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 .
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