Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 3 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 4 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 5 | Clive had got so used to being able to fool everyone in this circle that he was unnerved by her obvious clear-sightedness . |
| 6 | ‘ To treat them in this way is disgraceful . ’ |
| 7 | He was trying , insanely , to preserve everyone in this family in just the state in which he had first encountered them , when they had given him that delightful sense of secure , harmonious , integrated living . |
| 8 | Right , now then , be like this I 'll pretend that I 've done something that needs to be , a high sling to support me in this fashion . |
| 9 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 10 | To see ourselves in this way is to gain a perspective rather than to advocate a policy , yet the relation of these two activities will inevitably remain in the background of our work . |
| 11 | The court was bound by the maximum aggregate of six months in section 133 in respect of these offences , and the jurisdiction to pass them in this form did not exist . |
| 12 | When you have got the idea of how to tighten them in this way , you can do the exercise anywhere . |
| 13 | But Clare seemed to know nothing of this side of the relationship between her brother and her cousin . |
| 14 | Karadjordje 's attempt to impose himself on this structure by having himself declared ‘ Supreme Leader ’ created tensions which were never resolved during the nine years of his rebel regime . |
| 15 | However — ’ he shrugged ‘ — my vet in Westmead ca n't be expected to come out so far so I 've obviously got to find one for this shop . ’ |
| 16 | And one was that this bungalow should be retained completely er by members of the Hosiery Finishers in spite of being a national union which of course has still operated , and secondly , that er nobody should go to this union until er er at least when I 've finished that they should be voted for and they were n't going to impose anybody on this union , they 'd vote for somebody from among their own members , which of course operated and that 's operating now . |
| 17 | A man describing himself as being in the public relations business had phoned Julian Klein 's office and made an appointment to meet him on this day , but had not divulged the nature of his business . |
| 18 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 19 | Single carers who have given up work to care appear to be especially likely to find themselves in this situation . |
| 20 | It must be sad and hurtful for any parent to find themselves in this situation , because the vast majority of us have nothing but our children 's good at heart . |
| 21 | But Tom Poole 's cousins at Marshmills were not invited , and would in any case have been horrified to find themselves among this conclave of radicals . |
| 22 | Erm , I seem to find myself in this committee in a minority of one . |
| 23 | Now , five years later , the battles are won ( significant skirmishes remain , but it would be unwise and ungenerous to detail them at this point ) . |
| 24 | This bodily preparation needs to occur so quickly that there is no time for conscious thought , the caveman does not have time to talk himself into this state of readiness . |
| 25 | ‘ We have no need to answer you on this matter , ’ is the calm response of Shadrach , Mesach and Abed-nego to Nebuchadnezzar 's threat . |
| 26 | So what they normally do is they also give you by continuous intravenous drip They f have to feed you by this tube , |
| 27 | Surely no one would need to consult him at this hour ? |
| 28 | Not going to tackle him about this business of Dora 's golf-club , are you ? ’ |
| 29 | When you ask him for leave to serve him on this mission he will welcome it as the solution to his anxieties , for even if you are only gone from Kinsai for a time , it will seem to him that you do not mean to impose upon his favour . ’ |
| 30 | Er perhaps it is impossible to answer it in this forum but I think it remains an open question sir . |