dress to work today , because we had a meeting , but mostly I wear what I want . |
| 29 | I ask this council to ignore the recommendation from the housing committee and to support me in passing this amendment . |
| 30 | President , congress I ask this congress to do all in their power to campaign on behalf of all sick members and pregnant women regarding the breakdown in the control over sickness and maternity benefits employers are depriving their employees of millions of pounds since the privas privatization of the benefits . |