Example sentences of "this [adj] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this damn preparation for nothing . |
| 2 | I do n't recommend this multi-instrumental method for everyone . |
| 3 | as if Hitler had arranged this old war for their benefit , just so that Carrie and Nick could be sent away in a train with gas masks slung over their shoulders and their names on cards round their necks . |
| 4 | Please can you identify this Roman coin for me ? |
| 5 | ‘ And let's have a round of applause for Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke who has provided this splendid feast for us . |
| 6 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 7 | Meantime , this urgent request for someone to go with a government family to North Africa |
| 8 | And here … sign this blank cheque for what you owe . |
| 9 | Leave tho leave those in cos they 're marking your place there I wo n't disturb those and let's have a a little look at this useful ones for you to do . |
| 10 | How many erm are already signed up at this present day for someone to follow on to now ? |
| 11 | FORD was the first company to introduce this leasing-type scheme for its private customers . |
| 12 | ‘ Having a fling with Barbs is n't faithlessness , ’ said Constance , who had been concentrating on this very matter for her own reasons . |
| 13 | I should feel my self higley gratefied in this favour from you for hur , & hope you will parden the libertey I take in this Important solicitation for my sister |
| 14 | Chittagong Railway Station and most tracks north of Bairab Bazar Junction rely heavily upon this renowned company for their structural steel , and there are 28 DWEC spans across rivers and streams in the Chittagong area . |
| 15 | Standing this close to Piers was enough to bring her out in goose-bumps , and she thought , I 'll fight this desperate longing for him to the end . |
| 16 | Nor could he believe he had been followed to Oxford by somebody determined to leave this macabre calling-card for him to see , for to believe that opened up possibilities too sinister to be endured . |
| 17 | She had difficulty in keeping her own tears back when Cara asked brokenly , ‘ Could n't you do this one thing for me ? |
| 18 | Mrs. Campbell hoped that a tide waiter 's post might be found for the man , but there was more to it than charity , for , as she advised her cousin , William Anderson 's brother was a rich baker who had lately filled the office of deacon convener of trades in Stirling , and ‘ as he has a near connection with severalls in the present management I wish if possible you could fall on a way to get this small thing for him , it wou 'd make a noise amongest the folks to see that we are at pains to do for them ’ . |
| 19 | I brought yer the letter , and I offered to catch this thievin' 'aybag for yer , but I ai n't partial to firearms — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Get out of that dress and we 'll go back to your flat — it will be far more comfortable than this dreary room for anything we want to say … or do . ’ |
| 21 | It has to start with other ideas , offering us a clue or two as to why God chose this particular route for his Son and for us . |
| 22 | Which ever way we look at it , its nature 's way of keeping us going , its , its what 's there to keep us surviving as a species , so its , its very clever , the , it worked , worked , nature worked it out very cleverly indeed that we should have this wonderful passion for someone and it should become love and then we should have children and then it becomes a , the whole cycle and that 's , that 's how it all goes . |
| 23 | The project manager or leader has this dual responsibility for his project . |
| 24 | On his return to France he was so enthusiastic about them that he even planted a trial field and let the local population steal them so that they could experience this new vegetable for themselves . |
| 25 | Early waterwheels were made of wood , but as cast iron developed the miller made use of this new material for his machinery . |
| 26 | The Martineaus were also part of this cultivated group for whom antislavery was an aspect of their general liberalism . |
| 27 | Performing this lovely task for you in Cumbernauld in bonny Scotland . |
| 28 | Steve Sutcliffe , of Chester city council 's policy unit , said : ‘ She will become the oldest female Freeman and as she feels she can not attend a service later this month , we have staged this special ceremony for her . ’ |
| 29 | The beliefs which , he suggests , play this special role for us now include the belief that I have two hands , that men do not fly to the moon , that the sun is not a hole in the sky , that the earth has existed during the last century and that our hands do not disappear when we are not paying attention to them . |
| 30 | This last explanation for her choice is the one she most frequently proffered . |