Example sentences of "this [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Welsh Office estimate to trigger this off Gwynedd County Council will have to spend £400,000 and Aberconwy £21,000 . |
| 2 | We 'd previous arranged this for Bill to go . |
| 3 | In the review of the Structure Plan the County wanted to redesignate this for warehousing and transport services and had some preliminary negotiations with a large tyre and exhaust fitting company with a view to that company taking over the development . |
| 4 | This is what heaven 's like , Thérèse said : it 's like this for Aunt Dosithée all the time . |
| 5 | And she used to love taking a new ten shilling note out of and I 've saved this for holiday . |
| 6 | Chart 20 shows McKinsey 's demonstration of this for firms in cars and electronics . |
| 7 | Do you want me to go through this for spellings ? |
| 8 | Figures 11.5 and 11.6 illustrate this for England , showing the number of ‘ passes ’ by boys and by girls in some of the most popular subjects , at two levels : the higher level is GCE A level , and the lower level is a combination of CSE , GCE O level and GCSE . |
| 9 | Probably , most people have been doing this for ages , but I ca n't remember seeing it , so if it helps anyone , great . |
| 10 | We might n't have another chance to be alone like this for ages and ages . ’ |
| 11 | I 've wanted to do this for ages , ’ he murmured . |
| 12 | ‘ I have n't been in this for ages , ’ said Rex Mundi . |
| 13 | Mark , I have being saying this for ages . |
| 14 | But it struck me that I had n't had time to do this for ages . |
| 15 | They try and prolong this for ages ! |
| 16 | And erm and she kept doing this for ages and erm she was , she was sta starting to get worried because people might believe , find out that it was her and so after she killed a cow , she took out all of i , all it 's insides and hid in it and no one ever found her ! |
| 17 | Is this for Sammy Jo or not ? |
| 18 | It is n't much , but I 'll say this for Dr John Young . |
| 19 | Some students provide their own padlocks to rooms but the authorities or landlords may not allow this for reasons such as cleaning , safety , etc . |
| 20 | Here we might note that they are also not in Edinburgh : we know this for B because B claims to have to go to Edinburgh , and go here means movement away from the place of the speaker at the time of speaking ; we know it for A also , because if A is in Edinburgh , then B's having to go to Edinburgh can hardly be an excuse for B not going to A today . |
| 21 | Members was raised and it was decided to defer this for decision by the A.G.M. as to the merit of the suggestion , and if agreed , whom the Society would wish to make Hon. |
| 22 | The exception to this for Alison was Life business . |
| 23 | This for Baldwin would surely have been the worst of both worlds . |
| 24 | Apart from the implications of this for prayers and strategy , it was a comforting thought — so long as one was winning . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean , why are you doing this for Dad ? |
| 26 | If we consider the World Bank research , which demonstrates the need for some pupils to be educated in their home language if they are to reach their full potential , we must face the implications of this for mathematics education . |
| 27 | This for winter . |
| 28 | ‘ I always wear it like this for work , so leave it alone . ’ |
| 29 | Can we use this for computer networking , and if so , how ? |
| 30 | One implication of this for field staff is that seniors find it much simpler to make negative rather than positive evaluations of their competence ( cf. |