Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted the turtle to tell her more about this Love Your Enemies scheme , and she would have asked him , but all of a sudden they heard a tremendous HAR-ROOMF ! |
| 2 | Pat was having an affair — and in a crowded restaurant , he asked her at the top of the sentorian Williams voice : ‘ Well tell us about this man you 're having the affair with then . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So what do you know about this man who 's trying to kill me ? ’ |
| 4 | Curiously husky , his voice beguiled her ears as powerfully as his hands were seducing her body , caressing her naked skin beneath her simple top , tantalising the sensitised surface , warm and demanding , seeking the clasp of her flesh-coloured bra , dismantling it with a sure touch that might have come from practice but could equally well have been attributed to simple deduction , except that nothing was simple about this man who had already knowingly conquered her body … åd , unknowingly , her heart as well . |
| 5 | All the same , I ca n't help feeling a little anxious about this relish he is revealing for anarchy . |
| 6 | About this holiday you know this arrangement |
| 7 | She teaches English , and she was telling me about this don who 's disappeared . |
| 8 | Now , about this building you wait a minute , where 's Dubois ? ’ |
| 9 | What is it about this course which helps you to learn ? |
| 10 | Well Geoff nearly had a fit about this firm who owes us two hundred pound . |
| 11 | In the book I read about this girl who has a celebration when it 's her period , and I asked Mum : could we do that ? |
| 12 | ‘ You still have n't told me about this evidence you have against me , ’ Claudia said with an assumed air of indifference . |
| 13 | Now if you read what is written about this change you 'd think the BBC was about to axe Radio 4 . |
| 14 | Now if you read what is written about this change you 'd think the BBC was about to axe Radio 4 . |
| 15 | If we ask what it was about this society which made Pound and also Lewis affront it more or less deliberately , to ensure that its doors were closed to them , I think only one answer is possible : it was ineradicably vowed to the idea of the artist as the amateur . |
| 16 | What my father felt about this conjunction I can only guess . |
| 17 | But mind , I will say this about this chappie he does stick to it . |
| 18 | In the heart of it was one of those still meres that were frequent in this part of the forest but because the yews had given way to giant beeches there was nothing dark about this lake which reflected the blue sky above and was a mirror of brightness . |
| 19 | There are a number of aspects about this privatisation which are already giving cause for alarm . |
| 20 | Another thing that seriously disappoints me about this life I 'm living through : the reading . |
| 21 | ‘ Now , ’ she went on , ‘ now I would so like to hear about this Uncle you talk of , the Cabinet Minister . |
| 22 | Leaving the question of demand to one side for the moment , there are two rather different points about this account which should be raised briefly . |
| 23 | Yes , but , Dan if Dan has read an extremely interesting article about this actor who plays in Star Trek , and he meets his friend who is also a Star Trek fan . |
| 24 | ‘ Now , tell me about this book you are writing . |
| 25 | At about this time my third sister was born . |
| 26 | It was about this time she began seeing more and more of Laurence Wheldon … |
| 27 | At about this time there also emerged the Islamic Revolutionary Party ( IRP ) , to provide a banner under which approved candidates could run for election to the Majles , and the Revolutionary Guards or Pasdaran-e-Enqelab-e-Eslami . |
| 28 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 29 | Last year at about this time it produced the admirable Victorian Newcastle painter Ralph Hedley ; this winter it is showing in ‘ A Romance with the North East ’ Rober and Isa ( Thompson ) Jobling , who lived and worked there until the 1920s producing powerful and poetic images of its countryside coast and people . |
| 30 | About this time I wrote to her : |