Example sentences of "this [noun sg] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You all know what Strats sound like and what 5-position selectors do , but to get an overall picture of this guitar I lined it up against a regular office hack ( a Tokai hybrid with an old ‘ 58 Fender neck and Alnico Pro II 's in the middle and bridge positions ) and can report that the SRV came out well . |
| 2 | Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that . |
| 3 | In this case I think it will be soon . |
| 4 | In this case I think it is more likely that limestone deposition started in several or many different centres and spread outwards . |
| 5 | ‘ But I will always stand by him , whether he is right or wrong — in this case I think he was tucked up just a bit . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But in this case I think he 'll see sense . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not saying Eddie 's incapable of violence but in this case I think you 're on the wrong track . |
| 8 | In this hope I name it the Mar Pacifico . ’ |
| 9 | So this afternoon I had him on the settee |
| 10 | This afternoon I confronted him with my suspicions , and he admitted everything . |
| 11 | ‘ At this hour I imagine she 's fast asleep in bed — unless , like me , she 's been ripped out of it by some hooligan ! ’ |
| 12 | Well I saw this present I thought I could find it sort of erm well I suppose I would off everywhere . |
| 13 | And they looked like that and I says , what , I says , they 've caused these men to earn all this money I says they 're earning more money than and that 's all you 're gon na offer me ? |
| 14 | In this talk I want us to consider an image which I believe takes us a little closer to the meaning of the cross — the image of reconciliation and representation . |
| 15 | In this chapter I show you how to create some of the basic design shapes used to make pressed flower pictures . |
| 16 | ‘ I get lots of film synopses sent to me and after this movie I hope I will get a lot more . |
| 17 | Last time I was on this programme I think we had the same conversation , did n't we ? |
| 18 | You might just as well pick out anything but having done it and taking up , er what Mr mentioned , this question I think it was Mr , about the deficit . |
| 19 | Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration . |
| 20 | The first few occasions I experienced this enigma I put it down simply to the fact that I was fishing too far out and the bream were brushing against the line and giving me ‘ line ’ bites . |
| 21 | For those who are n't totally sort of in control of the plot and I probably should include myself as one of them , what 's happening in this scene I want you to act out . |
| 22 | The trouble is , with this job I mean we 're not trying to and start ourselves up doing something are we ? |
| 23 | when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no ! |
| 24 | Now in this room I see it happening all the time , and if you 're doing something important , then I can bring you back into it ca n't I ? |
| 25 | Right has the board consider giving this place I mean I I understand the the trouble with money etc but looking at making this place more inviting , at all ? |
| 26 | And I just I , I , I just came into the meeting this morning just half and hour before this meeting I saw them there , but I really do n't know what the implications are of them there . |
| 27 | The entry of Joanna , who came in to consult her about the drugs needed to replenish their stock , put an end to her melancholy reflections , and after they had decided Joanna said , ‘ When Ian comes round this evening I thought I 'd give him coffee or a drink in our sitting-room . |
| 28 | Can I just say a conclusion I 'm not sure how you feel how the meeting 's gone this evening I think it 's been very positive meeting at least people have actually said what there concerns are and actually raised eh , some , some of the issues . |
| 29 | But first I must warn you that this evening I give you not a narrative . |
| 30 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |