Example sentences of "this [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since Franco himself was head of government , this effectively made Carrero his Private Secretary . |
| 2 | This so angered Henry II that he ordered his other sons to curb Richard 's pride . |
| 3 | This so incensed William Courtenay , the Bishop of London , that he summoned John Wycliffe , whom Gaunt had used to stir up public opinion against Wykeham , to St Paul 's to answer for his erroneous teachings . |
| 4 | Knowing all this only heightened Zambia 's caution . |
| 5 | Now the spruce spar boom wanted to shrink and swell about twice as far as the plywood which was glued to it and this naturally gave rise to serious stresses near to where the two met along the glued joints ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 6 | The directive requiring this much took effect in 1980 , but Italy , after some sharp reminders , only altered its laws to conform last December . |
| 7 | This soon gave rise to such names as Hank Ballard And The Midnighters , Georgie Gibbs , The Clovers , Ruth Brown , Joe Hill and , not least , Leonard 's idol of many years , Ray Charles . |
| 8 | This finally led John Hunter , the eminent surgeon , anatomist and classifier of monsters to produce a seminal paper ( An account of an extraordinary pheasant , Hunter , 1837 ) in which he proposed that differences between the sexes were of two kinds : those involving the sexual organs themselves , which were evident from birth and did not change during an individual 's lifetime ; and those that did not develop until the animal approached breeding age , such as differences in body size , plumage and in the tendency to be fat which he termed ‘ secondary ’ marks or characters of sex ( Hunter , 1837 , 1861 ) . |
| 9 | This generally took place at Easter preceded by confession , often in public , in which the social duty of making restitution for sin was stressed ; it might be succeeded by a parish party which played out at its own level the eternal being of love celebrated in the Mass . |
| 10 | This usually entailed Branson being the first to let off fire-extinguishers , initiate a food fight , or dress up in fishnet stockings and make-up for the inevitable fancy-dress party . |
| 11 | In this More attacked Tyndale 's translation of the New Testament in detail , but did little to clear the clergy of charges of corruption . |
| 12 | This hardly diminished Baldwin 's sense of personal victory . |
| 13 | Even as a hybrid cushioning/stability model , which is a more accurate position for this straight lasted shoe , it 's heavy . |
| 14 | This clearly symbolised Russia 's new strength and the international position to which she had now raised herself with spectacular speed . |
| 15 | This inevitably gave rise to the following : that equilibrium between the classes which was established during the civil war and which depended not on the ‘ normal ’ economic processes but on the mutual military interests of the proletariat and the peasantry … |
| 16 | Rarity is another component of value and with this often went derivation from distant sources . |
| 17 | But this often took years to achieve , and in the case of Friern and Claybury , the whole process was being telescoped into a period of months . |
| 18 | This often took place in the pub and involved thinking aloud . |
| 19 | This correspondingly gave rise to a hole in the planned running length of the second season and was discussed at Department head level some months later . |
| 20 | This immediately triggered talk about a triple ( or is it a quadruple ? ) dip , but many economists believe it will prove to be no more than a stutter . |
| 21 | This particularly infuriated Dermot , the pack leader , and sometimes he would knock Patsy about so badly that finally his father told him off , not for hitting the little boy , but because Patsy 's subsequent sobs kept Patrick Milligan senior from his sleep . |
| 22 | Two partners and two associates of Dundas and Wilson will speak and answer questions , thereafter hosting a reception at which wine and refreshments are offered by this well established Edinburgh law firm . |
| 23 | This reportedly brought Germany 's level of contribution up to a level similar to that of Japan . |
| 24 | Increased attention devoted to processes was first exemplified by measurements of the variables involved in the soil system including soil moisture , soil organic matter content , soil pH , and this then necessitated knowledge of the measurement techniques themselves . |
| 25 | This newly discovered Gamble–De Lamerie partnership reinforces the long-held attribution to Hogarth of the engraving on the famous Exchequer seal salver made for Sir Robert Walpole . |
| 26 | This never took place ; successive dates were arranged , but the House had other more pressing business , and finally on 10th August the Speaker ordered the Bill to be withdrawn . |
| 27 | This never took place , and it sold to a phone bidder for $42,000 ( £23,300 ) ( est. $20–25,000 ) . |
| 28 | In so far as sexual stimulation is generally geared towards sexual intercourse , the purpose of their violent activity may well be regarded as sexual intercourse where there is evidence that this subsequently took place . |