Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [pers pn] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weber admits that a common market situation may provide a basis for collective class action but he sees this only as a possibility . |
| 2 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 3 | ‘ I still enjoy going to racing at Croft circuit but I think this year 's trip to the Isle of Man will be my swan song , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ People are often complaining about the council but I think this time they deserve some praise . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not very often that I come down from the pulpit but I feel this would be a genuinely worthwhile exercise , ’ he said . |
| 6 | angina but she takes this spray |
| 7 | I worked for a , for a like a , it 's a money brokers in , in London but exactly the same stockbroking , and it was exactly like the film , you know , they had this , they had this room , like they had one of those long rooms as well you know with all the desks and computers and stuff but they had this one enclosed off room where all the dealers sat round this massive like circular console type table , and like they were all under thirty but like overweight , all c driving Porsches and taking coke and shit like this and right they just , they got into the office at something like six in the morning like I 'd get in at nine and I 'd be , be wandering around they 'd just have their trousers open , shoes off , |
| 8 | Frankie asked why she did n't answer our knock but she ignored this . |
| 9 | A little gig It was n't a gig either , he did have a gig but he had this thing , a sort of long shaped er What would you call it ? |
| 10 | You see we 've had some very good reports , I mean that went through a very bad patch but they 've this new Doctor Colin he 's meant to be pretty switched on |
| 11 | It is a fast and relatively cheap working method but it turns this into a real Spaghetti Opera , where the soundtrack never quite gels with the visuals . |
| 12 | ‘ We know we have taken on a lifetime 's commitment but I love this boy . |
| 13 | This is , of course , April Fool 's territory but I think this is real . |
| 14 | Both West German federal and regional Parliamentarians also want a bigger say over EC legislation but they believe this should be assured by being made members of a new , upper house of the European Parliament . |
| 15 | We had been wakened as on my first morning by the hideous 6 a.m. clattering of dustbin lids ; I had n't really expected a bugle but I found this noise intolerable . |
| 16 | In my opinion Karenin acted in quite an unpredictable way but I think this was because he was so entirely shattered by Anna 's actions . |
| 17 | Well I do n't know the exact date but I believe this house is some thirty years old , so it was built about nineteen fifty three , fifty two , fifty three |
| 18 | Clients at the unit admit it 's a gimmicky idea but they say this cookbook is different from the others . |