Example sentences of "[vb past] this [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met this guy and made a grand , so I thought , ‘ Right , this is it . |
| 2 | In a series of tests it was discovered that large predatory fish from the Pacific avoided sea snakes when they were offered as food , but that fish from the Atlantic lacked this caution and attacked them . |
| 3 | They unlocked this gate and thrust me through it , locked it behind me . |
| 4 | The President announced this action and explained its background to a startled nation over nationwide television on 22 October . |
| 5 | Camille , who had sneaked in unseen to borrow the garlic-crusher , overheard this exchange and smiled . |
| 6 | And when it comes to cash he could even say ya-boo-sucks to Britain 's wealthiest woman , revealed this week as shipping heiress Christine Goulandris . |
| 7 | ‘ Christopher got this money and spent it on a holiday skiing . |
| 8 | ‘ They got this skull and put candles inside it . ’ |
| 9 | The police claimed that they had been forced to act to disperse the crowds when troublemakers attacked police stations , but protesters disputed this account and described the police action as a massacre . |
| 10 | Although this is also true , we might not be surprised if the judge interrupted this witness and accused her of being facetious , or told her not to waste time . |
| 11 | Bukharin first posed this exchange as follows : ‘ Considered as a whole , we find that the process of reproduction is a process of constant disturbance and re-establishment of equilibrium between society and nature . |
| 12 | So , it worked ideal , and that 's when I first found this place or heard about it well I heard . |
| 13 | So anyway I found this doctor and said to the receptionist : ‘ I 've had a bad back . |
| 14 | Then when I found this job and told you about it , you said she really could n't manage it . |
| 15 | I did n't know that until Ben phoned this week and asked whether he could come over . ’ |
| 16 | Johnson was human too : in writing to Mrs Thrale he contradicted this point and stated more correctly that both towns had separate civil and academic identities . |
| 17 | As early as 14 September 1939 , Jonas Barrington in the Daily Express described this voice that called from Germany , though in the first instance it probably belonged to Norman Baillie-Stewart : ‘ He speaks English of the haw-haw , dammit-get-out-of-my-way-variety , and his strong suit is gentlemanly indignation . ’ |
| 18 | I am a former management employee of Dorman Long 's Bridge and Constructional Works , Middlesbrough , who actually built this bridge and recall talking in the 1930s to men who had worked on it . |
| 19 | We built this model and asked professor John , an airline specialist , to explain Virgin 's commercial problem . |
| 20 | I crumpled this ticket and waited for the next to be called . |
| 21 | The HEARSAY project [ Erman et al , 1980 ] used this architecture and has proved to be highly influential ( albeit less than completely successful ) as an example of collaboration between different levels of processing . |
| 22 | The therapist regarded this behaviour as resulting from Janet 's dependence on her and fear of losing her support . |
| 23 | The judge did not , in terms , say whether or not he regarded this evidence as establishing undue influence as it is normally understood . |
| 24 | The revolution of February 1917 further aggravated this situation and brought about disruption of industry . |
| 25 | Here is a sample : Lodovico treasured this letter and published it only in 1986 . |
| 26 | The judge rejected this contention and ruled that " Nicole 's personality was identifiable and recognizable " at the time of the accident . |
| 27 | Nolan J. rejected this argument as did Ralph Gibson and Butler-Sloss L.JJ . |
| 28 | The majority of their lordships rejected this argument and held that it had been intended that a customer who accepted the offer by buying four gallons would thereby become entitled in law to have a World Cup coin . |
| 29 | Labour opposed this measure and limited its impact , but on returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives , by reducing new expenditure on public housing , modifying the subsidy formula and encouraging rents to rise , set out to eliminate most subsidies to public housing . |
| 30 | Becker and Engelman combined only for a pleasantly smoochy encore by David Jaeger , composed this year and arranged by Engelman from a piano accompaniment to the viola . |