Example sentences of "[adj] this [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If rebates are extensive this takes on some aspects of an income tax too . |
| 2 | And this this comes up , so often . |
| 3 | While all this went on , the parents sat around on the school 's battered garden furniture , the mothers watching each other warily , the fathers armoured in a remote mildness that Robert recognized from his own parent . |
| 4 | All this went on in front of Mr Barr and linesman David Magill , which let me say , was the result of an over-acted injury by another Linfield player . |
| 5 | All this went down well enough with the members of the Institute , although it conveniently ignored both the fact that large numbers of those he excoriated had been encouraged into the professions by business parents and that for an entire decade ‘ the Establishment ’ had been elbowed aside by the Thatcher appointments policy . |
| 6 | It 's all this went down here . |
| 7 | ‘ You mean all this came out of exploding stars ! ’ |
| 8 | Was n't even before all this came out . |
| 9 | ‘ Now we 're alone , ’ he said , ‘ you can tell me ‘ ow all this came about . ’ |
| 10 | I want rather , by focusing on a small number of closely related questions , and simple ones at that , to suggest something of how all this came about and why it matters . |
| 11 | GUIL : All this strolling about is getting too arbitrary by half-I 'm rapidly losing my grip . |
| 12 | ‘ As you had all this figured out quite some time , I suspect , before I left Rome , why did n't you send those signals yourself ? ’ |
| 13 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 14 | The abyss which all this opens up is , perhaps , terrifying before it is ‘ depressing ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't know you had all this to put up with , John . ’ |
| 16 | Yet for all this levelling out , the hierarchy of the diocese is very clear . |
| 17 | But you have n't seen how all this ties in with their long-term aims . |
| 18 | All this fits in with Catherine Prince 's professed anti-housework ideology , in contrast to Barbara Lipscombe 's evident dedication to the housewife role . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't imagine you enjoy all this moving around . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , all this moving around for work . ’ |
| 21 | Let's get all this sorted out . |
| 22 | mummy will most surprised if you eat all this come on then , have you had enough ? |
| 23 | ‘ How did all this come about , then ? ’ |
| 24 | On a purely practical note , all this added up to quite a bit in value and Ivy Cottage did not appear to have any extra locks or catches at the windows . |
| 25 | I 've got erm , how many hours and all this written down at home if you want me to bring that up |
| 26 | If we ca n't succeed with our plan in just two days all this goes up , and us along with it . |
| 27 | Why all this swimming back and forth ? |
| 28 | All this messing around with Changez I enjoyed , and I soon considered him part of my family , a permanent part of my life . |
| 29 | But could all this messing about with the type of tree affect the taste of the cider : |
| 30 | he said I 'll tell you what , all this messing about get in your car and I 'll come , so he got his car out the garage |