Example sentences of "[vb past] this [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slumped , then turned slightly , staring through the gloom of the house towards the north , as if he could see through the walls , through the wood , to that place of battle , that cold place , which lay northwards and to which he and Tallis — as everything that passed this way seemed to be moving . |
| 2 | Numerous bidders expected this Fairchild to reach into the $ 35–45,000 range . |
| 3 | A large proportion of firms expected this expansion to continue throughout the 1980s . |
| 4 | The use of the same stylised figure made this exhibition read as a story , the same figure entering into a different tale in each work . |
| 5 | Bad debts written off in previous years but recovered this year amounted to £1,740 . |
| 6 | It was made for the Dolls ' House by Hardy Bros Ltd. and presented by Mr W. Hardy , father of today 's Marketing Director , Mr James Hardy , who found this invitation discarded with some rubbish when the factory moved in 1965 . |
| 7 | The head who described this process pointed to two matters of importance : " I wanted a systematic curriculum with the sharing of opportunities fully understood by parents and staff , and with the pastoral organization of the school running smoothly alongside the curriculum scheme . " |
| 8 | Some used this expertise to work in the private sector as consultants advising on urban policy ; in one case a firm that employed no Black people was selected for its ‘ inner city expertise ’ to evaluate the Handsworth Task Force in inner Birmingham which it had previously also been paid to advise but which was now being shut down to make room for a newly fashionable Urban Development Corporation , this time in the Birmingham Heartlands ( sic ) . |
| 9 | But he says : ‘ He used this case to get at us . ’ |
| 10 | And later , when he become doge , he used this house to escape from the pomp and ceremony of the Palazzo Ducale , his official residence . |
| 11 | The protocol was accepted by proponents of provocation testing , and clinicians who used this method participated in the study . |
| 12 | And she told this maid to go with the letters to post them . |
| 13 | He imagined this woman draped on Humphrey Bogart 's arm and walking into a seedy bar . |
| 14 | Numerous delays prevented this venture coming to fruition within the ‘ initial responses ’ period . |
| 15 | As it happened this period coincided with the arrival in Vancouver of Andrew Allan , later one of Canada 's all time great producers , and he was accompanied by his ‘ unofficial fiancee ’ that talented actress Judith Evelyn . |
| 16 | It was a warm , spring morning and I was lying in the garden , reflecting on life in general and taking it easy , when I heard this music coming from the top-floor flat where the windows were all open — and there was somebody singing . |
| 17 | He switched this ability to concentrate to his own recovery and eventually began to make progress . |
| 18 | We needed this treasure to exchange against cloth and cattle and spices — and as ransom to exchange against our men when they were taken prisoner in war . |
| 19 | Taking all this into account , it is possible to explain how I interpreted this utterance to function as a request for help in freeing the cat — as having a pragmatic meaning roughly paraphrasable as |
| 20 | The police chose this moment to charge at and disperse the pickets from the entrance to the plant and the NUM President was bundled to the floor . |
| 21 | Mrs Wilson was particularly glad that the maid , Elsie , chose this moment to arrive with the tea tray . |
| 22 | The civil service unions chose this moment to strike for better pay . |
| 23 | Brundle chose this moment to come into the pits . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ My wife kept this house going for years . |
| 25 | I felt this book cries for action ; it has helped me understand that to give an honest testimony of my feelings , I had to impose on myself not to betray my dignity as a woman and as a member of a community . |
| 26 | The gas man come about and er as he went this girl come to the door . |
| 27 | In days gone by fishkeepers thought this problem related to sharp and abrasive gravel or rocks in aquaria . |
| 28 | What larks and japes persuaded this audience to collapse in convulsions is a mystery as dark as the Druids ' Runes . |
| 29 | I saw this cat coming down the road |
| 30 | ‘ I saw this bloke looking in the jeweller 's window , ’ said Mr Sutton . |