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 ’ .
30 ( which generates error code 27 ) will not break you out of this loop .
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