Example sentences of "this day i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strange , to this day I have never met a priest who was n't afraid to die . |
| 2 | But to this day I have nightmares in which I have to go back to school , and I 'm so relieved to wake up and find that it was only a dream . |
| 3 | In April 1765 Collinson wrote , ‘ I have the pleasure to inform my good friend that my repeated solicitations have not been in vain , for this day I received certain intelligence from our gracious King that he has appointed thee his Botanist with a salary of fifty pounds a year . ’ |
| 4 | These were indestructible and to this day I regret ever falling for the slick adverts for trendy green ones . |
| 5 | No-one knew that Jim was even in trouble and to this day I do n't know what it was all about . |
| 6 | And to this day I ca n't go shopping without my gloves on . |
| 7 | To this day I have never seen him react so quickly . |
| 8 | On this day I drank : … glasses of water … cups/mugs of tea … cups/mugs of coffee … glasses of fruit juice … other drinks , including alcohol This makes … litres . |
| 9 | To this day I have never read Stevenson 's text . |
| 10 | To this day I can not ride a bicycle . |
| 11 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 12 | Man , to this day I 've never been so sick . ’ |
| 13 | And I should perhaps add that to this day I am practically innumerate . |
| 14 | To this day I 'm still puzzled as to why . |
| 15 | Apparently every now and then it did succeed in reaching one of the lower perches , but I never saw it do so and to this day I do n't know how it managed it . |
| 16 | It moved me so much that I started to weep , and to this day I 'm often physically moved by great paintings . ’ |
| 17 | To this day I know not how he chose ; no , and I do n't know how he should have chosen . |
| 18 | To this day I have a limp . |
| 19 | ‘ To this day I have not played much Chinese music , and certainly not a concerto , and so I thought that this would be a good opportunity to explore that — a least to give Hsiao the encouragement to write one . ’ |
| 20 | This day I was motored over to Burghclere to see Stanley Spencer 's mural paintings which he is now working on in the Memorial Chapel built for the plans of the pictures he has in mind . |
| 21 | To this day I was never sure whether Bill used to do these kind of things accidentally or on purpose . ‘ |
| 22 | I recall being in the first class and er a teacher coming to me , as I were n't paying much attention I think , and to this day I shall remember and never forget , she just folded my arms in front of me and says , Percy , you 're not listening , you 'll have to have a rest . |
| 23 | To this day I can not recall what it was I said to him . |
| 24 | I never saw him again but to this day I wish I could take him to Ibrox and watch the Rangers with him and maybe buy him a half and half pint at one of the Govan pubs . |
| 25 | To this day I frequently learn things from farmers , but that was one time when I learned from a postman . |
| 26 | But this day I was n't there anyway and er they went into this shop in the , er and they came out , or one of them took a , a fruit cake . |
| 27 | I really , that 's what I live on now , memories of the happy holidays I 've had with him and , and even to this day I keep in touch . |
| 28 | And to this day I see that woman . |
| 29 | ‘ I have calculated that selling the girdles at normal price — and in Leningrad this day I could get double the normal price at least — but at normal price I could still retire at the end of one day 's work . |
| 30 | And to this day I shall never be able to understand why so many of my generation , by the time they were in their teens , had a mouthful of dentures because it was not due to eating sweets . |