Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [art] [noun sg] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And I do n't think if you 've got it out of the Guilds and say now we 've got to have so much for the rent this week I do n't think I would have a Guild very long , because they can go round the corner .
2 ‘ There could not have been much of a selection this time , then .
3 It 's also a colour of cold — and we have n't had much of a summer this year — but at the same time it reminds me of the warmth and tranquillity of a Claude Lorrain .
4 ‘ Quite a few of them were given a chance last season and although they have n't had much of an opportunity this time , I have n't forgotten them because of their importance to the squad . ’
5 But they are unlikely to have much of an appetite this morning .
6 CHIPS and cigarettes — those twin symbols of unhealthy living , especially in Scotland — are very much in the news this week , in contrasting contexts .
7 it was a terrible and all of a sudden this man said , I 'll be jiggered !
8 Then all of a sudden this car came hurtling round the corner with no lights on .
9 All of a sudden this certainty is being called into question by dramatic changes in public opinion , and also by new pressures greatly to expand the EEC .
10 All of a sudden this woman downs her hoe and runs up to me demanding money .
11 The the cost of those on a blind this size is sixteen pounds .
12 It is necessary , therefore , to remember that for most of the century this admiration was not felt by most foreigners .
13 Most of the time this isolation is what I seek , but today I just feel lonely .
14 But for most of the workforce this price is relatively high and short-lived ; money will motivate for a short time especially if it is a potentially large sum of money ( e.g. football pools , lotteries , gambling ) .
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