Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Taking the radical students ' ideals at face-value one might have expected them to see this incident as yet another example of oppression by a fascist regime and protest against it — after all , they protested enough when it used such methods against its own people . |
2 | He had n't expected her to make this sort of use of the opportunity he had given her . |
3 | The veteran foreign minister , Hans-Dietrich Genscher , has done nothing to allay this idea , bluntly denying the debt his country owes to the west by declaring , ‘ There is not a capitalist Germany and a communist Germany , there is only one German nation ’ . |
4 | Many also feel responsible because they assume that they must have done something to bring this man down . |
5 | ‘ It was the lowest point of my life I 'd sold everything to do this trip . ’ |
6 | Well you should 've done cos I thought you were going to cos I thought yeah we 've got , have n't got anything to do this afternoon |
7 | I see now we 've got lots to do this morning , you 're going to need to ignore what 's going on behind me , ah , it 's not happening , right , as I said to you at the very beginning of September I 'm the star , so you pay attention to me . |
8 | If it had steeled itself to cross this threshold ( as Yemen bravely did a month ago ) , Egypt might today be afflicted by nothing worse than a bad case of anti-incumbency — hardly surprising after a dozen years with the same tired face at the top . |
9 | Erm Hugh 's asked me to open this morning 's erm quality seminar . |
10 | However , the hostility of the courts towards " unreasonable or onerous clauses " has led them to ignore this principle , where such a clause is printed on the reverse of a document , or incorporated by reference . |
11 | ‘ Has n't Luke asked you to dance this evening ? ’ |
12 | He knew that it was a stupid notion and that she , of all people , would n't have wanted him to think this way , but he could n't help it . |
13 | All the evidence has led us to organize this book with reference to different kinds of places . |
14 | Irving was horror-struck : ‘ God hath put me to shame this day before all the people ’ . |
15 | P.S. A rainforest tree can be felled with a chainsaw in less time than it has taken you to read this letter . |
16 | The general SVQ in care at level II has allowed us to plug this gap . |
17 | He says he would have liked it to continue this way . |
18 | It is not dislike of homosexuals which has prompted me to tackle this subject . |
19 | Worships if I may interrupt the the this erm dispute about the damage which was allegedly caused I have mentioned it to Miss this morning and she has undertaken to make further enquiries . |
20 | I have mentioned it to Miss this morning and she has undertaken to make further enquiries . |