Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] this [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , my Lord , my wife took up with a hawker and man away five years ago : and I have never seen her since , so I married this other woman last winter . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She said she had had a wonderful time and liked the people of Merseyside , so I hope this unfortunate incident does n't remain in her mind . ’ |
| 3 | The first time we went , Marie wore her bra and knickers , but she was told off for that , so she bought this real nice swimming costume . |
| 4 | Something told her that once she let this irrepressible man weave his way into the fabric of her life it would be almost impossible to get rid of him . |
| 5 | we are , we are encouraging the rich peasant , I mean we want you to settle down and become rich and , although we have this ultimate aim of socialization , collectivization , we 've got to industrialize first and that , that is a long time off . |
| 6 | According to Sampson , many other features of transformational grammar can be explained away in a similar fashion once one adopts this evolutionary perspective . |
| 7 | And after that came this unofficial parade organized by Trade Unions and also , Moscow Voting Associations , so we had this peculiar spectacle of this radical Mayor of Moscow , newly elected Gavrielle Popov , standing up there , shoulder to shoulder with President Gorbachev and Yigor Ligicharf and er Defence Minister , Mick Dimitriargo , amongst others . |
| 8 | The design is read by the controller and transferred one row at a time for each colour , so we need this odd row to start . |
| 9 | So once we adopt this purposive , functional approach and set the problem in its structural context social behaviour makes sense without invoking hypothetical historical antecedents . |
| 10 | Because in a group you y y y you get this erm the individual 's ego and they , th they take on this the super ego of the , of a leader so they get this transparent idea so if a person got a stronger ego , then they 're , then they 're less likely to lose that and take on somebody else 's ideas . |
| 11 | The danger is that once they leave this sheltered environment , resolve may slip away . |
| 12 | However , it is plain that the speaker of English , although he performs this general task reliably thousands of times a day , has no idea whatever how he does it , and may well have a healthy scepticism about proffered accounts in terms of linguistic or other rules . |
| 13 | Once it had this raw patch on its nose and I went with Davey when he took it to the vet . |
| 14 | And if I had this cold feeling , the operation in most cases failed too . |
| 15 | Besides , if I blow this open , they just might notice , ’ she finished dryly . |
| 16 | If I put this white if I put the white paper behind the flask , can you see the gas that 's in there ? |
| 17 | If I led this tender scented female to the cave , she would then be far away from her friend and entirely within my power . |
| 18 | When I say I 've never , in my life , sold a telephone number or refused to help a fellow journalist , he says it is ‘ union policy ’ , and that I ‘ ca n't be a real journalist ’ if I find this surprising . |
| 19 | So , where he 's done the extra year at the end if I do this extra year at the beginning I can start the teaching certificate . |
| 20 | Thrilled , that is , until I played this damn record and discovered they have n't changed at all . |
| 21 | A Licence to Print Money by Jamie Reid Macmillan , £17.50 UNTIL I read this absorbing and informative book , I regarded bookmakers as apple-cheeked philanthropists to whom it was a positive pleasure to hand my 50p on Grand National day . |
| 22 | Until you stop this upsetting talk and this … divisive rambling about … ’ |
| 23 | If she accepted this crazy proposal of his then she 'd be committing herself to a course of action that could be supremely dangerous to her . |
| 24 | If she loses this gigantic amount in a year she should be happy . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , Peachcake , if you marry this young man , you 're bound to come up against prejudice from time to time . |
| 26 | So in effect , if you write this long , long , rambling press release , you wo n't get over the point you were trying to do , you 'll get publicity okay , but you wo n't get the kind of thing you wanted . |
| 27 | From now on , if you follow this 28-day Inch Loss Plan , you should achieve heights you did n't even know existed for you . |
| 28 | If you assumed this public culture reflected political actuality you would be living in a fools ' paradise , the reverse side of Thatcherland . |
| 29 | Or if your mother had got a say she made you a meat and tater pie in a little dish , if you took this little dish with you , the lady used to er warm it up for you . |
| 30 | You will find that your writing becomes thinner , poorer , less convincing if you take this easy way out . |