Example sentences of "this [noun sg] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This afternoon that put them on environment minister Michael Howard 's hit list . |
| 2 | And it is this struggle that showed us a way . |
| 3 | Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election . |
| 4 | The emotion that goes into art is subtle and it is the faculty of being able to feel this emotion that constitutes our appreciation of art . |
| 5 | It was this condition that brought him close to his parishioners . |
| 6 | It was this casualness that led him , as Edmund Wilson reported , to be humorous in private about his own reputation , and " offhand and vague " about matters he had once taken seriously . |
| 7 | And yet , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , I also knew that it was this cold that drew me , this steady destruction of body and imagination , this utter alienness , as though only that could still excite me , as though anything less alien would only leave me indifferent . |
| 8 | You will find that there are a number of other problems in this question that test your knowledge and understanding of standard accounting practice in a group context . |
| 9 | It was this question that decided me . |
| 10 | On leaving school he went as a labourer to Hunts Farm ( visible from the 6th green ) and it was this work that brought him to the course . |
| 11 | And it is the freak subversive genius of this record that makes them the single most important rock band of our time . |
| 12 | ‘ Is there something , ’ George asked icily , ‘ about the atmosphere of this place that causes you to come up with such expressions ? |
| 13 | Nevertheless it was this group that determined which records would be played on request programmes . |
| 14 | She rather thought that Charles knew what she knew , and it was this suspicion that prompted what was , for her , an early departure . |
| 15 | ‘ This business that kept you away this morning . |
| 16 | All Connor did was to add a preservative to this enzyme that gave it a few months ' shelf life . |
| 17 | does n't do this er does n't like this person that does it instead of er Mrs . |
| 18 | There is again something about the tone of this minute that strikes me . |
| 19 | He had seen things this night that touched him deeply . |
| 20 | Now what 's the question you can ask this hairdresser that got his own bus , I know I 'm using a , a an extreme |
| 21 | The hour may come within weeks , within days , to-morrow ; and then , before I take the field with the fate of Wales in my hands , I have a need of her and a use for her here ; and then I shall be loosed from this dumbness that binds my tongue , and I shall be able to say to her what needs to be said , and what as yet I can not say . |
| 22 | It is this quality that gives them the semblance of life ! |
| 23 | It is this quality that makes it a commitment type of love which is discerning but not discriminating or demanding . |
| 24 | It says in this paper that last they could only |
| 25 | More important to me was the need to obey this instinct that warned me to put some distance between us . ’ |
| 26 | Nevertheless , in reality there are difficulties with this method that limit its use . |
| 27 | Is there anything about the preparation of this operation that caused you to dissatisfaction ? |
| 28 | There was something about this man that set her pulses racing . |
| 29 | In fact , there was quite a lot about this man that bothered her . |
| 30 | Mr Sullivan says it was this incident that prompted him to stage the break in . |