Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] [prep] this " in BNC.

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1 I hate to burden you with this .
2 ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’
3 On the last point that Les makes , I want to ensure him about this ; that when Horton run that boat business , that was a water-based business , it ran on the basis there were floats in the river and you stepped on to the float and you got onto a boat .
4 If you want to settle them at this meeting .
5 Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net .
6 If they want to join us in this enterprise , so much the better .
7 You want to say something about this one as well ?
8 I want to ask her about this issue .
9 I hope to initiate you into this important part of life … to teach you about such things . ’
10 And about this too I hope to help you during this course .
11 Stop affecting me like this , attacking me on all fronts with your damned charm and intelligence and unbelievable sex appeal !
12 Begin to see yourself in this new way .
13 As we have traced them so far , Goody 's arguments and my counter-arguments seem to go something like this .
14 Erm , I seem to find myself in this committee in a minority of one .
15 I 've never recall doing anything like this before .
16 If you happen to have anything like this , by all means use it .
17 What happens if you issue one to , you manage to get it to this department today but ca n't get it to that department 'til tomorrow and .
18 Hate to leave you with this bunch of weirdos .
19 If you are out shopping , get tired , and are tempted by a cake and a cup of coffee , your overall health regime should not suffer because you decide to enjoy yourself in this way occasionally .
20 ‘ And , being the modern-day equivalent of Casanova , I decide to add you to this impressive circle of conquests ? ’
21 Would you excuse me , Mr. Preston , while I try to do something about this ? ’
22 It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way .
23 They keep telling us about this poll tax , they 've got to cut the staff and then they decide that they 're going to give this man this money .
24 I mean to arm myself from this day on — be warned , lest you are tempted to trespass on my confidence .
25 I do know something of this city . ’
26 That 's what this house is here for , it is here to introduce primary legislation if we need it and in my view we do need it in this area and it is it 's high time the government recognised that and should not be afraid t t t to take action simply because primary legislation is required .
27 If you do find yourself in this position , with a few seconds left to the gun , consider reaching across them so that you can get clear air .
28 But … like all malais ( do forgive me for this ) her backside had been innocent of paper all her life .
29 Many fine details — beautiful 16thcentury wooden ceilings , 15th-century painted glass , and a grand fireplace in the presence chamber — remain to remind us of this original purpose .
30 You must be the fifth person I 've explained it to this month .
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