Example sentences of "[prep] this he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walker ( 1975 ) has noted that mature students who did not satisfy the GER obtained significantly better degree results than all students while mature students who satisfied the GER did not differ significantly from the norm , and in seeking an explanation for this he points to the fact that those who did not satisfy the GER are on average somewhat older and can be seen as genuine returners , rather than students who have taken longer to meet the traditional qualifications . |
| 2 | For this he relied upon Reg. v. Apicella ( 1985 ) 82 Cr.App.R. 295 and Director of Public Prosecutions v. Marshall [ 1988 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 3 | For this he stands in weariness , |
| 4 | For this he performs in ten degrees . |
| 5 | A short while after this he received from the lawyers a letter stating that his inheritance from his mother amounted to only £30,000 . |
| 6 | On 17 February 1895 Milne 's Tokyo house and observatory were destroyed by fire , and shortly after this he returned to England , settling at Shide Hill House , Isle of Wight . |
| 7 | Shortly after this he paid for it by cheque and on request signed a statement that property in the van was not to pass to him until the cheque was cleared . |
| 8 | Hahnemann therefore had to move frequently as restrictions on his practice were imposed in one town after another , but despite this he lectured for a time on homoeopathy in the University of Leipzig and he had a large band of influential patrons and supporters as well as a number of able and gifted pupils . |
| 9 | Maxwell 's voice was rather high-pitched and soft , but despite this he spoke with the authority of someone accustomed to getting his own way . |
| 10 | All of this he offered in a variety of poetic forms , from the traditional quatrain to the more controversial prose-poem ‘ Friends ’ . |
| 11 | I looked at him and goes no no no Mr Mr he goes like this he goes like you know hi and I went oh I do n't even know you you dick head . |
| 12 | For the horologist the nominal essence of the clock is an idea of its real essence ; in this he differs from the gazing countryman , to whom the nominal essence is simply some combination of various observable features . |
| 13 | In this he refers to a St. Kilda man who had occasion to visit Harris and later Skye , and of that trip Buchan writes thus : — ‘ One of the things he and they with him wondered at most was , the Growth of Trees , they thought the Beauty of Leaves and Branches admirable , and how they grow to such a Height above Plants was far above their Conception . |
| 14 | In this he concentrates on two men guiding a crate on the end of a pulley . |
| 15 | From this he emerged in Antwerp in 1535 with plenty of money and a carefully prepared plan for Tyndale 's destruction . |
| 16 | And on this he turned from her and hurried through the store-room , leaving her trembling , and not a little , at her own audacity in daring to speak to him like that . |
| 17 | At this he seemed to liven up , and went back to being Oliver . |
| 18 | At this he leapt from his chair in one long gingery streak , seized the bag and without ceremony upended it . |