Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] it [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 2 | One believer in the limits of law puts it like this : ‘ laws are often ineffective , doomed to stultification almost at birth , doomed by the over-ambitions of the legislator and the under-provision of the necessary requirements for an effective law , such as adequate preliminary survey , communication , acceptance , and enforcement machinery . ’ |
| 3 | Carrots and meat and good stuff , and then they used to put a little flour to thicken it like this do you see , with a big spoon like that . |
| 4 | Ali himself has acknowledged this : ‘ I started boxing because I thought this was the fastest way for a black person to make it in this country ’ ( quoted by Torres , 1971 , p.83 ) . |
| 5 | But I know that 's what it was you know because the wee lassie done it with this special electronic thing |
| 6 | One recruitment manager put it like this : A year ago we were buying teams … now we 're filling holes . " |
| 7 | Commonly we consider a disease to be the symptoms that we experience when ill but if we are to take the susceptibility into account then we need a word to include it in this larger view of disease . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , there is n't space to illustrate it in this issue , but I will include a photograph of it next time . |
| 9 | Some of my former colleagues would agree that my recent work is unhistorical but on the contrary condemn it for this — or rather they would condemn it did they not resort to the easier course of dismissing it as the gutterings of a senile mind . |
| 10 | If you feel further clarification is required BEFORE setting investigations in hand obtain it at this stage — otherwise unnecessary investigative duplication may arise . |
| 11 | ‘ I canna see it in this light ya fule , ’ the top-hat swayed angrily as its owner knocked the hand away . |
| 12 | To sleep around is not the safest way to play it in this day and age . ’ |
| 13 | Cassie , I 've got ta come in on Monday morning when there 's school to give it to this student . |
| 14 | One prisoner put it like this : ‘ I waken up every morning with this pain . |
| 15 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 16 | Yes but did the Party want , did the Party mean it at this stage ? |