Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result . |
| 2 | From these women 's descriptions of their days , it is clear that rarely , if ever , is it possible for them to make this distinction either . |
| 3 | I have a strong interest in languages , and although now we are trying to teach more languages in school , even in primary schooling , I do n't feel that within er my , I 'm only eighteen at the moment , by the time I 'm twenty five things still wo n't have came far enough along for me to utilize this skill . |
| 4 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 5 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 6 | ‘ It is a great joy for me to declare this exhibition open and to pray for God 's blessing on you all who have worked with such tireless dedication over the years . |
| 7 | In retrospect , the greatest disservice Charles Howard ever did me was the way he had somehow made it impossible for me to trust this man . |
| 8 | What about I said this number . |
| 9 | They 're looking for someone to play this sort of deformed hunchback , part werewolf , part vampire . |
| 10 | And er he he was having a conference in , course with dropping out of the Labour Party , the Labour Party finished with him and did n't bother and anyw he he someone I do n't know who it was , it was n't him himself but someone told me that he was looking for somebody to organize this conference in , so I said , Well I I 'll do it . |
| 11 | The rest of me knew this sort of thing worked . |
| 12 | At five o'clock tea was served to the Empress and about 20 of her guests , the groups being so organized that in the course of a week all of them enjoyed this privilege , thus avoiding any outbursts of jealousy or recrimination . |
| 13 | Many of them resent this country 's system of the 25 year lease , and would favour a more flexible approach — such as the break options that are widely available in the US and France but less common here . |
| 14 | Therefore by encouraging more of them to use this route , you 'll erode your , your planting in the nature reserve . |
| 15 | In short , if any of them reaches this standard it should be acceptable Community-wide |
| 16 | Economists were being involved in the process of economic decision making in a manner which had been unknown previously , and most of them found this admission to the counsels of the influential and powerful to be very congenial . |
| 17 | No England team have ever gone beyond the last eight in a World Cup played abroad , and the significance of their seeding this time will only become clear after tomorrow 's draw . |
| 18 | No England team have ever gone beyond the last eight in a World Cup played abroad , and the significance of their seeding this time will only become clear after tomorrow 's draw . |
| 19 | Are we the only dogs chosen for our star signs or have any of you had this star treatment ? |
| 20 | You swore each and every one of you to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence … |
| 21 | I hope that some of you reading this book will find yourself reflected in the images here . |
| 22 | All of you reading this book know how to think . |
| 23 | As Jenny Randles says in Abduction ( according to Mr Marr , the only really reliable guide to the spacenapping phenomenon ) , ‘ Of course I am making no assumptions about what it means to have been abducted [ by aliens ] , but if some researchers are correct many of you reading this book might have undergone an abduction experience without consciously realizing it . ’ |
| 24 | You know , I ought to be able to order one of you to do this shadow nonsense . ’ |
| 25 | I wonder if I could go back to that point that er a couple of you raised this morning , about the transfer assets into the wife 's name . |
| 26 | Can I trust all of you to keep this secret ? |
| 27 | ‘ I have been fascinated by the IBM Environment for the past 20 years and I am only too pleased to unravel its complexities to those of you attending this seminar . |
| 28 | ‘ I appreciate that most of you love this place . |
| 29 | What we 've got for the first time I suspect , since any of you joined this company and you take the experience over there as well , is that the time you spend two days together , and actually find out what it is that makes you go and I do n't suppose that happens often , , dropped you off the boat together for more than two hours at a time . |
| 30 | We recognize that the shift in the balance of power in appointment matters from LEAs to governing bodies may seem of itself to resolve this issue . |