Example sentences of "this [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This apparently happened to Jim last year . |
| 2 | This obviously belonged to Brian Summers , the chairman of World Wide Insurance . |
| 3 | He first started Judo 13 years ago at school and this soon developed into tai-boxing and ju-jitsu . |
| 4 | This soon led to criticism of the excessive power of the Chancellor : ‘ The Chancellor 's position has become so strong that his opponents and supporters alike complain about his authoritarian style of leadership [ writing about Adenauer ] … |
| 5 | But the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent development of Soviet society produced an emphasis upon another strand in Marxist thought about the transition to socialism ( one which had not hitherto been given much prominence ) involving the idea of the ‘ dictatorship of the proletariat ’ ; and in the specific conditions prevailing in Russia , which differed entirely from those in Western Europe , this soon evolved in practice into the dictatorship of the Bolshevik party , then the dictatorship of the party 's central committee , and finally the dictatorship of a single individual . |
| 6 | This generally resulted in processes by which companies tried |
| 7 | This usually happened after lunch on the day following their arrival . |
| 8 | ‘ If this ever came to court it would n't look good for an older woman to be seen enticing a young boy into marriage — ’ |
| 9 | OSI would also be important for ISDN , the multi-purpose digital networks of the future , and this also lay behind AT&T enthusiasm . |
| 10 | An atypical presentation may contribute to a diagnostic delay , although this also occurred in patients with more specific symptoms . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , Randall left ambiguous the respective roles of Wilkins and Franklin , and this later led to dissension about the demarcation of the DNA research at King 's , but a letter of his to Franklin in 1950 makes it clear that on ‘ the experimental X-ray effort there would be for the moment only yourself and Gosling ’ . |
| 12 | One third of this now sagged under water . |
| 13 | This now emerged in lectures and papers given to a variety of audiences , including doctors , teachers , social workers , and other members of the helping professions , as well as analysts . |
| 14 | This originally appeared as part of a Fabian Women 's Group report based upon research from 1909 – 13 into the daily lives of families living in Lambeth . |
| 15 | This originally stood in Warwick Lane , east London , and abutted on to the eastern side of Newgate Prison . |
| 16 | It 's not quite as thick as it was the other day when it was just er constant , whereas this really went in patches . |
| 17 | Soon after this there arrived from Toronto a short ruddy-faced Welshman , Ernest Morgan , as Chief Producer , and as our programme production increased more staff was added , including the versatile and ever helpful announcer Dick Halhed , the tall and sharp-featured Stan ( or David ) Catton , and the suavely serious Marce Munro . |
| 18 | As Daphne said this there flashed into Cecilia 's mind that conversation with Tina , that terrible thing Tina had said , and another thought , one that seemed to swim up out of the deep waters of her unconscious , the idea that she , Cecilia Darne , yes , she , had once long ago met the right girl , and here was that right girl talking to her now of something , oh , so akin to what Tina meant … |
| 19 | This almost led to grounding of the plane but replacement with an incompatible elastomer made from ethylene-propylene copolymer rectified the fault . |
| 20 | This occasionally resulted in amendments — more often it took the form of assurances from ministers about future intentions . |
| 21 | Although this certainly coincided with attempts to breakdown the work process , matters were bound to be more complicated in such an unequivocally skilled trade . |
| 22 | This never came to trial and in the autumn he sold the land to IBM for a price similar to that received by other farmers , with a sum for damages much smaller than that he had sought in his suit . |
| 23 | I suppose there must be some records in a dusty file somewhere of how often the ground crews lost the race against time and had the aircraft and bombs blow up in front of them , but as far as I can recollect this never happened at Bourn , at least not while I was there , and we were thankful to get through each busy night without catastrophes of that kind . |
| 24 | This never happened to George Michael . |