Example sentences of "[vb base] this is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To critics who say this is n't drawing but copying , Maureen Cox answers , ‘ In some sense , copying what you see is exactly what learning to draw from life actually means . |
| 2 | I want this is not going to have people do n't have these in the door . |
| 3 | I hope this is n't going to cast too much of a blight over seasonal festivities . |
| 4 | ‘ He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times but I hope this is n't going to force him to retire . |
| 5 | And I hope this is n't going to be a precedent . ’ |
| 6 | I know this is really putting on you , but … well , I would appreciate it so much and will recompense you in any way I can . ’ |
| 7 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 8 | I understand this is already done in some districts . |
| 9 | Survivors of Novell 's Excelan and Digital Research acquisitions claim this is all going to happen quicker than a June bug hops on a ripe fig . |
| 10 | The researchers think this is better understood by analysing the organisation of paid and unpaid work , in economic production and social reproduction . |
| 11 | colour this is not going to go where I want it to go . |
| 12 | Yes , but you see this is just to give you some idea of his mentality . |