Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local authorities are to be given the leading role in the organisation of community care , but the decision to give them this responsibility was taken with the greatest possible reluctance and only after every other possibility had been explored . |
| 2 | Indeed , there must be serious doubts about the decision to hold them this year . |
| 3 | The girl tells you this — this fairy-tale , and you believe it ? ’ |
| 4 | There are five species of this large piratical sea-bird , and they are notoriously difficult to separate , but the warden told us this was a roosting place ( they do not breed in the Seychelles ) for mainly immature greater and lesser frigate birds , probably from the huge breeding colonies on Aldabra . |
| 5 | All contemporary hues , every scrap of modern dialogue , every present mood , every tabloid headline , every bell clanging across the meadow tells us this . |
| 6 | It 's as the sun hits it this side . |
| 7 | panel seeks to make that two million pounds , subject to the appropriate level of grants and borrow approvals and perhaps some assistance from within our own resources and elsewhere being budget , this is a , a firm intention to increase that figure , but we can not say it has been increased yet , to do so will be premature , but that I ask the committee to accept it this morning as a recommendation from the |
| 8 | Oh the teacher told us this one . |
| 9 | Paul the apostle gives us this assurance : ‘ He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 're not going to believe this , ’ said Alex , ‘ but I actually picked up the phone to call you this morning , except I realized it would have been the middle of the night your end so I put it down again . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We are discussing the offer made us this morning by His Highness , the Prince . |
| 12 | Did the woman tell you this ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The hospital gave her this wig . |
| 14 | This year when June Bascome is taking advantage of this generous offer , she will be accompanied by Hilary ; as Jochen has very kindly extended the invitation to include her this time . |
| 15 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |
| 16 | Angelo 's judgement on Claudio , a death sentence for having got his bride with child , is severe but consistent with his principles , and he can affirm without hypocrisy , although self-righteously , Yet the confrontation with Isabella , come to appeal on her brother 's behalf , fills Angelo with desire for the first time in his life , and a soliloquy gives us this crucial information about his new state : Shakespeare there presents Angelo in a soliloquy nearer the mode of tragedy than comedy . |
| 17 | It is a privilege to pay them this small token of respect . |
| 18 | That 's what I said to you , your dad when he did n't want to take Aspirins for his restrained back , and him , do n't believe in these drugs and I said look , if a monk gave you this he 'd , he 'd give you the bark of a birch tree , pound it up in a pestle and water and you 'd think it was magic and you 'd take it and you , relax your muscles , is that what it is ? , |
| 19 | Well , it 's been a joy to meet you this evening , please can I have another signed photo to replace the old one ? |
| 20 | He had no right to treat her this way . |
| 21 | Anyroad , there 's no need to tell you this — you 've lived down here long enough , ’ he continued . |
| 22 | If a friend gave you this list of reasons why they could not love themselves , what would you say ? |
| 23 | A friend showed me this in the newspaper . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 25 | I 'd like to see a psychiatrist convince me this is all in the mind . |
| 26 | Boyd Stych , looking strangely civilized in a dark business suit and neatly clipped beard , was informed by his wife , when he came home , that the Advent was sending a photographer and a reporter to see him this evening and he was not to litter up the lounge — she 'd just tidied it . |
| 27 | A spokesman told me this week : ‘ It 's a top-shelf title . |
| 28 | Now it could be contended that any manager who needed a booklet to tell him this should be on the shopfloor . |
| 29 | got to be standardized , that it 's legible , to teach them all to write as an individual allows them this |