Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I duly put this plan to Eliot , who , to my mild surprise , did not seem to regard it as so fanciful an idea as I had anticipated . |
| 2 | After some further outside tests and a fair amount of soul-searching , I eventually bought this detector and the 10.5in accessory coil . |
| 3 | The real world has long left behind the age when old so-and-so could decide ‘ I rather like this slogan ’ or ‘ My constituents think we ought to do such and such ’ without that ‘ feeling ’ being backed up by professional research and experience . |
| 4 | And , I better get this dinner out . |
| 5 | Mansel Jones , Hillhouse International power station manager , said : ‘ I personally feel this law is a positive move . |
| 6 | I foolishly sent this medal home . |
| 7 | I only ask this question because devotees of this composer have probably never been in a better position to acquire a good cross-section of his output on disc . |
| 8 | I only got this book last week . |
| 9 | And I only get this sort of breakfast when you 're angry , he thought . |
| 10 | what would you like from the catalogue sort of thing and I only had this catalogue to Cos I pa you know I paid for it what di did they have ? |
| 11 | er , the Easter fair will take place on April the twenty ninth , now I 've heard from Goldthorpe , I only heard this week , and their , the production they 're doing is My Fair Lady , now we 're hoping to go on the Thursday , March the nineteenth , the tickets , the balcony is three pound and the stalls are two pound fifty , and they , there 'll be your bus fare on top so if any of you are interested please give me your names this afternoon so I can get them tickets sorted out , right , now if that |
| 12 | ‘ It is not true that I only play this game for money . |
| 13 | ‘ I only want this farce to be over so I can get on with my life . ’ |
| 14 | I was questioned about this in recent years when I visited the Camp during one of my lecture rounds to the ATC in the Highlands , but I only add this yarn to illustrate that it takes all kinds to make any air force station , and I am sure our childrens ' children will be told and the tale will no doubt be embroidered to suit the occasion . |
| 15 | As a cyclist , and campaigner on behalf of cycling , I warmly welcome this consultation document , which sets out the issues very clearly and comprehensively . |
| 16 | Being a mere composite from charnel houses , I fear that I alone undergo this sorrow behind the eyebrows . |
| 17 | ‘ I much prefer this music , ’ Herman said , doing an awkward shuffle . |
| 18 | I much prefer this Bernstein performance to his later one with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra , which is so self-indulgent and slow that the final Adagio loses both shape and momentum . |
| 19 | Well I could n't see anything , er because there was a lot of cloud , and then I just heard this sort of bang , and then it was just silent . |
| 20 | I tell ya , I just , I just had this sort of yearning for chocolate , ooh |
| 21 | and just fell over and I just saw this thing in the corner of my eye |
| 22 | His wife added : ‘ I just hope this honeymoon goes better than the last . |
| 23 | Erm I , I just get this feeling , you know one would expect that year eleven is a reasonable way of working out what the , the sort of workload is , and you would think that special needs would actually be something that really related quite nicely |
| 24 | Yes it as I say it 's nothing grand but I just enjoyed this man 's conversation , he was so good . |
| 25 | You look at stat which I just ran this morning right ? |
| 26 | So I just use this thing you 've got ? |
| 27 | Erm can I just clarify this point , the impression I 'm getting from the , from the phraseology in the way you 've chosen your words is that your trustees in your particular pension funds which all er former nationalised industries , er have n't received any training . |
| 28 | Well I just got this thing , you know , about |
| 29 | What , there be no kids off granted , but other countries go , we 'll see start looking round the beginning of June if your dad wants to go , there was , I just noticed this morning coming passed the erm , I think it was the Co-op or the one next door , a week in Ibiza , twenty sixth of April , self catering , a hundred and twenty four pounds , that 's the day you go , that 's the week you go back to school , you |
| 30 | I 've never even managed to get through a job interview , even if it 's a woman doing the interviewing ; I just have this feeling that she is looking at me and judging me for all the wrong reasons . |