Example sentences of "this [noun] [conj] i [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bite now is hardly ever missed and I am confident of landing even big fish on this gear if I take my time about it . |
| 2 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 3 | On the other hand , it was on this condition that I joined your company : you agreed that should your business ever go public , I would have fifteen per cent of the equity for the nominal sum of fifteen thousand pounds . |
| 4 | My fish is quite tame and I hand feed him , although as he ( or she ) gets larger I will stop this practice as I value my fingers . |
| 5 | I I asked the er the minister earlier about this question and I appreciate his difficulties being a home office minister rather than a foreign office minister and I quite understand his reluctance to er stray too far from his departmental portfolio but the reality is that the British government agreed that the European parliament should continue to meet in Strasbourg but we 've heard nothing from the minister as to where the money should come from er in order to make that commitment a reality because I 'm sure that every member opposite would say that the uncertainty about the present boundaries is not the er responsibility of the British government , that it 's a matter for the French government to sort out which boundaries er will be in place in the United Kingdom by June the ninth , the date of the European elections , but the reality is that the British government have gone along with the arrangement for having Strasbourg recognised as a er seat for the European parliament . |
| 6 | ‘ But if you got that for this place and I sold my apartment , together we 'd have enough money to get married and buy — ’ He broke off , a flush appearing beneath his tan as he realised he was pushing her too far along the relationship path and could also be sounding mercenary . |
| 7 | And so it was in the light of this suspicion that I examined my friend 's body and my own . |
| 8 | Which reminds me I meant to get weighed this morning before I had my breakfast . |
| 9 | Which reminds me , I meant to get weighed this morning before I had my breakfast and I forgot . |
| 10 | I bumped it against a door-frame when the earthquake started this morning and I lost my balance . ’ |
| 11 | It , the bill was hundred and thirty eight quid last month and it 'll be more than that this month and I think my yearly allowance is about three hundred , you know , so I 'm rapidly running out . |
| 12 | If you were a professional model I should probably require you to take every stitch of clothing off , let alone your shoes and stockings , and , if you will remember , it is on the grounds of the business-like aspect of this arrangement that I have your aunt 's sanction to paint you . |
| 13 | ‘ And as I said , there 's no way I 'm going to let you out of this bed until I have your answer in the affirmative . ’ |
| 14 | It is 40 years ago this summer since I bought my first knitting machine . |
| 15 | Congress , we 'll appreciate the significance of this situation and I commend my report . |
| 16 | Dr Myerscough said : ‘ I have tried to put myself in the consultant 's shoes in this situation and I think his apparent instinct that he thought the time had come to induce labour was correct . ’ |
| 17 | I mean I , this year if I get me physics and me , and me |
| 18 | I was at this time that I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert Read , whom I had met first at Oxford in the company of Nevill Coghill . |
| 19 | And now if you 'll excuse me , I really must go to bed and nurse this throat before I lose my voice altogether . |