Example sentences of "this [noun] i " in BNC.

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1 As a result of this change I was ‘ promoted ’ chairman and virtually cut off from any effective direction of the company .
2 The new book , Kolymsky Heights , is says Sinclair-Stevenson , ‘ a wonderful , classy novel set mainly in Russia post-Gorbachev — the best thing in this genre I 've read for ages ’ .
3 The M and M I did n't like This trick I obtained from Paul Daniels , and my sister the Amazing Avril uses it in her children 's shows .
4 It 's the worst offence of this kind I 've seen while working in South Gloucestershire .
5 This is probably the only letter of this kind I shall be able to write to you , as we shall not be able to use the Embassy as our post-box after leaving Peking .
6 At some point during this soliloquy I look down and notice man 's best friend humbly licking my shoe .
7 You all know what Strats sound like and what 5-position selectors do , but to get an overall picture of this guitar I lined it up against a regular office hack ( a Tokai hybrid with an old ‘ 58 Fender neck and Alnico Pro II 's in the middle and bridge positions ) and can report that the SRV came out well .
8 In The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1969 ) , John Fowles ( or a version of him ) intrudes famously — or notoriously — into chapter thirteen to discuss his tactics and emphasize that ‘ this story I am telling is all imagination .
9 I did actually get over to work for them in 1968–70 and 1971 , but this story I am referring to was in 1967 when I was just paying a visit and was given a bed for the night in the hostel .
10 When I set out to write this story I thought that it would primarily show how scientists come up with ideas , design a strategy to test them , carry out the experiments , share experiences and attempt to replicate claimed discoveries , thereby establishing new natural phenomena .
11 On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity .
12 The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school .
13 In this case I can always be blamed . ’
14 In this case I begin with two on a 16 , and if necessary go down to one caster on an 18 .
15 In this case I believe that it is by far preferable to accept the lack of consistency which we all know exists in papers marked by people , rather than suffer the strangling constraints on what and how we teach forced upon us when papers are marked by machine .
16 In this case I usually get them running round for a while jumping , hopping , walking backwards and also get them to shout some calls .
17 In this case I know what I 'm talking about .
18 In normal circumstances I would have written this information off as being about the small Green Swords which come from the Rio Sarabia , but in this case I could not , as the fish concerned had been supplied from Dr Kallman 's laboratory and were correctly named .
19 Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that .
20 In this case I chose a mount measuring approximately 17. 5cm ( 7in ) square , with a 7. 5-cm ( 3-in ) diameter aperture .
21 In this case I think it will be soon .
22 ‘ But I will always stand by him , whether he is right or wrong — in this case I think he was tucked up just a bit . ’
23 In this case I also wanted to get the cut edges of the neckband tidied up as soon as possible — remember this particular garment has been ferried to and fro to class and back .
24 But on this case I go directly to my superior , Colonel Yashkin .
25 In this case I am actually drawing with the brush and the colours will merge quite nicely as they are painted wet into wet .
26 In this case I refer to the DG issues of Domingo ‘ Arias and Tangos ’ and the Wunderlich five-CD collection .
27 At least in this case I am quite sure it would apply .
28 Later in the season when gooseberries are over , delicious fools can be made with uncooked strawberries ; a mixture of raspberries and redcurrants , also uncooked ; and blackberries , cooked as for gooseberries ; but in this case I think that cream spoils the rich colour of the fruit and should be offered separately .
29 In this case I was chairing a " Report Extra Special " , as well as editing it .
30 But in this case I am satisfied that Judge Galpin had the jurisdiction to make an ex parte order .
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