Example sentences of "this [noun sg] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1969 ) , John Fowles ( or a version of him ) intrudes famously — or notoriously — into chapter thirteen to discuss his tactics and emphasize that ‘ this story I am telling is all imagination . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | NORMALLY I insist on using the names of people who contact me for help , but in this case I am making an exception . |
| 5 | In this case I was chairing a " Report Extra Special " , as well as editing it . |
| 6 | ‘ This afternoon I am going out to do some Christmas shopping and I am enjoying every minute . |
| 7 | This afternoon I am going to a memorial service for a woman who devoted her whole life to caring for others . |
| 8 | So instead of going this afternoon I 'm going this morning while Jim 's at home before he goes to work . |
| 9 | After further coaxing and at some risk of another outburst , the fräulein continued , ‘ By this afternoon I was feeling much better . |
| 10 | I hoping that some serious pound notes come after this fight I 'm getting despondent . ’ |
| 11 | and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me . |
| 12 | Now this contest I 'm looking forward too , it 's young left-hander who plays all manner of strokes , where the superb hundred at Hove last weekend , and er , tucked in particularly since Salisbury the leg spinner , on a short leg side boundary and it was similar situation today . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But in this chapter I am going to argue just the opposite . |
| 15 | This batch I am sending you are for keeps , if you can find a place for them ! |
| 16 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 17 | When Carole finishes when Carole finishes in this session I 'm gon na go and have a chat with her . |
| 18 | ‘ So for the purposes of this exercise I 'm eliminating Chatterton and Glastonbury . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | This dream I 'm reading now — I dreamt it when we were at the cottage in Cornwall . |
| 21 | At this lunch I was introduced to General Aung San by U Tin Tut . |
| 22 | However , at this moment I am addressing myself to the question of motive . |
| 23 | At this moment I 'm committed to seeing out my contract . ’ |
| 24 | But er I did two or three hundred , four hundred , five hundred a day and I got fed up on it and I said to the gaffers one day , if you do n't change me from this job I 'm leaving , so they says oh we do n't want you to do that , best filer we 've had . |
| 25 | And it is still if , not when though in this article I am assuming a working Tory majority in the Commons rather than a hung Parliament , which would change everything . |
| 26 | Although in this article I am talking specifically about green manures for winter the same principle applies during the remainder of the year . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | For the Fair Isle swatches with this article I was changing every 12 and 10 rows . |
| 29 | At this meeting I was given very positive signals about the project and after discussing the outlines , Mr. said he would consult his boss ( yourself ) for confirmation . |
| 30 | Forgive me , sir paladin , but at this point I am contemplating eating your animal alive . ’ |