Example sentences of "this [conj] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was probably not long after this that they made their peace with the Yorkists and entered Gloucester 's service . |
| 2 | It was probably not long after this that they made their peace with the Yorkists and entered Gloucester 's service . |
| 3 | Man is unique among the apes in that he grows a long beard , and it is to this that he owes his superior intelligence |
| 4 | It would help us to implement this if we knew our concerns were going to be addressed with research ’ . |
| 5 | It can only do this if it implements its plans and policies flexibly , rather than according to formalized rules . |
| 6 | Another method is to give the baby a small amount of boiled water from a bottle before the morning feed , so that it feels full more quickly , or to feed from one breast only — this will tend to reduce your supply of milk overall , so you should only do this if you know your milk is plentiful . |
| 7 | They hear sort of rhyming slang and things like this and they think my god what 's he on about . |
| 8 | and then he 's , he 's going out and they 're coming like that direction and he 's looked round and he 's seen the soldier , doing it , he 's gone and this is how I did it and then he put his , like this and he stuck his hands up and as his done that he 's got shot through the body from the side , what 's |
| 9 | ‘ One word of this and I tell your local rags where you learnt your craft . ’ |
| 10 | You can happily go on doing this until you reach your target weight . |
| 11 | I prefer this cos it makes my back ache . |
| 12 | Of course , they may not accept the beliefs , attitudes , or intentions that are expressed ; one can always object to what somebody else says , but it does not make much sense to do this unless one understands its meaning . |
| 13 | I used to think she did this because she loved my father so much she could n't wait for him to come home . |
| 14 | When we use the term ‘ uncle ’ for example , the listener can not tell from this whether we mean our father 's brother or our mother 's brother . |
| 15 | I have always wanted to do this as I love my hair and can do a lot with it . |
| 16 | ( They also do this when they bring their owners dead birds from the garden , an action normally done only as part of the food-training routine when mother cats show their kittens the kind of prey they must later attack . ) |
| 17 | Morgan and Georg Siemens did this when they established their banking ventures . |
| 18 | [ The British ] had pressed for some time for a continuation of a combined staff relationship and had only been convinced that we were serious in rejecting this when we moved their combined staff people out of the Pentagon and moved the standing group [ of Nato ] in . |
| 19 | If you decide to hire a car , just state this when you confirm your holiday and complete the box on the booking form on page 89 . |
| 20 | Newman himself recounts what transpired : ‘ The scene went something like this when I demanded her presence in my office : |
| 21 | Yet there can be little doubt that Nizan himself certainly did perceive the party in terms similar to this when he joined its ranks in late 1927 . |
| 22 | In the introduction to her autobiography , the writer Elizabeth Goudge speaks of this when she compares her adult romantic interest in roses with her childhood delight with the snow . |