Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] this [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 2 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 3 | A typical pattern is described by a former minister of transport and subsequent chairman of BR : ‘ Over and over again we could have settled much more cheaply by settling more quickly but , at each stage , we were told that we must not settle quickly because the Government really were going to fight this one to the bitter end … |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm going to send this one to my friend ’ — she lowered her voice — ‘ the one who 's had that big operation . |
| 5 | By golly , she thought , that rotten Trunchbull is n't going to pin this one on me ! |
| 6 | Indicating the calf , he said , ‘ We 're hoping to keep this one for breeding , so we 've let it suckle for the normal period . |
| 7 | When Derek Davy and I were trying to solve this one for a book which eventually appeared as Advanced Conversational English , it proved to be an expensive and time-consuming , but eminently worthwhile task . |