Example sentences of "this [vb past] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This made us both laugh . |
| 2 | This was indeed his year for honours since in January he had been awarded the Order of Merit by George VI ; some have said that this gratified him more than the Nobel , and certainly he seemed to enjoy wearing the medal and ribbon on ceremonial occasions . |
| 3 | This showed us that integration saves time and duplication , and makes the programme more interesting for the students . |
| 4 | This started them both giggling and they fled upstairs in hysterics . |
| 5 | This took us some time to do but it was a lot of fun . |
| 6 | This gave him all the honour 's lands in Richmondshire except , it seems the castle itself , a deficiency made good in 1478 . |
| 7 | This gave him all the honour 's lands in Richmondshire except , it seems the castle itself , a deficiency made good in 1478 . |
| 8 | Kendall was able to check his results to an extent , since much of his data related to villages whose location was known , and this gave him some confidence in suggesting the locations of the lost villages . |
| 9 | This gave us enough time to cover the harmonium and clear away any telltale signs of wood . |
| 10 | they say oh tax is too high , I mean Labour want to put it up any way , but by the by , this answered them any way , what they say is oh its too high , erm even the American tax is four per cent , who gives a dam , because the thing is in America what you 're loosing , what you gain in your tax you have to pay out through the nose for health care |
| 11 | This put it some way below soccer hooliganism , which 75 per cent thought was wrong , and the use of soft drugs such as cannabis ( 60 per cent ) . |
| 12 | He was willing to go to confirm in an emergency at very short notice and this earned him some long-lasting gratitude . |
| 13 | This had them all looking at each other . |
| 14 | At first he had assumed that it was taking much longer than the boy had estimated or that his work on the Project was taking up his time , but this explained it all . |