Example sentences of "this [noun] [prep] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This part of us provides the means to work out how to do something . |
| 2 | This president behind me led a delegation of er fourteen of us , one of 'em got a gold badge yesterday , Eric , half of 'em sat down there , and we went canvassing in Rochdale , last election , just before ninth of April , that disaster we had . |
| 3 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 4 | At this point in his writing a white pigeon which had been fluttering round the swimming-pool alighted on the table , took two steps forward and excreted on the ‘ Jottings ’ , no doubt in the interests of historical accuracy . |
| 5 | ‘ Is there some secrecy surrounding her identity , or does this fiancée of yours have a name ? ’ |
| 6 | We did n't build this road for you to dance a bloody fandango on . ’ |
| 7 | Mill does not explicitly assert this implication of his holding the resemblance doctrine . |
| 8 | It is not too much to say that this interpretation of what appears the plain meaning of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act , 1974 , would make a farce out of the children 's hearing system . |
| 9 | Sir Charles Jasper , an authority on the occult , has chosen this theatre in which to hold a dinner party to celebrate the fact that at eleven o'clock that night he will come into a fortune — but if he dies before eleven his nephew , Maurice , will inherit instead . |
| 10 | ‘ But people will remember this tour for us losing the Tests . |
| 11 | I mean , I thought she 'd be more inclined to help me if she had this image of me tramping the streets for weeks on end … ’ |
| 12 | The men who attacked the police on May 1st were members of an organisation set up earlier this year by something called the National Salvation Front . |
| 13 | ‘ I guess that things would have to change very , very materially in conditions of childcare support in this country for us to see a dramatic rise [ in women returners ] . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Maxwell , there 's no law in this country against your buying a piece of property , and if you were intending to remove money from your own country without paying tax on it , that 's not of prime importance ’ now . |
| 15 | Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net . |