Example sentences of "[vb base] this [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say this because the Sloth so far has done nothing and it appears he does n't plan to do anything except now he is reading a James Michener book . |
| 2 | Accept this and the gateway to other worlds will slowly swing wide for you and each day will bring forth new wonders , so that you become once more as a child , absorbed and enchanted by all there is of which to learn . |
| 3 | The majority of people accept this because the state , by excluding these killings from the murder category , has signified its intention that we should not treat them as capital offenders . |
| 4 | Only present this if the employee demands the facts . |
| 5 | We know this because the word come ( at least with the tense and aspect in ( i ) ) denotes either motion towards the speaker at the time of speaking ( as in Come to breakfast , Johnny ) or motion towards the addressee 's location at the time of speaking ( as in I 'm coming , Mummy ) . |
| 6 | The applications sometimes know this because the employer says so in acknowledging the first approach . |
| 7 | Remember this when the pace hots up ! |
| 8 | I tell this because the humility and openness to God of my friend has always been an example to me . |
| 9 | Stretch the area for a while , then relax it and continue this until the pain goes away . |
| 10 | For example , if you worked with a seed head , you could show a sample of the plant from a side view and another viewed from straight on , a stem and some leaves with a tiny piece of root attached to create a very attractive design , but only do this if the plant has been grown in your garden or in that of a friend . |
| 11 | They do this because the Milk Marketing Board , set up by the government , collects the milk from farms , wherever they are , and pays a fixed price for it . |