Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is better to control them during this ‘ in-ground ’ period , the best control being achieved by watering down a solution of a chemical , one of a group with the long name ‘ chlorinated hydrocarbons ’ , and used primarily in this case on lawns as a wormkiller . |
| 2 | She had no wish for Doreen to accompany them during this rare opportunity to be alone with Silas ; then she sighed with relief as his next words rang like bells in her ears . |
| 3 | What I am seeking to do is to go and support Conservative candidates up and down the country and I 'm supporting many of them during this local election campaign . |
| 4 | It came to him as a Revelation , descending upon his mind in all its complex glory , that there was a man in the City in need of his help , and that the man — his name did n't matter-would free everyone as this awakening had freed him . |
| 5 | The deference of his courtiers did nothing for this — that was a piece from a different jigsaw puzzle he had already solved . |
| 6 | These are the new rate books , we 've literally only had them through this week . |
| 7 | how much we 're helping them through this . |
| 8 | Surely in a sense you 're unfair , for example , to the gifted children by putting them through this mode . |
| 9 | They begged him to let them off this time , but he rang back hour after hour , day , after day : " Sell your car . |
| 10 | Mm , mm and no , I dropped them off this morning , that 's it , he 's picking them up |
| 11 | Two reasons strike me for this . |
| 12 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 13 | ‘ I was expecting it to be bad , but nothing prepared me for this ! ’ |
| 14 | Shame on me for this is the first issue of SR I 've ever read ( Nov ) , but I hope it will not be the last , for may I say , I think I may have at last found a space where I can be heard — most women 's magazines shun the type of letter I submit — not cosy enough for their letters pages , I suspect . |
| 15 | I was very nervous , and I found myself coming on very strong and direct with her , and saying , ‘ I liked Rosemary 's Baby , but the picture bothered me for this reason … |
| 16 | ‘ They 'll fire me for this . ’ |
| 17 | Warren Mitchell went around to see him after a performance and was amused — following Burton 's initial reaction to the money — when he grumbled , ‘ You wo n't believe all they give me for this ? |
| 18 | a nonsense to me for this reason , that there is in society the payers of wages and the receivers of wages . |
| 19 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 20 | No doubt God will punish me for this . |
| 21 | How many men are you going to give me for this work ? ’ |
| 22 | And he never forgive me for this you see because he were a big noise you know , he he 'd got a big business in . |
| 23 | You 'll thank me for this later . |
| 24 | " You 'll thank me for this later , lads . |
| 25 | And although I 'm not I enjoyed the piping , I enjoyed But I was not at peace I says I says , you 've even ruined me for this . |
| 26 | You 'll thank me for this ! ’ |
| 27 | " You 're probably going to hate me for this . " |
| 28 | I went to Hemel Hempstead er a school called in Hemel Hempstead that was only from the August till December when I left school and then the erm then the Headmistress , cos we had a Headmistress there cos it was a mixed school , and she recommended me for this here errand boy 's job , his name was . |
| 29 | If I am working on pupil autonomy , then I have to find some way to remind pupils that it often helps to talk out loud to someone , and to establish an atmosphere in which they readily approach each other and me for this purpose . |
| 30 | You could have prepared me for this — ’ |