Example sentences of "this [noun] [coord] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commenting on the grant , Alex Wright of the Commission said , ‘ We welcome this grant and we hope it will assist Lancashire County Council in opening up the rights of way network by dealing with several major problems and paths that need modifications . ’ |
| 2 | You never come in this kitchen but you break something : when you help it spells disaster . |
| 3 | I am slightly embarrassed by this story but I fear it should be told . |
| 4 | so er that 's old is it Shepherd and Metzler No it 's not in this case but I think they invented the task , yes they did good old Shepherd and Metzler |
| 5 | I would have preferred this afternoon but it seems he is riding in three races at Wincanton . ’ |
| 6 | As a matter of fact , I was talking to him briefly this afternoon and we agreed we 'd have a chat some time . |
| 7 | But Lindner said yesterday : ‘ I talked to Doug Laughton this afternoon and he told me a two-year contract was in the mail and everything was fine . ’ |
| 8 | And he phoned , and he phoned the pub this afternoon and he says I 'm not coming in to work tonight . |
| 9 | ‘ A couple of interviews this morning , and I met Penny Seu Chen this afternoon and she showed me round our building , studios and offices , and we rearranged a few things in mine . |
| 10 | Okay Noel thank you for your er your time and being a good sport this afternoon and I hear you have a little one you had better go back and sort things out . |
| 11 | He arrived this afternoon and I sent him off to rest . |
| 12 | Well run councils will flourish as a result of this settlement and I offer them every encouragement to do so . |
| 13 | That has been the focus of this course and we hope we have managed to provide a framework for practice within which this can be achieved . |
| 14 | I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford |
| 15 | We know of no basis in principle for this submission and we reject it . |
| 16 | ‘ I realise you love this car and I know you 're tired , ’ she said , determinedly hauling him out , ‘ but I 'd be grateful if you could save this until we 're in the house and in the dry . ’ |
| 17 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm going to produce this movie and I want you to direct it . ’ |
| 19 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 20 | The last but one day of this programme and I hope you are feeling good . |
| 21 | Most people run this stretch but we maintain our position by paddling . |
| 22 | One very quick point , sorry erm I do n't want to sound as if I feel I can but er I welcome your comment at the beginning the condition be be left out on what 's going on because I thought this was actually the key function of this committee and I mean I see these are being decision has been taken . |
| 23 | He looked down at her steadily and Maggie tried to stay cool , but she was losing this battle and she knew it . |
| 24 | ‘ I asked him how he had been chosen for this honour and he told me ‘ I was pushed ’ ’ . |
| 25 | I I asked the er the minister earlier about this question and I appreciate his difficulties being a home office minister rather than a foreign office minister and I quite understand his reluctance to er stray too far from his departmental portfolio but the reality is that the British government agreed that the European parliament should continue to meet in Strasbourg but we 've heard nothing from the minister as to where the money should come from er in order to make that commitment a reality because I 'm sure that every member opposite would say that the uncertainty about the present boundaries is not the er responsibility of the British government , that it 's a matter for the French government to sort out which boundaries er will be in place in the United Kingdom by June the ninth , the date of the European elections , but the reality is that the British government have gone along with the arrangement for having Strasbourg recognised as a er seat for the European parliament . |
| 26 | They went over all , while they were doing this work and he gave us a sheet last week , we were doing all the questions this week and he went over all the questions with us ! |
| 27 | ‘ But if you got that for this place and I sold my apartment , together we 'd have enough money to get married and buy — ’ He broke off , a flush appearing beneath his tan as he realised he was pushing her too far along the relationship path and could also be sounding mercenary . |
| 28 | I told him I would call at the house this evening but he said he 'd prefer to come here . |
| 29 | ‘ I did pop round for a chat with him earlier this evening and I thought he seemed a bit jumpy . |
| 30 | British Rail tell us their services are running to schedule this evening and I 've nothing to report to you from the bus services in the area . |