Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rarely got beyond this point in my sales patter before expressions of incredulity replaced polite interest . |
| 2 | And I suddenly realized at this stage that there was going to be something rather unexpected happening . |
| 3 | I naturally came to this conclusion only with the greatest reluctance ; it was no easy matter for me , the responsible commander , to abandon my dreams of hope and victory ! |
| 4 | The lessee in a lease — the defendant so covenanted in this case — covenants in effect that he or his assignee will perform the covenants and observe the conditions contained in it ; and when , as in the present instance , the defendant sets up no performance by himself of the covenants sued on , his defence must be either that his assignee has performed them or that his assignee is in some way as between himself and the lessor absolved from performance . |
| 5 | erm there is criticism that erm we only went into this war because of oil interests . |
| 6 | When the art bubble burst , prices not only fell in this area , they stopped . |
| 7 | So waited until this day to execute all my projects . |
| 8 | Was I now so enmeshed in this world that the role of visitor had changed ? |
| 9 | He apparently continued in this office until 1655 , when , with essentially unchanged duties , he was appointed one of the two chamberlains of the Exchequer and keeper of its records . |
| 10 | A state religion that included all others obviously conduced to this objective . |
| 11 | In North Wales , for example , where the factors already described in this chapter are overlaid by considerations of cultural nationalism , militant action against second home owners has ensued . |
| 12 | Not only did the existence of a divided society help fuel party tensions under William and Anne , but taking the longer perspective covered by this book as a whole , it might even be fair to suggest that the emergence of the party divide amongst the political elite was itself a symptom of the bitter divisions that already existed in this society , divisions which we have traced back to the Restoration in 1660 . |
| 13 | In both public opinion of a modern kind scarcely existed during this period . |
| 14 | Eritrean radio from Asmara broadly concurred with this version of events , and accused France of self-interested intrigue , while Ethiopian radio said that many Ethiopian Afar fighters who had refused to disarm had crossed into Djibouti " to join the rebellion " . |
| 15 | And the overall groupings which we finally evolved for this book in terms of life focus also turn out to be remarkably close to the clusters of life styles picked out in an earlier American study taking just this perspective , Robert Williams and Claudine Wirths 's Lives through the Years . |
| 16 | It was just a great romantic thing , when one somehow fell into this man 's arms — like Hollywood films . |
| 17 | I just looked at this piece of paper in horror and was pounced on . |
| 18 | He thus pioneered in this country the discursive , witty , exuberant , and surrealist style of humour he bequeathed to his close friend J. B. Morton [ q.v. ] , who took the column over in 1924 and developed it through half a century into an art form . |
| 19 | Because of our volunteer system and our love of the job I think we always succeeded in this aim . |
| 20 | Which we still read to this day . |
| 21 | The Timer IC2 is connected as a monostable — that is , once triggered in this way the output , pin 3 , goes high for a certain time then reverts to low . |
| 22 | Villagers said that none ever came at this time of year . |
| 23 | We 'll both get out of your lives and then you can get on with that idyllic existence you shared before we ever came to this island . |
| 24 | But not when you put it into context with the vast sums of money spent supporting privatization , or the salaries of over privileged , so called captains of industries , industries that once belonged to this nation . |
| 25 | I felt preternaturally over-sexed , and despite being removed from The Fat Controller 's proximate influence I still stuck to this rule . |
| 26 | However , once started on this track it may seem difficult to keep clear of rigorism , for it is unclear how the good one might have done but did not can be discounted from the things prevented by what one did instead . |
| 27 | As she spoke , joy brightened her face , and the love she still felt for this man was alive in her every word . |
| 28 | Lewis Carroll possibly knew of this phrase but , because he refers to the grin outlasting the rest of the body , it is more likely that his real influence was the cheese rather than the swordsman . |
| 29 | She had eaten much more than she usually did at this time of day . |
| 30 | He once said of this discovery : |