Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , this looks like one to be grabbed with both hands , I should say … if I were asked … |
| 2 | legend , this looks like it to me |
| 3 | All this counts for nothing in the world of rugby and it will be his ability to scrum and compete with the best that will make or break this South African legend . |
| 4 | And this happens to me after spending five months in Brazil — in Rio , Salvador , f'chrissake . |
| 5 | I think its possible to fall in love with the same person more than once , you fall in love with them and you get married for that as well as other reasons perhaps , and then you have children and you hardly see them really for the next ten years , at least this is what every one sort of understands and then and then erm and then when you have more time again you can fall in love all over again with exactly the same person , I think this happens to lots of people , which also does n't happen to a lot of people so you have n't |
| 6 | This compares with one in four of those living in the community who were felt to have relatives who might have helped more — a difference which might well occur by chance . |
| 7 | A. This sounds to me like a classic case of the ‘ straw that broke the camel 's back ’ syndrome . |
| 8 | This seems to me to be an enormous change . |
| 9 | This seems to me to be mostly self-regarding poppycock . |
| 10 | This seems to me to be a more accurate picture of the nature of religious belief than one which suggests that those who really believe , must confess to an unbridgeable gulf between themselves and ‘ unbelief ‘ . |
| 11 | This seems to me to be at the root of the false notion of ‘ independence ’ being pursued by so many local élites throughout Europe and beyond . |
| 12 | And this seems to me to be the clue . |
| 13 | This seems to me to be only half the story . |
| 14 | May I quote in its entirety the sentence from which you extracted your sub-title : ‘ In order , on the one hand , to make use of the catalogue easier , and on the other , to keep certain material confidential to protect the artist 's name , image and market every work is accompanied by a caption which gives only the principal facts from the archival entries ’ This seems to me to be quite clear and explanatory of common practice in the writing of captions . |
| 15 | This seems to me to be a real cause for celebration . |
| 16 | This seems to me to be more consistent with the need for justice to be seen to be done — and this both by the alleged contemnor and the more general public . |
| 17 | This seems to me to be the minimum information necessary if the order is to be capable of restoring the parties to their former positions . |
| 18 | This seems to me to be an eminently sensible arrangement , and I think this sort of structure could also work here . |
| 19 | While the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 is undoubtedly superior to the English legislation in regard to the use of extensions of the leave of absence provisions , this seems to me to be a less than satisfactory way of addressing the problem for a number of reasons , both practical and philosophical . |
| 20 | This seems to me to be a highly , high responsible budget bringing us closer and closer to a position where we will eventually reach . |
| 21 | The faintly stoned Indian vocal line does n't help , and somehow this seems to me like a cross between ‘ What Time Is Love ’ and ‘ Fools Gold ’ with the charm of neither and a lot of other unnecessary junk . |
| 22 | This seems to me like trying to bake a cake with half the ingredients missing — and then not warning the consumer why it might taste funny . |
| 23 | The Commons 's select committee on transport recommended ‘ in view of the present lack of empirical data on the performance of road pavements capable of carrying more than 20 million standard axles this appears to us to be an extremely short-sighted cutback by the Department . ’ |
| 24 | In mothers of under twenty , there is only one chance in 2,400 that the child will have Down 's Syndrome ; this rises to one in every 100 when the mother is over 40 . |
| 25 | From the gal who swore she 'd rather be dragged across a plain by wild horses than wear lipgloss , this comes as something of a surprise . |
| 26 | This comes as something of a surprise , because the human species is only about four million years old and the Brahims substantially younger ! |