Example sentences of "this [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And thinking of her gynaecologist , surely such a step could not be taken without his sanction and the idea of asking for this seemed out of the question . |
| 2 | This came about through the fact that although Mondrian made use of the Cubist grid-system of Composition , he had already begun to develop a new form of painting which finally culminated during the war in the purely abstract idiom of De Stijl and Neo-Plasticism . |
| 3 | George Tinsley , of the Tap and Barrel 's owners the North Yorkshire Brewing Company , said : ‘ This came out of the blue , it was a total surprise . ’ |
| 4 | Most of the true species are single-flowers , and seldom bloom beyond the one initial burst — this showed out in the early English crosses . |
| 5 | This tied up with the number who had breeding stock and were therefore likely to be needed as assistants at a calving or lambing . |
| 6 | This tied in with the time factor where the pressure to get things done at the end of the day could lead to dangerous short cuts and a consequent drop in efficiency . |
| 7 | This tied in with the position and colour of the spot when it first appeared . |
| 8 | Unfortunately this fell out on the third ascent . |
| 9 | stop it , so so he had to erm just talk to our solicitors this morning and try and get this sorted out between the two solicitors . |
| 10 | Er , thank you , Mr Chairman , to me erm , this went on from the first paper that chose the effects of the food and management of the er , the fire local services , whereas carried through and it will be interesting to see next year er what the situation is , in order to the position of the as it were , this year , benefit of everything that has previous administration . |
| 11 | This went on until the sixteenth century when Henry VIII ordered his chief fruiterer , Richard Harris , to visit France and learn about apple cultivation . |
| 12 | This went back to the development of working-class antipathy to Thomas Malthus , who was seen as giving scientific justification to ruling-class opposition to reform , for after all the aim of his famous moral restraint was to convince the working class to postpone marriage as long as possible . |
| 13 | This went off to the Edinburgh dailies and weeklies , and the local ( suburban ) monthly News . |
| 14 | It is important , however , not to project this split back into the 1470s . |
| 15 | It is important , however , not to project this split back into the 1470s . |
| 16 | He would he 'd been identified as a character that was at least stirring up trouble , but gradually this filtered through to the authorities . |