Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ignoring the existence of six servants she organized this breakfast herself . |
| 2 | Three times it did this , then , satisfied , it flashed — electric blue — into the reeds and disappeared . |
| 3 | Gower , who averaged 50 in the three Tests he played this summer and 44 throughout his Test career said : ‘ To say I am disappointed is an understatement . |
| 4 | Each morning for the next ten days he bore this precious vessel to the examinations balls and poured a measured quantity of the contents on to pages of ruled quarto . |
| 5 | And for five minutes I quizzed this wretched bird without getting a single chirp out of it . |
| 6 | Yeah , this , this is interesting , it gets confusing perhaps because erm , I rang British Section , British Section today erm , enquiring about er , ah , there it is , were , were are we , erm enquiring about er groups having two prisoners you brought this up last time and as the result of me talking to somebody there erm , it became clear that British Section still showed us as having Sabri Lushe as a prisoner , erm and they were n't aware that we were no longer dealing with him , he 'd been released , and what they say is they usually get conformation from International Secretarium |
| 7 | For four minutes they held this agonising pose . |
| 8 | Had to laugh yesterday towards the end of er our round , it was really tipping down , misty , fog , could n't see a hundred yards I had this almighty s I said well I 'll let the six iron , I did this almighty swing the ball went one way and the club went right up the top of a tree . |