Example sentences of "in this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | What right did they have , that lot , getting you to think about how bloody life was , sitting in this poky flat with Ted always so tired he never played with Frieda or talked to herself and fell asleep straight after having it off . |
2 | Se the Whitbread Hop Farm 's colourful history unfold in this authentic insight into the lives and times of the people who lived and worked at the Beltring Farm — A nostalgic experience not to be missed ! ! |
3 | It was no doubt in this jocular spirit that he wrote a letter to The Times on 29 November suggesting the need of a Society for the Preservation of Ancient Cheeses . |
4 | I let myself unwind at last — how good it feels to be back in the field , especially in this cinnamon-scented corner of the mortal sphere . |
5 | And , by the same token , the world will come to be filled with the links in this causal chain . |
6 | In this multi-channelled world , Mr Myhrvold argues , the challenge will be not just to supply information but to make it easy for the user to pick out the specific bits he wants . |
7 | By retaining its holding the member will be able to participate in this post-bid increase in value . |
8 | ‘ I am excessively grateful to you for not deserting me in this hideous pass . |
9 | Now we can also think of the use of a polariser as being equivalent to a measurement of the polarisation , since we know that the transmitted beam has to have its polarisation in this perpendicular direction . |
10 | After he is wounded in this staged hunt , perhaps she could be seen to nurse him daily with iodine and mercurochrome , out of remorse , but in the process establishing the first physical contact . |
11 | The illegals have only to look at the plight of the large Korean minority — 690,000 of Japan 's 1.1 million registered foreign residents — to know they will never be accepted in this xenophobic land . |
12 | Maria went , bloody hell , erm , I mean , I do n't know about , I 've never bothered about anyway , I think he 's a bloody dead loss , they were a dead loss when they were in this bloody pub . |
13 | ‘ There 'll be no one outside in this bloody storm , ’ said Jimmy . |
14 | Not that it would make much difference in this bloody place . |
15 | Why do I want to stay here in this bloody place ? |
16 | and there 's , and there 's enough fighting going on in this bloody house |
17 | without a watch in this bloody thing . |
18 | Why were we in this bloody forest anyway ? |
19 | See , he never used to be in this bloody room ! |
20 | You ca n't miss anything in this bloody room . |
21 | Oh Danny 's been in this bloody car . |
22 | I 'll think what I can do about that ; I do n't want to go back to Security or through Six … when you come down to it how do we know some of the Old Guard in those places are n't involved in this bloody attempt to run the country from the shadows ? |
23 | ‘ I 'll never set foot in this bloody flat again . ’ |
24 | Never mind that I 'm buried alive here in this bloody fen with dour children . |
25 | He leaves with us — and you can stay in this bloody office block if you like . ’ |
26 | Anaemia occurred frequently in this elderly group affecting 80% of men and 75% of women . |
27 | We were reluctant to submit patients with very poor prognosis to a two week course of radiotherapy and the small proportion entered reflects the extent of disease and poor general condition in this elderly group who are referred for laser treatment . |
28 | Four additional openings were made in this external wall and three existing openings were modified in order to admit adequate light to the altered interior . |
29 | Some of the trees in this ancient woodland have been here for more than 300 years . |
30 | The sea crashing against the pebble beach whispered rumours of war in this ancient landscape . |