Example sentences of "this [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I mean , that , it , it costs the earth anyway , that damn stuff , it really does , with it , and it 's a , well I , I did it on about eight hundred sheep so you know , my men are stuck in this for a day or two . |
| 2 | Is love meant to glow on like this for a while after the set has been switched off ? |
| 3 | I have been contemplating this for a while and would love advice from other knitters who have tried it ! |
| 4 | And he stood and listened to this for a while and then he thought he was delayed long enough so he set off home . |
| 5 | Shall I stop this for a while because of the noise ? |
| 6 | Continue this for a week or two , and compare the two records to see if there are any likely suspects . |
| 7 | I puzzled over this for a week or so , before a second whisper clarified the message . |
| 8 | ‘ So I thought bugger this for a lark and got rid of them , and the next couple of days I tried to ring you , but … ’ |
| 9 | She thought about this for a moment or two and then said : ‘ I see no harm in that . |
| 10 | My mother thought about this for a moment until comprehension came to her , whereupon she changed the subject out of deference to my youth and inexperience . |
| 11 | It was more practicable to do this for a district or industry , since firm-by-firm bargaining was precluded for want of suitable union organisation to bring together all employees at the workplace . |
| 12 | There could well be some of this between a male and female as they pair , but if they do not settle down then you can assume they are both males . |
| 13 | I was glad to read late in the article of the NRA 's positive attitude to the potential problem , and hope that farmers will take this as a sign that the task of improvement of farm waste management systems is not as dire in every case as many people would have us believe . |
| 14 | Joseph 's special robe ( 3 ) : Joseph 's brothers saw this as a sign that Isaac intended to pass them by and make Joseph his heir ( see 48:21–22 and 49:22ff . ) . |
| 15 | She did not count this as a master and servant situation , yet she did n't dare to presume too far . |
| 16 | Historians usually regard this as a scandal and look forward to the day when computerised storage will allow everything to be kept . |
| 17 | The men in power see this as a menace and attempt to make their position more secure by fighting ; but in doing so they are forced to yield ground because of the losses they incur in decreased production . |
| 18 | At first sight this looks like an uninteresting stipulation about how to use the word ‘ fact ’ — uninteresting because the anti-materialist could as well state his case using some such term as ‘ feature ’ or ‘ aspect ’ , and it is difficult to see how , once having allowed that there is something called ‘ what it is like to see ’ which one only learns by seeing , one could refuse to describe this as a feature or aspect of mental life . |
| 19 | I do n't recommend this as a tactic unless the rest of your cavalry is already engaged , or he could be surrounded and overwhelmed by a mass of lesser troops . |
| 20 | Wherever possible we should try to make provision for children ( perhaps by showing videos etc. to keep them amused while a class takes place ) Please consider this as a possibility when planning an event or rally . |
| 21 | We have already identified this as a problem but at least the opportunity for manipulation was constrained by the time it would take to receive the invoice . |
| 22 | you know , er briefly er a amend er on to using this as a backcloth as it were . |
| 23 | With this as a model and financial support from various trusts and charities , the Ulster People 's College was established in 1982 . |
| 24 | You can expect that Novell is going to run this as a business and is going to want USL to be profitable . |
| 25 | The Lonrho case establishes this as an exception but leaves the court with the problem of determining what is meant by an ascertainable class . |
| 26 | So do they see this as an imposition or |
| 27 | The French King seems to have taken this as an insult and , if he had not already been in touch with the Poitevin rebels , he very soon was . |
| 28 | Cover this with a sheet or towel . |
| 29 | He does this with a modesty and a delight in enquiry which has lost none of its adventure in thirty years . |
| 30 | The executive Commission welcomed Mr Clinton 's commitment to agreeing a GATT world trade deal , but coupled this with a warning that any recourse to protectionism to spark economic recovery could lead to disaster . |