Example sentences of "[adv] [det] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have you done all that this afternoon ? ’ he asked , astonished . |
| 2 | So this this centre has actually changed his life . |
| 3 | In reality it is only half this figure . |
| 4 | The largest group of immigrants came from within a 5-mile radius , but almost as many came from 5–10 miles and as many again from beyond 20 miles ; only half this number came from between 10 and 20 miles . |
| 5 | It is widely acknowledged that about one in ten of us has a marked tendency to homosexuality and perhaps half this group have homosexual experience as adults ( homosexual feeling and experiment are even more common in adolescence ) . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry mummy had to rush us so much this morning it 's just when we 're in a rush we have to get to school on time you see , it 's a bit rotten when you 're only three is n't it ? |
| 7 | We must now try to bring together all this information in the assignment of the spectrum of a more complex molecule , attempting at the same time to come to some definite conclusions about its structure . |
| 8 | Still , to look on the bright side : if they had been together all this time , by now they might already be a dull settled couple , instead of which the long separation had preserved the thrill of courtship in their marriage , with letters passing between them constantly . |
| 9 | So all this stuff is on display at the moment and er several mannequins dressed in costume of the Home Guard and of the Land Army . |
| 10 | So all this lot is converted , it all just |
| 11 | Yes so all this time were you still living in a nurses home ? |
| 12 | We should note that a calculation using just the SEP gives exactly half this value ; we shall look at the complete calculation in Chapter 8 . |
| 13 | Er , just this this woman came round to the door last night and said well er , you know the in bi English Dictionary ? |
| 14 | It was just this this car , well it was very quiet , that not much traffic about . |
| 15 | I 've been away all this week because my wife took a telephone message from Nora yesterday and it is it is in our parish . |
| 16 | away all this time |
| 17 | It seemed impossible that she could have fallen in love so swiftly and completely , especially when she 'd managed to remain heart-whole quite effortlessly all this time . |
| 18 | Once all this country is solid against the Act , and all across the Lowlands , then the government must think again . ’ |
| 19 | She hoped she would keep his custom once all this drama was over . |
| 20 | Midland accounted for nearly half this provision while most of the remaining increase relates to Olympia & York , the developer of the failed Canary Wharf complex in London 's Docklands . |
| 21 | When we are in as Mr himself agrees , the worst housing recession probably this this century . |
| 22 | There are some widespread and questionable assumptions in nearly all this literature as to what societies used to be like before the advent of industrialism and capitalism . |
| 23 | They send about half this size . |
| 24 | It seemed likely that about half this shortfall could be made up from other sources , some within OPEC and some outside it ( Mexico , the North Sea and others ) . |
| 25 | It was held that about half this time would serve except in cases of great idleness or stupidity . |
| 26 | They are about 72 degrees Celsius and Chatterjee found that one , slightly hotter , had 2 per cent helium in its bubbles , the other having about half this amount . |
| 27 | Less than £5 per tab ( often half this price ) |
| 28 | Now all this emphasis on the Spirit as the author , the controller and the energiser of the Church 's mission is highly significant . |
| 29 | Now all this competition for places is great if you can afford it but surely we 'd be better investing our money in other things . |
| 30 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |