Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been in this business long enough to know he was lying and that something was going on . ’ |
| 2 | did n't mean that , what I meant was on this er exercise were , was it written down for instance that erm P C has Smith er Smith and Weston number thirty two ? |
| 3 | At least , all the other eighteen-year-olds I knew were like this , so I presumed it was normal . |
| 4 | Well , what I thought was with this one world week thing at least people that , who go might be more receptive to what we have to say to show and sell . |
| 5 | I had been along this track many times , and this was the first occasion on which I hesitated to pass the rocks . |
| 6 | The morning after I had been to this party at the Spanish Embassy , I received an invitation from the Spanish Ambassador and Señora Puig de la Bellacasa to go to their Farewell Party . |
| 7 | I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules . |
| 8 | I 've been through this |
| 9 | I 've been over this part twice , and look at the water . ’ |
| 10 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
| 11 | I 've been on this big rant lately of how transition is natural , continental drift , the seasons , the weather 's different every day , people grow older and change … |
| 12 | Since I 've been on this course , I 've been on the bus a few times . |
| 13 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
| 14 | This has been hanging about for a long , long time while I 've been on this and these people and they 're very special people I 've got this sword of hanging over my head . |
| 15 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 16 | I can remember I 've been on this Gipsy Working Party since you lost control of this Council for the last five years and you 've fought tooth and nail all the way down the line to resist every gipsy site that came in you 've used every manoeuvre that you could possibly do to resist it . |
| 17 | Baffled Lilly , from Anfield , Liverpool , added : ‘ I 've been like this for as long as I can remember . |
| 18 | I 've smoked more while I 've been like this |
| 19 | I 've been , I 've been like this for three nights . |
| 20 | I 've been around this house for |
| 21 | I 've been in this frame of mind for a long time , but no one seems to notice . ’ |
| 22 | Kerly added : ‘ I 've been in this game for 16 years . |
| 23 | I 've been in this position loads of times , like . |
| 24 | I have to say this is the first time I 've been in this position since I took over . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been in this part of the country before , remember , ’ he broke off to explain at Isabel 's surprised stare . |
| 26 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
| 27 | I mean I have been into this window frame business . |
| 28 | A lady who suffers with a hiatus hernia wrote , ‘ I have had to take Rennies after meals for years but since I have been on this diet I have n't had a Rennie for five weeks ! |
| 29 | I have been at this job long enough , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , to know in advance what the different phases will be . |
| 30 | Now I have been in this business for a long time , and I was at that conference , and I have to say that I had forgotten the resolution until I was reading things again in preparing for this talk . |