Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [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 | This is Brando 's first film since 1980 and it 's good that his old campaigning fire was still sufficiently there under the millions and the sloth to pull him into this . |
| 3 | If there is any attempt to bypass me in this matter , you shall all know of it ! ’ |
| 4 | Jezrael wondered whose memory was being replayed inside her mind to guide her through this metal rat-run . |
| 5 | I 'd like to wish you well , Hazel , but there 's no good to wish you in this place . |
| 6 | I decided to follow him to his bedroom to confront him with this unacceptable behaviour . |
| 7 | As for the Chancellor himself , Mr Parkinson said : ‘ I think he has both the backbone and the brains and the determination to see us through this difficulty . ’ |
| 8 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 9 | ‘ Yet you must have help to free you from this condition and , frankly , I have found myself at a loss . |
| 10 | Our thanks to them and to everyone who gave so generously of their time and money to help us through this difficult time . |
| 11 | She may have a house to sell , or a tenancy to terminate , and she should be made aware of your willingness to help her with this , if she wishes , and with everything else connected with the move . |
| 12 | He was n't a part of her life any more , he had no right to treat her like this ! |
| 13 | ‘ We have no need to answer you on this matter , ’ is the calm response of Shadrach , Mesach and Abed-nego to Nebuchadnezzar 's threat . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I asked the ZZAP ! editorial team to advise me on this one , but they replied ‘ we 're too busy ’ . |
| 16 | However , he was mindful of his limitations and , after some time , he was able to arrange for a ‘ godly , diligent physician ’ to come and set up a practice in the town to relieve him of this burden . |
| 17 | She had not been far behind him , and yet had heard no sound to prepare her for this . |
| 18 | He 'd no right to drag you into this sort of caper . ’ |
| 19 | After start-up funds from the Gulbenkian to employ our data-base operator , we have now received some funds from the Baring Foundation to assist us in this major task . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | For example , a magical liquid which needs a component of ethereality might allow the links to be separated , but the adventurers will have to find an Alchemist or Scholar to tell them of this , and then they must find the ingredients for the magical liquid . |
| 22 | A man describing himself as being in the public relations business had phoned Julian Klein 's office and made an appointment to meet him on this day , but had not divulged the nature of his business . |
| 23 | Ask an adult to help you with this . |
| 24 | There would be no hard news , said the DoI , but if we were interested in learning the background it would bring together some experts on fibre optics to brief us on this new technology . |
| 25 | B : Well , the milkman has come All that we can reasonably expect a semantic theory to tell us about this minimal exchange is that there is at least one reading that we might paraphrase as follows : ( 2 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | When you ask him for leave to serve him on this mission he will welcome it as the solution to his anxieties , for even if you are only gone from Kinsai for a time , it will seem to him that you do not mean to impose upon his favour . ’ |
| 28 | An even more vital skill in long migratory flights is accurate navigation , and birds have another special sense to aid them in this . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , there is n't space to illustrate it in this issue , but I will include a photograph of it next time . |
| 30 | It 's my pleasure and honour on behalf of the Eastern Centre to welcome you to this third Cambridge symposium . |