Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] this " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference . |
| 2 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 3 | I am happy to see them in this workmanlike state . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 5 | He thought to himself ‘ I do n't want him to see me like this ’ . |
| 6 | The act of the king touching them in this way protects them from the otherwise dangerous consequences of being in contact with the power of the king . |
| 7 | By depreciating against the other currencies as needed , the scavenger currency would insulate them from this local depression . |
| 8 | They do n't build them like this any more — Healey ( top ) , Cobra ( above ) |
| 9 | ‘ Why do you insist on seeing me in this horrible way ? ’ she finished up . |
| 10 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 11 | They did n't want me at this party , but because I AM , fang and claw I have grapple-hooked their smooth cliffs , and have the right to stalk these wooded cliffs , lap at their abundant streams . |
| 12 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 13 | Ask yourself the question , ‘ Is it my desire , my greed , my wish to be in control that drives me in this matter , or do I feel the lightness of purpose that is a mark of the guidance from within ? ’ |
| 14 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
| 15 | ‘ You shall paint me like this if it would please you , Barney dear , ’ she whispered aloud . |
| 16 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 17 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 18 | Again , the would-be reformers ' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion . |
| 19 | I do n't want them after this visit tomorrow I might go out one more time |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't want them in this country . |
| 21 | But I have heard nothing of this ! |
| 22 | ‘ I have heard nothing of this until you came into my gallery a quarter of an hour ago and accused me . |
| 23 | There were astonished interjections from Harbury who had heard nothing of this before , but Shildon went on to say that the accusation stemmed from the sale of the lease on the top part of the Fleet Street building a few years earlier . |
| 24 | He had heard nothing of this . |
| 25 | We 've heard nothing about this . ’ |
| 26 | It 's just great to have Marie touching me like this . |
| 27 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
| 28 | He 'll be sorry he 's treated me like this , Ellen ! ’ |
| 29 | Clive had got so used to being able to fool everyone in this circle that he was unnerved by her obvious clear-sightedness . |
| 30 | ‘ How can you treat me like this after all I have sacrificed for you ? ’ |