Example sentences of "this [is] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | at that one wrongly , I shall come in from Farnsfield , you see , and you would n't see the house this is on , there 's a twenty foot high hedge all the way along . |
| 2 | Three four three four three four to call for a bash at Kids ' County er we 'll see if we can sort it out while this is on from the Dooleys . |
| 3 | There will be a few people , beginning with Mr Fallon , looking for their own McGoolies when this is over . ’ |
| 4 | When this is over , they are sent straight to work building roads and bridges , digging canals or collecting the harvest . |
| 5 | The petition was never delivered but the muttering about it has persuaded the king to promise a consultative assembly once all this is over . |
| 6 | Maybe you could come with me when all this is over . ’ |
| 7 | It is true that at a rehearsal where the eye has nothing to engage it , a recitative immediately becomes boring ; but at the performance , where between the stage and the audience there are so many objects to entertain the eye , a recitative like this is over before the listeners are aware of it . |
| 8 | And remember that most of the candidates in most of the constituencies believe throughout , in their secret hearts , that they can not win — while most of the remainder are looking only to resume the dismal MP 's job they had before , once this is over and out of the way . |
| 9 | ‘ You may have to , before this is over . ’ |
| 10 | When this is over and we are far away from here , and living quietly and happily and safely , Zeno will have to die too . |
| 11 | ‘ They do n't plan to leave you and Froebe in charge when this is over . ’ |
| 12 | When all this is over , we 'll go for it , eh ? |
| 13 | ‘ When this is over , Cardiff , ’ said Rohmer in a low , threatening voice . |
| 14 | So I 'll squeeze those parts out … squeeze them out until all of this is over . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ When this is over we 'll have a nice home , Anne , I promise , ’ he said , as she slipped her arms round his neck and kissed him again . |
| 16 | If I could only know — for certain — that you would be coming back to me as soon as this is over , I could bear it . |
| 17 | ‘ Wait until this is over . |
| 18 | ‘ If only until this is over . |
| 19 | ‘ Are n't you afraid I 'll try to blackmail you when this is over ? ’ she enquired sweetly . |
| 20 | ‘ I could make you an offer for it when this is over . |
| 21 | When this is over , it will go down the line to Menai . |
| 22 | ‘ When this is over I might . |
| 23 | You either go along with me until this is over or you could soon find yourself out of a job , although I suppose you could always see if Lewis had an opening for you on his paper . ’ |
| 24 | The sooner this is over with the better . ’ |
| 25 | I 've a feeling we may need them before this is over . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We must fix another time when all this is over . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ By the time this is over , Tom will have missed a year of school , and I would n't like that to happen again , so this will probably be the last lengthy expedition we go on . |
| 28 | As I was leaving one of the doctors said : ‘ Do n't think this is over . |
| 29 | You know when all this court business is on , and they had two hours at recess so he went to look at the cathedral with Steven and mum mentioned it and , and she said oh I think I 'll go and have a look round she said when all this is over cos dad , suppose he 'll never set foot in Norwich again and I said oh that 's silly cos it 's a , it is a lovely city . |
| 30 | Now when this is all over , and Saddam has got to be stopped , forcibly stopped , when this is over , I believe that there 's got to be no reneging as this country has constantly done with the Arabs ; there has got to be a Middle East conference , and the Israelis said ‘ yes , we agree to your State , but return to your original frontiers or you will get the same treatment as Saddam has got . ’ |