Example sentences of "this [noun sg] i be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men . |
| 3 | This afternoon I am going to a memorial service for a woman who devoted her whole life to caring for others . |
| 4 | Looking back over this chapter I am struck by the dreadful pitfalls which seem to beset every step which the sociologist might contemplate taking in documentary research . |
| 5 | In this dream I was standing by a river watching a man in swimming trunks caught in the downward surge of a waterfall or weir . |
| 6 | At this lunch I was introduced to General Aung San by U Tin Tut . |
| 7 | At this moment I 'm committed to seeing out my contract . ’ |
| 8 | Before you even read this article I am told by the organisers that bookings have already been made in advance of advertising , so if you are a food wine and train lover and you 'd like to recapture the mystery and elegance of the world of Agatha Christie or you 've something very special to celebrate — make sure you 're on board this august for a journey of a lifetime . |
| 9 | At this point I was plunged into a world of terror in which voices were changed and objects were distorted . |
| 10 | But this contact I am talking about is a terrifying , although of course in a way wonderful , but also terrifying , form of … er … contact . ’ |
| 11 | On this occasion I was frozen by anger and fear . |
| 12 | Well this morning I were listening to er Roy Normal on the , the Welsh radio programmes and he was talking to er various people and he told one young woman who had been in a certain area in world where they were filming , er and she 'd gone to see this filming with Alan Ladd and all these , you know , and anyway she goes she went into the er local chip shop and the er assistant for the film , the labourer came in and ordered , ordered forty packet of chips and er and he was saying oh it were for film you see , so she thought I 'd go down and see what 's happening , so she went down to the pier end and they were all er doing the performance and er , the producer says now all you people there , he says that 's interested , he said would you all go onto the pier , he says and talk he says and read , make it , you know make it interesting , so they all piled onto the pier and er , they filmed what they had to film with the pier in the background and all the people that were on the pier , so this girl was on the film you know , then after it had finished , he thanked everybody , he says now then do n't walk off the pier , he says will you as you 're going off walk past this , the table at the end there and their bloke give them three pound ten a piece |
| 13 | This month I 'm writing about another of the smaller accessories for your knitting machine , the rib transfer carriage ( RT1 ) . |
| 14 | This month I 'm writing about the SC3 automatic linker . |
| 15 | This month I 'm writing about tuck and slip stitch . |
| 16 | This month I 'm concentrating on painting software . |
| 17 | This week I am lecturing on Preaching to a group of most eager students . |
| 18 | At this point I need to say that in this paper I am concentrating on the bad object relations that can exist between workers and managers . |
| 19 | Now , Michael Bolton was from my town , Newhaven , and this guy I knew just knew him , and he says , ‘ Michael , I got this kid I 'm thinking of managing ; tell me what you think of him . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Before we came aboard this ship I was thinking of the possibilities . ’ |
| 21 | Yes I can appreciate that but at this moment I 'm not worried or bothered about any prosecutions in relation to this matter I 'm bothered about the ch the child 's er health . |
| 22 | ‘ My first aim has to be success with Llanelli but now that I 've accepted this position I 'm going to be totally committed to developing Welsh rugby ’ . |
| 23 | In this discussion I am taking for granted certain obvious features . |
| 24 | In trying to sort out this problem I was driven to delving through old logbooks , and it was reading them that made me realise just how often we had based ourselves in the area . |
| 25 | I pick up the ‘ Glass Dildo ’ photo again and this time I am struck by Cicciolina 's expressiveness . |
| 26 | But this time I am prepared for it and wind the reel — a fast-retrieve model fortunately — as fast as possible , dipping the rod-tip to the surface of the lake on my right and applying a massive dose of side-strain . |
| 27 | When it finally stopped I opened my eyes , and though by this time I was prepared for anything I still felt slightly surprised to sec The Butcher threading a needle with a length of suture silk . |
| 28 | At this time I was thinking of a career in writing . |
| 29 | All this time I was working on the hero 's book . |
| 30 | By this time I was frothing at the mouth like a rabid dog in walking boots with the effort of running in the heat , so I gave in and resumed normal speed . |