Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun sg] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he 's got to strip the bonnet so Dave said well I 'll get my lad to strip the bonnet this afternoon and er you know , few hundred quid for the day we 'll be glad to be able to finish off doing them and He 's got too many |
| 2 | His laser eye could strip paint off walls : ‘ England is Europe 's madhouse , poor , derelict and deprived ; where the rulers batten on an ignorant and regressive working class who are fed with the most tawdry material promises ; so insular that no-one is able to see the shit-house this country has become ’ . |
| 3 | Joe had once taken Rose Macaulay to a Billy Graham revivalist , fundamentalist mass meeting and been utterly revolted by all the rabid emotionalism and the militant Christianity , and he reminded me what Graham had said about Kinsey : ‘ It is impossible to estimate the damage this book will do to the already deteriorating morals of America . ’ |
| 4 | Thirty five thousand visitors are expected to attend the show this weekend to see a collection of classic American gas-guzzlers.Mike Dolan reports . |
| 5 | The Indian hierarchy could hardly believe their luck when they heard details of the party to tour the sub-continent this winter . |
| 6 | John Dunlop 's filly has yet to find the target this season but her four-and-three-quarter lengths fourth to Only Royale in the Aston Upthorpe Yorkshire Oaks last month suggested that her turn was just around the corner . |
| 7 | Johnny plans to work the climb this summer ; he has already managed all the moves but still has to piece together the sequences . |
| 8 | He was getting to know the way this man worked . |
| 9 | Whatever the meaning for those twelve disciples on that short mission ( and the Spirit may well have come upon them temporarily as he did upon the Old Testament of God to equip them for a special purpose ) , it is hard to mistake the shadow this event casts towards the time of the Church , when men sent out by Jesus ( ‘ sent one' is the root meaning of the word ‘ apostle ’ ) would be equipped by the Spirit given them by Jesus , for carrying out Jesus ' own mission in the world . |
| 10 | The Minister was to answer the question this afternoon . |
| 11 | All of us must have been deeply disturbed by the Chancellor 's refusal to answer the question this afternoon — yes , we agree that Parliament must take the final decision , but what decision will he recommend in those circumstances ? |
| 12 | Advertised in the national press and mentioned on Radio 1 , the service was to run at 12.15am , but on arrival at the station fans were told that BR had decided not to schedule the train this year and denied advertising the service . |
| 13 | A conference was held by the UN to discuss the problem this summer , following on from last year 's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , but was mainly devoted to national issues such as data collection and dispute settlement . |
| 14 | Abbey said there was a meeting planned to discuss the contract this week . |
| 15 | Mr Major , currently president of the European Community , met Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and president of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine to discuss the crisis this morning . |
| 16 | But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go . |
| 17 | Heseltine needs to win the leadership this year . |
| 18 | She to play the part this time of chaperon to her own servant ? |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm being very upfront about it , it 's finally time , 20 years later , ’ he told a writer as he prepared to record the album this time last year . |
| 20 | Just as inevitably , the Soviet Union and Syria both felt compelled to redouble their efforts to fortify their respective positions in the conflict , to offset the damage this agreement had done them . |
| 21 | we could manage to do that one day , if it 's fine this afternoon we might do something like that this afternoon , but if it rains it wo n't be any use , I also want to do the garden this afternoon |
| 22 | I told Helen you would n't be able to do the collection this year . ’ |
| 23 | Partick Thistle , who have now suffered five successive defeats , hope to turn the corner this aternoon when they face Airdrie . |
| 24 | The emphasis is very much on self discipline and the girls seem to appreciate the responsibility this place on them . |
| 25 | Warp factor one Mr Sulu , and do n't forget to release the handbrake this time . |
| 26 | Grampian Regional Council have agreed to back the event this year . |
| 27 | I 'm writing to ask if it would be possible to repeat the exercise this year . |
| 28 | Mansell , 39 , left Formula One last year to join the Indycar team owned by film star Paul Newman and Carl Haas after falling out with Williams-Renault over their choice of three-times world champion Alain Prost to partner the Englishman this year . |
| 29 | Only one way to end the roundup this week . |
| 30 | He is one of a number of distinguished new professors to join the University this year . |