Example sentences of "this [noun] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author charts this progress and compares it with the British decision to choose the advanced gas cooled reactor ( AGR ) in 1965 . |
| 2 | Now at this stage er it is the plaintiff 's case that Mr er considered that this caused major financial problems , because the property at Frinton was simply not one that was open to him to offer as security , it was clear that the bank would now as he saw it , on the deal that he understood that he 'd struck and he knew that without the bank 's help he would not be able to er proceed with this purchase and operate he business in the way he had wished to . |
| 3 | These are for the climbers , and when you feel puny as a walker you can sidle over to someone looking through this rail and look them straight in the eye , secure in the knowledge that nothing in hill-walking requires you to dress in such a gruesome fashion . |
| 4 | I stop outside this laundrette and warm myself up . |
| 5 | By taking the ‘ contextual ’ norm as one of his defining factors , he avoids this difficulty and locates his framework of analysis firmly within the text itself ( see Riffaterre 1959 and 1960 ) . |
| 6 | For example , supposing you want to refer to the fact that the groom is a medical student and you have a story about a king dying in the Middle Ages who says the physician has killed him , tell this story but end it , ‘ Of course medicine has come a long way since those days , . |
| 7 | ‘ Did it take you all that time to invent this story and to select your wardrobe from the charity shops ? ’ he asked with sinister softness . |
| 8 | ‘ There must be an end to this double-dealing and deceit which is selling Scotland and its people short . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 10 | Gaitskell was anxious to identify the ‘ mole ’ in this case and asked me what ought to be done . |
| 11 | T. B. You had to see what they were passing through and you had to have a chit and you had to time this chit and sign it and then you went to the hut and put it on the spike . |
| 12 | This afternoon that put them on environment minister Michael Howard 's hit list . |
| 13 | You can bring them in this afternoon and fill them in here . |
| 14 | He went yesterday , I was gon na come up this afternoon and tell you when Peter came home , ca n't leave him , he was so naughty yesterday , he licked , |
| 15 | ‘ Why do n't you pop in this afternoon and get it ? |
| 16 | ‘ In that case I want to go out this afternoon and do something . |
| 17 | I got out to the shops this afternoon and have you noticed they 're into Christmas already ? |
| 18 | I count it a double honour to represent Framlingham this afternoon and to offer you a welcome back , a welcome into our homes which we look forward to seeing you on Saturday and we are so thrilled to think that so many of you have made the journey back to visit us and I echo the sentiments of another speaker , do n't let it be so long before you come again . |
| 19 | Middlesbrough will fly to London this afternoon and complete their journey to the South coast by coach . |
| 20 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |
| 21 | Vatican II endorsed this terminology as does our present Holy Father . |
| 22 | Labour opposed this measure and limited its impact , but on returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives , by reducing new expenditure on public housing , modifying the subsidy formula and encouraging rents to rise , set out to eliminate most subsidies to public housing . |
| 23 | Its actions belied Bush 's declaration on Nov. 15 that he preferred to hold this course than to do something that did not work . |
| 24 | And it is this struggle that showed us a way . |
| 25 | In any case , in the liberal view , the significance of class struggle must be weighed against other divisions which cut across this struggle and limit its importance . |
| 26 | Gould said : ‘ I 'm absolutely disgusted at this decision and find it very hard to swallow . |
| 27 | Ford set out to see this cynosure and found Her so wrapped and swaddled in lace robes and veiling that he could see no trace of figure or countenance . |
| 28 | Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election . |
| 29 | ‘ Christopher got this money and spent it on a holiday skiing . |
| 30 | Will you keep an eye on this sterilizer and turn it off if I forget it ? ’ |