Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I only mean to preface this discussion of cultural difference with an awkward question : in the world we have , is it possible for us — any of us — not to have at least some inferior others ? |
2 | I just trying to shake this flu that I feel coming on . |
3 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
4 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
5 | I feel as if I just want to leave this place — and never see it — or anyone here ever again . ’ |
6 | ‘ I just want to finish this tower , and that 'll be it . ’ |
7 | I just want to make this phone call for when we lock the door and . |
8 | Now I just want to end this morning session by reminding you to be in your seats by two twenty . |
9 | ‘ I just want to get this season over and start from fresh again , ’ added the ring-rusty world No 55 , also forced to play in glasses for the first time . |
10 | ‘ I do n't know why I ever agreed to have this car . |
11 | Well I always do come this way ! |
12 | After all these years I still enjoyed playing this game . |
13 | I thoroughly enjoyed playing this game and , I like the idea of making my own game worlds with the ZZT Editor and controlling the objects using the built in ZZT-OOP programming language . |
14 | Granted not everyone has a PC to use it on , but if someone in the family does use one , I thoroughly recommend purchasing this software . |
15 | So what I really want to do this month , well what I really want to do this month , is to lose some weight . |
16 | So what I really want to do this month , well what I really want to do this month , is to lose some weight . |
17 | And it 's too late to put together the story I really wanted to do this week . |
18 | Although visibility remains a problem I really do think this repositioning is an important step forward . |
19 | I really do see this age as a time to widen horizons . |
20 | Should I really have supported this venture rather than the raffle tickets ? |
21 | It was not the fault of Annie Besant 's biographer that I often longed to put this book down . |
22 | Could someone please help clarify this confusion ? |
23 | ‘ I never thought to see this day , ’ he murmured , as he rose to his feet and gently pulled her up to him . |
24 | American owned rival Whyte and Mackay made its long awaited swoop this morning and now owns around fifty five percent of the Leith based company . |
25 | American owned rival Whyte and Mackay made its long awaited swoop this morning and now has control of the Leith based company — making the combined group the third biggest scotch whisky firm . |
26 | ‘ The publicity which rightly has surrounded this situation may have one good effect ; it draws our attention to the awful consequences of unemployment and business failures in our society ; and it reminds us of our genuine responsibilities towards the individuals and families damaged by this ; we must have care for our brothers and sisters in need . |
27 | The disability arts movement is the only area which is dealing with the cultural vacuum which now exists given this shift . |
28 | You only have to slap this end and it passes along anyway ! |
29 | I said knew about it , erm , you must have known about it , erm , that standard edition of the complete psychological works of Freud , that 's its title , and you 're one of the editors , one of the editors , I said , there 's no evidence that you ever intended to include this book in it , even though , you know , I understand that it could n't be published as long as Woodrow Wilson 's family was still alive , but erm , you know , why was n't it published in the standard edition ? |
30 | In practice , you probably have to err this way and that as you tell your story , sometimes risking the reader learning too much , sometimes risking losing interest by not giving the reader the feeling that there is enough material for tentative speculation . |