Example sentences of "this [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Follow this for a half a mile , past a huge thatched barn on the right , then Marsh Lodge on the left . |
| 2 | With her spread hand she could pinch both of her temples and she 'd been sitting like this for a some time , holding out the light . |
| 3 | They had been fucking like this for a few months , slyly , without letting on to the outside world . |
| 4 | He pondered the implications of this for a few days , uncertain whether to welcome it or feel alarmed . |
| 5 | It is a good idea to do this for a few more days before the horse travels . |
| 6 | Do this for a few days ( see figure 4 ) . |
| 7 | Nigel considered this for a few moments and then he said , ‘ Tell you what . |
| 8 | Could you leave this for a few days until I 'm fresher ? ’ |
| 9 | After thinking about this for a few minutes , he said , ‘ No ; it must be imagination . ’ |
| 10 | He held her like this for a few seconds and then , suddenly , the oddly predatory look left his face and his hands dropped to his sides . |
| 11 | He sometimes wondered if it was not Blanche 's ability to daydream like this for a few seconds a day , the power to see beauty in apparent ugliness , that was the key to her resilience . |
| 12 | I do n't see any problem with this as a former chairman of planning , and I do n't think any other one would . |
| 13 | Let me put this in a less than shocking way , gotten away from thinking of everything in so-called ethical terms , because it confuses me . |
| 14 | She had done this before a few times perhaps , but not that many times . |
| 15 | If the user only wishes to produce text on the system and is prepared to restrict this to a few styles and sizes then such a device is perfectly adequate . |
| 16 | The present generation of particle accelerators can collide particles at energies of about one hundred GeV , and machines are planned that would raise this to a few thousand GeV . |
| 17 | ( 1 would suggest that you do this over a few days as the list may well vary according to the mood you are in . ) |