Example sentences of "[verb] this [det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , you should n't do this all the time . |
| 2 | I could n't give him cover because the see shield is is quite a heavy cumbers cumbersome thing and it has two handles behind it erm and they are obviously the means of holding it up and f for directing it wherever you want so I 'm holding this all the time so he ca n't pass his weapon to me and he ca n't put his weapon in my holster because my gun was in the holster . |
| 3 | ‘ You get this all the time , too ? ’ he asks Andy . |
| 4 | " Banks have to do this all the time . |
| 5 | You know , while you 're away ironing you 're doing this all the time . |
| 6 | We are doing this all the time . |
| 7 | I keep this all the ti got some you see I 'm trying to group the flowers together because I think they give more effect that way . |
| 8 | And inevitably : ‘ I know you must be asked this all the time but this one is really different — you 'll love it — it 's a ball to raise money for … ’ |
| 9 | The ozone layers and erm the advent of carbon dioxide and these sorts of things , we 're studying this all the time to see how it affects the atmosphere , how it therefore affects our weather . |
| 10 | She did this all the time at home , listening to Sinead O'Connor or Pink Floyd . |
| 11 | Politicians do this all the time , turning any given question into a cue for making the point they think is important and never mind what their questioner wants to hear . |
| 12 | Newspaper reporters do this all the time and what is often these days called ‘ investigative journalism ’ may use teams of interviewers who together write up full-page reports on chosen topics . |
| 13 | ‘ You do this all the time , do n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | As Louise Hay points out , we do this all the time — and it gets us nowhere . |
| 15 | Do this all the way round the cake to form the frothy skirt , making sure that all the marzipan is covered . |
| 16 | I do this all the time , I ca n't be bothered to take my gloves off |
| 17 | And so er whether the trolls keened he was there or not I do n't ken but he he was watching this all the all the dancing . |
| 18 | ‘ Great … does this all the time . ’ |
| 19 | I , I need it to help me to get to Hanley or something like that and , and he does this all the time , and I look at him and I think well you know fancy being like that , surely we 're in a welfare state , there 's no need for that , I do n't know what his circumstances are , he may be homeless , I do n't know where he comes from and he just appears there and he carries on as if he loves the job , and that 's only in this country , but if you go abroad , many of you have been abroad have n't you ? |
| 20 | We see this all the time in the behaviour of the life forms in our gardens . |