Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you Betty for helping me to win this award . |
| 2 | Clive Rowlands , the Welsh RU president , has written to member clubs urging them to follow this course . |
| 3 | Despite the call of duty , and the deep warm affection she had for her cousin 's little girls , every instinct Laura possessed was overwhelmingly urging her to leave this vehicle ; to put as great a distance between herself and Ross as she possibly could . |
| 4 | I admit to yielding to the temptation of allowing you to think this house was your father 's , but my thoughts have not all been selfish . |
| 5 | He had gone out for air while Mary reverted to her servant role , but an impulse had taken him much further than he anticipated and now that he was on the shoreline he knew that he had followed an instinct which was directing him to resolve this business with Mary . |
| 6 | The aim was to ensure that subjects had been fixating correctly by requiring them to report this digit immediately prior to recalling the stimulus . |
| 7 | That if he cares so much about persuading me to quit this house he can have it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If that is what you want , Mr Reynolds , then I 'm sure David can be persuaded to leave with his family , ’ Beth told him icily ; though in fact she despaired of ever persuading him to leave this house . |
| 9 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 10 | He thought my parents were pressurising me to dress this way , or that I 'd gone mad . |
| 11 | The C E C are obviously asking you to support this colleagues . |
| 12 | To remind the assembly that this is a matter which was raised I think by Mr a couple of years ago and when a very similar motion was accepted by the Board er asking us to raise this matter with the the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland , which we did er we know that there has been attention paid to this by the , the hierarchy . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're teachin' us to win this competition . |
| 14 | He says to me when I 'm helping him to learn this rubbish : ‘ It 's not true , is it Grandad ? ’ |
| 15 | True , his editor had taken the surprising step of allowing him to pursue this story all the way to London . |
| 16 | Thank you for inviting us to do this survey . ’ |
| 17 | However , as soon as this female lays her eggs the male deserts her , leaving her to rear this brood by herself . |
| 18 | Thanks to all you readers out there for helping us to reach this target during a recession which has hammered the magazine trade as hard as any . |
| 19 | The quality of our existing work was a deciding factor and all WGEC employees should be congratulated for the part they have played in helping us to win this contract . |