Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think they only knew this morning , and you 've been so busy being cross — ’ |
| 2 | They only used this house , called Moor House , in the holidays . |
| 3 | He says there 's no end of traffic that comes through — articulated lorries — especially with the new charge on the bridge and they just come this way . |
| 4 | Oh these courses mainly I 've been on is being opening the Guild you know , how to open a Guild , how to open you know , a Guild erm and er I 've been on consumer courses erm such as like that paper they just sent this week on what 's on , I mean that is nothing new they 've sent out in today 's Co-op news you know that our own label and all the nutr because the nutriment , I can remember er being at Stanford Hall on , on a consumer course for a week and you see I was on the er when I was know , know longer an employee , I was on member relations you see , representing the Guild and you 'd go through there sometimes and that would probably be a consumer task . |
| 5 | It 's just , they just announced this morning that he 's , and he 's asked to go . |
| 6 | They just found this bomb and they were going to have a controlled explosion at the car park |
| 7 | They just grabbed this bloke who 's standing outside the music area , thinking he might be a musician and he is n't , but it does n't matter . |
| 8 | I was told to sign three cards and then they just dumped this bag on the counter , and I could see the rope inside . |
| 9 | But , but I think er you know in , in Russia er they always had this kind of authoritarian regime . |
| 10 | Welcome to Ireland , and their comfortable , confusing , delightful brand of hospitality — And did they always keep this room made up for guests ? |
| 11 | When the gentlemen in the Commons realised what they had committed themselves to , they quickly extended this surcharge to the goods of merchants ( and others ) of like value . |
| 12 | From the bottom of my heart , I take this opportunity of asking Joseph and Gertie , should they ever read this book , to forgive me . |
| 13 | They also like this sort of excitement and you know when things chop and change and there 's sort of erm almost like a crisis situation and lots of excitement , lots of activity , activists actually thrive on that , they like that sort of challenge that stimulates their learning . |
| 14 | They also used this network of service engineers to provide the backup for the warranty work during the first year of the machine 's use . |
| 15 | They also have this thing about being popular because most of their songs are about sex , but only on the level of innuendo and suggestion . |
| 16 | The British government er not only went along with this agreement at the time of the Edinburgh summit , they positively endorsed this arrangement er as being something that they er strongly supported and urged upon other member states in the European community er and that I think is a relevant matter with respect er Mr Deputy Speaker , I I appreciate that er there are other issues relating to these er er constituencies that are of greater concern perhaps to er honourable and right honourable members but this question of who actually is to pay for any new building in the European parliament is something that I believe the government can not avoid . |
| 17 | They now put this figure at around 400 people . ’ |
| 18 | They often had this sort of conversation , and Constance always made allowances for Scarlet 's naivety : such slowness on the uptake was the result of a sheltered background and not necessarily a sign of limited intelligence , though she sometimes wondered . |
| 19 | They really run this hospital , and they 'll be running your life for the next few years . ’ |
| 20 | You know we had it once a month and they really wanted this kind of support and help and er for the ch children to have a christian foundation . |
| 21 | What organizing principles must the cells have so that they reliably give this pattern , even when the cells are rearranged and the length of the line varies ? |
| 22 | Since the length of this month was not determined by any precise rule , the pontiffs were left to exercise their discretion , and they frequently abused this power for political ends . |
| 23 | They then subject this hypothesis to an empirical test using US data on wheat , corn , soyabeans , soyabean meal , soyabean oil and copper . |
| 24 | In certain cases they never received this modification and found their way almost unaltered into school programmes , as in Lagos State , Nigeria . |
| 25 | A helpline has been set up to help drivers make sure they never see this happening to their car . |
| 26 | Sir Charles Groves and the RPO match their soloist in playing that sounds as though they too know this music well and love it . |
| 27 | It is a robust species and can reach over two feet in length , although they seldom reach this size in the aquarium . |
| 28 | How quickly things change in racing and change they certainly have this week . |
| 29 | They certainly exercised this power , but their ability to enforce their decisions appeared to be weak . |