Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I so negligible , she asked herself indignantly , that everyone feels this compulsion to speak for me ? |
| 2 | The document was in the name of Mustafa Ibn Assaad Shihada Zamzam , Mrs Zamzam 's husband , and when she saw that I recognised this type of British mandate deed Mrs Zamzam 's face lit up as if a great discovery had been made . |
| 3 | Is the Minister aware that I returned this morning from a short visit to four countries in the middle east ? |
| 4 | Well mum , what it wants is that I got this tooth |
| 5 | ‘ It was when I was working on Wildlife Safari to Argentina , filming in a subtropical province in the north , that I got this lump on my back . |
| 6 | It is with great sadness that I write this letter having been informed of the possible demise of what can only be the most important publication since the Dead Sea Scrolls . |
| 7 | The reason that I chose this title is , firstly , we as a Society have to persevere to build our Society up and , secondly , we hope to make progress over the years . |
| 8 | that I thought this top would look nice to wear |
| 9 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 10 | Aside from the fact that I use this place for a specific purpose — a purpose that requires privacy , peace and quiet — it might lead to considerable misunderstandings . |
| 11 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
| 12 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
| 13 | I have n't taken into account the suggestion forms that I had this morning and some quiffs that I have n't had . |
| 14 | Now that I had this label — ‘ partially sighted ’ — and it was clear that my disability would become more acute , the teachers and girls at school found some semblance of the tolerance and understanding that they had previously lacked , and I slowly began to edge my way up the academic ladder . |
| 15 | ‘ When I got to my door I found that I had this cement cock in my pocket . |
| 16 | Suffice it to say that I reached this estimate on the basis of the preservation of a vestige of the uterus and as a result of obtaining a chemical reaction for blood from periosteum . |
| 17 | ‘ The problem is that I learnt this trick whilst tied up and submerged in a barrel of water . |
| 18 | Not one of you noticed that I dipped this finger into the samples but licked another one . |
| 19 | Er , on the first day that I joined this Council which was the first day that you joined er Councillor . |
| 20 | The document that I issued this morning on urban aid has always been issued in that form by all Governments . |
| 21 | At any rate , it 's apparently vital that I see this chap . |
| 22 | I think you know that I think this cinema is well managed . |
| 23 | We 're talking about 1970 , 69–70 , and I decided that I liked this kind of … . |
| 24 | The second side-effect — and this is n't necessarily a criticism — was that I found this guitar absolutely unbearable to play unless it was as near perfectly in tune as possible . |
| 25 | The observant reader may have noticed that I used this construction myself above on p. 98 ; this was done consciously . |
| 26 | It 's ev , actually a little bit more complex than that , which is that the things that I used this year , I may not use next year , and I probably , almost certainly wo n't use two years ago . |
| 27 | The plethora of adjectives point , again , towards self-dramatisation , and it is clear to me now that I used this device as a means of bearing depression in general . |
| 28 | I have to say that I find this criticism surprising since , as I have already said , the section is in my judgment clear , unambiguous and limited in its scope . |
| 29 | Only now did I realize that I loved this man to whose power I had been subject all my life . |
| 30 | The lianas climbed everywhere and made the forest difficult to penetrate , but I remember that I loved this forest . |