Example sentences of "be [verb] the [noun sg] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was on the very first Dreamflight in 1987 as a leukaemia sufferer and was now back as a helper , having been given the all-clear this year . |
| 2 | Inexperience in the heavier , but more powerful Indycars aside , Mansell said he could face problems if Cyclone Roger , which has been lashing the coast this week , brings rain on race day . |
| 3 | Oh sorry erm we are expect the business this year to break even it broke even last year , erm and the reason for that is that we have expanded business very rapidly , last year we had only thirty five stores this year we 'll have fifty and we will probably have a similar sort of expansion programme for next year . |
| 4 | For the past two days she had been dreading the proximity this trip would involve , but gradually , as the car wound its way along the narrow mountain roads , she could feel herself beginning to relax . |
| 5 | Well I think er several points should be ventilated and er I , I think the , while you 're doing the agenda this evening you could add something to each item in turn |
| 6 | I 've been considering the problem this afternoon . |
| 7 | I watch Southport , who have been doing the business this season , and I have noticed an increase in our crowd attendances . |
| 8 | Within minutes , he has told me he will be seeing the PM this afternoon , and that he dined with Mrs Thatcher the previous evening . |
| 9 | Brief your participants that you will be conducting the meeting this way and expect their co-operation . |
| 10 | He 'll be doing the P.M. this afternoon . " |
| 11 | John Dyter has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Associateship of Honour — one of only four people nationwide to be conferred the honour this year . |
| 12 | About 480 newly qualified lawyers are expected to be awarded the diploma this year . |
| 13 | We are winning the debate this afternoon . |
| 14 | Of course , you see , it 's you that 's using the caravan this week so they can come here they can they ? |
| 15 | If there are any lingering doubts as to which editor is hammering the keyboard this time those same students can reflect that the last editorial was signed ‘ Furuta and Stotts ’ — so it must be somebody else 's turn — and can then proceed with their detective work via a careful study of what follows , based on the orthography of certain non-occurring words ( e.g. ‘ centred ’ , ‘ orientated ’ and ‘ colourful ’ ) . |
| 16 | The Minister was to answer the question this afternoon . |
| 17 | ‘ A forensic expert was examining the Wheel this morning ; did he find anything ? ’ |