Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am slightly embarrassed by this story but I fear it should be told . |
| 2 | I c I , I tell this story cos I think it illustrates it very much , I expect most of you have er if you have n't been you 've heard of Dale in Derbyshire , and it 's this river with a , a lovely walk either side of the river , you walk along the side and then you come to the point where there 's a bend in the river and there 's these gorgeous great enormous stepping stones . |
| 3 | ‘ If you mean because it 's your day off , there are no days off during this case unless I decide I can spare you . ’ |
| 4 | so er that 's old is it Shepherd and Metzler No it 's not in this case but I think they invented the task , yes they did good old Shepherd and Metzler |
| 5 | I no more say who I am in this case than I say I 'm off to my wife 's right in the lost-in-cloud case . |
| 6 | Okay Noel thank you for your er your time and being a good sport this afternoon and I hear you have a little one you had better go back and sort things out . |
| 7 | He arrived this afternoon and I sent him off to rest . |
| 8 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 9 | Well run councils will flourish as a result of this settlement and I offer them every encouragement to do so . |
| 10 | Customer 5 : ‘ What happens if my daughter does n't like this jumper when I get it home ? ’ |
| 11 | I persuaded her to come on this course because I thought it would be a change for us both . ’ |
| 12 | There are many good makes of boots in this category though I think I would opt for a pair of Scarpa boots because they will accept the wonderful Yeti gaiters ( £50 ) and are excellent in their own right . |
| 13 | I did n't appreciate this freedom until I lost it . |
| 14 | I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford |
| 15 | ‘ I realise you love this car and I know you 're tired , ’ she said , determinedly hauling him out , ‘ but I 'd be grateful if you could save this until we 're in the house and in the dry . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm going to produce this movie and I want you to direct it . ’ |
| 17 | So could you phone up er your office because I cleared the fact that we can pay with this card cos I thought you might look at this and say well look it 's expired . |
| 18 | The last but one day of this programme and I hope you are feeling good . |
| 19 | One very quick point , sorry erm I do n't want to sound as if I feel I can but er I welcome your comment at the beginning the condition be be left out on what 's going on because I thought this was actually the key function of this committee and I mean I see these are being decision has been taken . |
| 20 | What we want to do in this session as I said it will only take about twenty minutes , there are three key things we want to do . |
| 21 | I hope councillor has n't been puzzling about this question because I think she should have had adequate warning erm the cycling part of working party was agreed by city board on the ninth of on the seventh of December is to come to an end and such work has er relates to cycling within a new transport working party . |
| 22 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 23 | I wanted to let you know of this initiative because I thought it might be possible to : |
| 24 | I had to clean my erm my new desk out in this room before I bought it with me |
| 25 | If you really can not talk then you can write your replies , but I am not leaving this room until I have them . |
| 26 | ‘ I did pop round for a chat with him earlier this evening and I thought he seemed a bit jumpy . |
| 27 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |
| 28 | The 32-year-old Londoner has yet to secure a contract with the team for 1994 , and after finishing second to fellow Williams ' driver Alain Prost in yesterday 's opening qualifying session , said : ‘ I have had a fantastic opportunity with this team and I believe they will be the team to beat again next year . |
| 29 | Perhaps you 'd like to stick around and watch this happening because I remember you subbing once for an etching lesson . |
| 30 | Had Freda on the phone this morning but I told her that I would n't doing the . |