Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] in this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The we means ‘ someone in my group ’ , and when a Zuwayi used we in this sense , the reference group was small and was likely to include his own ancestors and relatives , men he could name in a line of descent which included both speaker and audience , which explained the existence and identity of each person , and provided them with a character and loyalties . |
| 2 | The plaintiff encouraged him in this behaviour . |
| 3 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
| 4 | The old man told me in this connection : |
| 5 | The Somali tribes , with whom he had identified himself , might well have rallied to his cause had he in this decisive hour shown himself a leader . |