Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have kept the books of this branch since I retired from banking , five years ago . ’ |
| 2 | Obviously I 'd be delighted if you choose to come this direction but I understand of course that you have other options to look at . |
| 3 | There was no advance planning to reach this figure and I decided at the beginning that I would not cut corners in an effort to keep within the budget . |
| 4 | It was while filming at this den that I heard of yet another place , only a few miles up the Wye , where mink had been seen killing mallard chicks . |
| 5 | I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today . |
| 6 | It is at this point that I slip from my pedestal of polite insouciance . |
| 7 | Now when I was preparing this evidence , I got to this point and I thought to myself , why on earth has this not happened in Richmondshire ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If the race had been over 62 metres then I felt I would have won , but there are no championships at this distance so I had to be content with second place . |
| 10 | There I was , talking to people asleep this morning and I woke to the dulcet tones of talking on the radio . |
| 11 | I saw Dickie this morning and I said to him how do you let these bowlers follow through the other pitch ? |
| 12 | They gave me 26 quid this week but I rummaged through the shed and found a couple of things to stick in as prizes . |
| 13 | Anyway they had a , a special coupon in the Campaign this week and I said to Di I said phone this number I said and put our washing machine in , I said they 're not taking no notice . |
| 14 | The answer on this subject that I gave in November made it perfectly clear that the decision is mine and nobody else 's . |
| 15 | I am interested to hear Derek Brown 's opinions on this subject as I know from discussions we have had that he shares this view , but probably has a different remedy for the problem . |
| 16 | I learned more about coaching sprinters by reading this book than I have in the past 30 years in the sport . |
| 17 | I believe these checks and balances built up over many years are essential to the maintenance of true democracy in this country and I commend to Your Lordships Amendments five , eight and eleven for those reasons . |
| 18 | We have enough racing in this country and I believe in reserving one day at least for the Lord . |
| 19 | It was in this cave that I came across another example of Yorkshire wit : revealed in the light of a torch was a daubed inscription on the wall of the cave , ‘ J. CAESAR B.C. 44 ’ . |
| 20 | I set out the Government 's objectives in a speech in this House before I went to Maastricht . |
| 21 | " I do my full share of the work in this house and I wait on you . |