Example sentences of "this [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This spelt out in more detail what 5 Corps had learned from Maj-Gen Schmidt-Richberg about the approach of the Army Group E forces from the south , and asked for the specific authorization 5 Corps required to accept the surrender of these enormous numbers of fugitives as " formed bodies " .
2 This came out with more bravado than Sally-Anne really felt , and had she seen him more clearly before she intervened she might not have said anything at all .
3 This came out without any warning , so I answered , with fake innocence : ‘ Talk about what ? ’
4 This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had .
5 This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door .
6 Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on .
7 This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell .
8 This went on for some time .
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