Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [v-ing] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had long intended making this proposition to the Secretary of State , but I was urged sooner to it perhaps because I felt that I was reduced in circumstances and thrown from my position in Society , and I hoped by a grand effort to establish a permanent claim on the consideration of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 2 | Input for absence , overtime , payroll exceptions and temporary upgradings are generally made using this method . |
| 3 | Large owners of wealth with good tax advice largely avoided paying this tax . |
| 4 | Just try playing this game yourself alone in the dark ! |
| 5 | There is evidence for some geological activity on Venus , and though it is unlikely that Plate Tectonics ever got going this conclusion is not yet beyond doubt . |
| 6 | After all these years I still enjoyed playing this game . |
| 7 | Miniatures still survive showing this part of the palace decked in all its splendour with shady silk awnings of brilliant scarlet , gilded cupolas shining atop the chaffris and , lying open to pavilions , the Hayat Baksh or Life-Bestowing Paradise Garden , planted with cypress , mangoes , apricots and sweet-smelling nargis , kuzah and gulal . |
| 8 | I thoroughly enjoyed playing this game and , I like the idea of making my own game worlds with the ZZT Editor and controlling the objects using the built in ZZT-OOP programming language . |
| 9 | Granted not everyone has a PC to use it on , but if someone in the family does use one , I thoroughly recommend purchasing this software . |
| 10 | So I did really enjoy reading this report , a well written report , and for me well received , and I offer my congratulations for it . |
| 11 | ( If you are not , then please stop reading this book and begin at once . ) |
| 12 | Please consider contacting this group . |
| 13 | How dared this man think that he could just move back into her life — after five long years — and then begin treating this place as if it were his own home ? |
| 14 | If this notion suits you temperamentally , then try producing this sort of suspense novel . |
| 15 | They would rather continue earning this money for a few years with the hope of becoming financially independent , thus broadening their options and opportunities . |
| 16 | It was one thing to boast afterwards of pre-breakfast hiking , quite another to be actually seen leading this freak of nature , this abortion , about the public streets . |