Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told herself that if she did not look up she would not need to see it and after a while this not-looking would become habitual , but in the event she could not prevent her eyes from turning up to the campanile . |
| 2 | To the extent that these arenas support and acknowledge people 's feelings and their search for greater clarity , they must presuppose a set of values that is different from the one which underlies the common staffroom ethos ; and after a while this clash of values may become explicit . |
| 3 | McClair stressed : ‘ Funnily enough , I 've never felt better after a game this season . |
| 4 | After a time this gentleman leant forward and tapped Baldwin on the knee . |
| 5 | After a time this ability becomes as instinctive as is the power of singing or whistling a note of any pitch desired , but it should be obvious that horn parts should keep to ‘ vocal ’ intervals or stepwise movement as far as possible . |
| 6 | Saxton Bampfylde represents a more recent example of a breakaway this time from John Stork — suggesting that there is still scope for start-ups in headhunting . |
| 7 | Me , I I mean , I 've done I 've done no work today because I went out to collect some stuff of a friend this morning and by the time I came in it was quarter past ten and I 'd gone out at ten to nine so I 'd missed the schools |
| 8 | I 've a , I 've had a bit of a migraine this morning |
| 9 | He had a bit of a cold this morning . |
| 10 | . NO CHANCE OF A COVER-UP THIS TIME |
| 11 | Rebel ringleader James Cran warned today they were ‘ quite determined to give the government a bit of a shock this evening ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ That you ’ When the offender is on the other end of a telephone this point is usually difficult to prove . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd expect the Marketing Director of a firm this size to claim twice as much for overnight stays . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ There could not have been much of a selection this time , then . |
| 15 | Getting a bit of a hazard this place ! |
| 16 | You probably think it 's going to be a bit of a skive this afternoon , but it certainly is n't . |
| 17 | Well , it 's a bit of a sandwich this weekend , is n't it really ? |
| 18 | The Scottish Cup remains the Pittodrie side 's only chance of a trophy this season and no doubt the sponsor , Tennents , will welcome their participation in the penultimate stage of a tournament which was brought to life by the courageous display of Clydebank , who had seemed crushed and then reshaped into tigerish opposition . |
| 19 | It 's also a colour of cold — and we have n't had much of a summer this year — but at the same time it reminds me of the warmth and tranquillity of a Claude Lorrain . |
| 20 | SIX stage-struck students from St Mary 's Sixth Form College , Middlesbrough , seized the chance of a lifetime this week when they were offered the opportunity of working with the Royal Shakespeare Company , says a recent school report . |
| 21 | I FELT compelled to reply immediately to your story about the four children robbed of a father this Christmas by the carelessness of an alleged drunken driver . |
| 22 | My taken a bit of banging this morning in it ? , hot plate a bit of a bashing this morning . |
| 23 | it was a terrible and all of a sudden this man said , I 'll be jiggered ! |
| 24 | All of a sudden this certainty is being called into question by dramatic changes in public opinion , and also by new pressures greatly to expand the EEC . |
| 25 | Then all of a sudden this car came hurtling round the corner with no lights on . |
| 26 | All of a sudden this woman downs her hoe and runs up to me demanding money . |
| 27 | Dong , sensing his brother 's fear , reached quietly behind him in the darkness with his free hand until his fingers brushed against the face of the malaria victim ; the clammy flesh , already growing cold , was slippery with rain and the sweat of the fatal climatic fever , and in the moment that his hand recoiled from the contact Dong knew that they would not be able to avoid the horror of a burial this time . |
| 28 | And I 'm very pleased I 'm gon na have a bit of a result this afternoon . |
| 29 | In the case of a hunter this training is far more intense , because the intricacy of forest paths and the difficulty of tracing animals demand the greatest power of observation . |
| 30 | ‘ Meanwhile I 've just signed with Stock Aitken and Waterman to produce my next records , and there are plenty of things happening on the television score — it 's all rather secret but there is talk of a sit-com this autumn . ’ |