Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I had heard the bell toll … the wave of ecstasy which drove me on to this shore had pressed me into a dark , dull interior . |
2 | She 's got to hand them in to this lady on Tuesday . |
3 | ‘ Let me in on this mystery that surrounds Corosini . |
4 | I just remember them wheeling me down to this room and going to sleep . |
5 | My start was beginning to let me down around this time — Ron and I were concentrating more on my pick-up — but I had the satisfaction of beating Calvin Smith quite comfortably . |
6 | All you have to do is lower me down in this bucket to just above the sea . |
7 | Steven put me through to this Gwyllam |
8 | And Gershwin 's ‘ Rhapsody ’ , the one that had started them off on this road together . |
9 | ‘ I told the police I would take them off in this country , but that I could n't give confirmation I would n't use them abroad . ’ |
10 | The embarrassment made me postpone going to the clinics for weeks — until the last possible moment , in fact : the day before I was due to board the train that bore me off to this hotel room in Manchester . |
11 | Is that what put you on to this business of writing about old houses ? ’ |
12 | Denis , great Atlanticist , a man with a vivid war experience , former defence secretary , it 's an unlikely position to find you in over this war , is n't it ? |
13 | Or are you in on this aspect as well ? ’ |
14 | They 'll certainly let you in after this performance , " the Magistrate had said ironically as Mr Bradley made one or two more last-minute arrangements with Saint Peter for the opening of the celestial gates . |
15 | But they 're all going to wonder why I dragged you along at this time of night . |
16 | ‘ You come a step farther up that ladder and I 'll run you through with this fork . ’ |
17 | And if you are fairly okay then we 'll probably say well we 'll sign you off at this stage anyway . |
18 | ‘ She has some scheme in mind to marry you off to this man Quatt . ’ |
19 | Where are you off to this time ? |
20 | ‘ But something else must have started you off on this search . |
21 | We 'll hang you up over this machine , teach you to respect it . ’ |
22 | But if it 's something , you know , more serious than then the the client should be aware from you , that they should be ringing you up at this stage . |
23 | Who 's put you up to this call ? |
24 | What , what are you up to this evening on the sport front ? |
25 | What villainy are you up to this time ? ’ |
26 | Then when you had grown enough and mother had carried you there nearly a year , God opened a door for you and brought you out into this world . |
27 | There 's no way I intend to let you out of this bed until you 've promised that you 'll marry me . ’ |
28 | ‘ And as I said , there 's no way I 'm going to let you out of this bed until I have your answer in the affirmative . ’ |
29 | There is always a guy that says , ‘ I can get you out of this contract ’ . |
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