Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [be] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Salmon , who was an intimate friend of Picasso 's at this time , described a few years later his restless state of mind : ‘ Picasso was unsettled .
2 The Spanish writer Gomez de la Serna , a friend of Picasso 's at this time and an habitué of the Bateau Lavoir during his visits to Paris , recalls that Picasso 's walls there were decorated with reproductions of El Grecos .
3 I think most of England are on this adventure with me and a lot of Europeans , ’ said Mansell .
4 The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was of this kind , although the four explosions that took place at its climax were so stupendous that a separate type of eruption , the Krakatoan , is sometimes referred to .
5 The University itself issued just a simple statement , mentioning that he was an amiable student , who divided his spare time between playing rugby and the saxophone — a passion of Clinton 's to this day .
6 The FISA president said the sanction against Mansell was for this breach of security rules and had nothing to do with his failure to stop after a black flag was waved at him three times .
7 However , only about twenty per cent of residential homes in Flanders are of this type ( Hellinckx and Munter , 1990 ) .
8 All the Leapors in Brackley are in this area .
9 As indicated above , it is possible to have an option on a future — indeed all of the options traded on LIFFE are of this variety .
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