Example sentences of "this [noun] [conj] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly Mr 's proposal fell on a technicality , but I think he put his finger on something which I felt the assembly was , was responding to , that we are not finished with this issue and although it fell on a technicality about money , perhaps without making any addendums and motions we might er refuse this addendum and keep our minds on the baptism issue and hope that the Board of Practice and Procedure and the panel on doctrine will pick up the substance and the , the essence of what Mr was asking for and pursue this matter until as a church we can get it sorted out to the satisfaction of all the groups within the church . |
| 2 | I wondered how I should broach this subject but as it happened , Dame Edna opened her heart . |
| 3 | She had this thing that if it had been a Nigerian boy , the mother would be here saying " I 'm sorry my son has got your daughter pregnant . |
| 4 | This way and that it rippled and shivered and then was still , a great sea . |
| 5 | With great difficulty I obtained a copy of this document and while it stated that ‘ public servants should not reveal the opinions and attitudes of colleagues as to the government business with which they have been concerned ’ , another section said quite clearly that a reasonable timescale for a public servant 's silence would be ‘ fifteen years or for the service life of the adviser , whichever is the longer ’ . |
| 6 | It is possible that it could have been left with the registry in this office and that it reached the case file as a result , but I can not be sure . |