Example sentences of "i belong to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I belonged to that great multitude who could n't help liking Dick Crossman : he and I were always nice to one another , right to the day in 1974 shortly before his death when he came to the Birmingham Bull Ring in acute physical discomfort to hear me advise my fellow-electors to vote Labour if they wanted out of the Common Market . |
| 2 | I knew that I possessed a sidereal compass and that I belonged to another world . |
| 3 | I belonged to someone . |
| 4 | There were inter-party rivalries within the UUUC and inter-factional rivalries within the parties and , although Paisley and I belonged to different parties , the fact that we were both identified with the Black case was not necessarily always helpful . |
| 5 | When I was a boy I belonged to a small Christian sect that was my whole world . |
| 6 | Yes , a lot was happening in 1933 , but my arrival still managed to create a bit of a stir in the ordinary , working-class South London family that I belonged to . |
| 7 | I belonged to them in the sense that when I was interested in something I tried to understand it as far as possible and , of course , even tried to make use of it . |
| 8 | ‘ I certify that I have known Colour Serjeant William Nicholl late of the 8th ( or King 's ) Regiment for the space of ten years , six of which I belonged to the same Company and always considered him a man of most exemplary character . |
| 9 | In Harehills I belonged to the upper crust of the lower middle classes who were getting out as fast as they could . |
| 10 | It was unbearable that the gallery girl should imagine that I belonged to Syl , that his glances and suggestive remarks had ensnared me . |
| 11 | I was conscious that here I belonged to a community with roots in the distant past and a distinguished place in British history . |
| 12 | Although I had seen you , Frankenstein , for only a few moments , I knew that I belonged to you . |
| 13 | ‘ — and then I belonged to the Pasha of Re'durat and played a prominent part in the battle of the Great Nef , which is where I received the slight nick you may have noticed some two-thirds of the way up my blade , ’ Kring was saying from its temporary home in a tussock . |
| 14 | Cos I I did n't sort of go by fairs and things like that , I belonged to a different generation . |
| 15 | Because I belonged to the Guides , and my er , Lieutenant , Captain , I do n't what she was , I forget . |
| 16 | I belonged to a ramblers ’ club at university , not a survival organisation , ’ she explained shortly . |
| 17 | And during this time I belonged to Toc H. |
| 18 | I belong to the Conservative party , ’ said Sandra Gilfillan from Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 19 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 20 | By inclination I belong to the second category , but I have learned that it makes all the difference to lay a firm foundation at the outset . |
| 21 | You see , I belong to a photographic club — ’ |
| 22 | I belong to the species that believes in replicated nuclear power stations , but I remain obstinately unconvinced by the pressurised water reactor option . |
| 23 | I belong to Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd 's ‘ lesser stranded gentry ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ I belong to Mr Carson : ’ |
| 25 | Benjamin 's modest but handsome little portrait seems to want to relay a message to us : I may not be blue-blooded , it says , but please do n't for a minute put me down as any kind of manual labourer — I belong to the established and rising ranks of the artisan middle-class . |
| 26 | It also plays host to a number of strange , ghostly occurrences according to a book I belong to Glasgow by Bill Hamilton and Gordon Carsely , from which I am most obliged for the information . |
| 27 | I belong to a family which goes back for 14 centuries . |
| 28 | ‘ I belong to the Duke of Gloucester Trust and eventually I persuaded the officials to try fitting one of my whistles . |
| 29 | I belong to Hope ! ’ |
| 30 | Oh , and I belong to a Young Wives ' group , we meet once a fortnight , and I see people from that quite often . |