Example sentences of "[vb past] this is " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm called Bocodonism and it turns out , find out later in the book that the reason they outlawed this is because of the guy Bocodon who was , who originated the religion had made a deal with the head of the state of the country that he would outlaw it , so that 's how the religion thrived , because it was outlawed |
| 2 | Tail held straight and fully bristled This is the signal of an aggressive cat . |
| 3 | Tail arched and bristled This is the signal of a defensive cat , but one that may attack if provoked further . |
| 4 | It costs an arm and a leg , but for the amount used this is not a problem ’ . |
| 5 | I was just gon na say erm that provided , provided this is |
| 6 | The leader of the Scottish National Party , Alex Salmond also challenged the Scottish Office 's spending claims , commenting : ‘ Mr Lang claimed this is a windfall but the increase is based mainly on internal government transfers of responsibility and will evaporate as soon as this is taken into account . |
| 7 | I reckoned this is what happened … |
| 8 | I later discovered this is the colouring of juvenile specimens and the darker colouring should appear after the fish has reached 20cm — mine duly obliged after about a week . |
| 9 | So she decided this is the time to do it , when you 're young , |
| 10 | Pre-tax profits were £503 million in 1989 ( see Table 11.7 ) , although at 16 per cent return on capital employed this is an extremely poor performance . |
| 11 | That I correctly interpreted this is strongly suggested by the fact that she was not surprised by my answer which was to stop what I was doing , go out with her , and set about trying to free the cat . |
| 12 | That I correctly interpreted this is strongly suggested by the fact that she was not surprised by my answer — which was to stop what I was doing , go out with her , and set about trying to free the cat . |
| 13 | I went this is n't the industrial estate ! |
| 14 | When the band became serious , I thought this is a far more contemporary and interesting way to make an artistic statement . |
| 15 | I thought this is a little strange , but I met him there . |
| 16 | To the extent that the Church no longer dominates Western thought this is of course correct . |
| 17 | I thought this is how everybody writes songs ! ’ |
| 18 | It was the air raid shelter then and we went down there and we was in the shelter and er we 'd been down there ten minutes to quarter of an hour oh there was such a bang outside we thought this is it , you know , all the bits and stones and rubbish and er that was stuck on the ceiling was disturbed you know and it down it on top of us , you know , all bits and plaster and water th it was er shi close . |
| 19 | Well I do n't I was suggesting we were becoming one but I was suggesting that the Prime Minister thought this is desirable . |
| 20 | Mature N. lapillus are thought not to grow ( Moore , 1936 ) but Moore ( 1938a ) found a preponderance of females amongst the largest dog whelks ; he thought this is due either to differential growth rates in the two sexes or to differential onset of maturity.Feare ( 1970c ) also considered that most of the oldest individuals were female . |
| 21 | I thought I was doing well , I thought this is marvellous , here 's me manag managing to get through Christmas . |
| 22 | I was then , cos like I done his jaw in , I done his nose in and I thought this is it . |
| 23 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 24 | I mean I had the heating on to start with and oh I thought this is ridiculous . |
| 25 | I thought this is it 's turned out quite nice ai n't it ? |
| 26 | I thought this is , I thought fancy going to work on a nice day like |
| 27 | I went upstairs to see the bloke in my bed and I thought this is lucky it was three bloody dogs in your garden when I went out the other night . |
| 28 | and the other night I thought this is ridiculous I 'll smoke these there 's nothing really wrong with them . |
| 29 | and thought this is no good well we came up today |
| 30 | It 's funny actually cos I thought this is the first Saturday when we vegged out to . |