Example sentences of "[be] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back , it seems a wonderful enough thing that I who am this , and she who is that , commencing so far away a life that , after such sufferings borne together and apart , ended so tranquilly there in a world so stable — that she and I should have passed through so much , good chance and evil chance , sad hours and joyful , all lived down and swept away into the little heap of dust that is a life . |
| 2 | One more time my skin warms against his and reminds me that I am this person , not generic , wife of nothing . |
| 3 | HAVING ALREADY REFERRED to types of watercoloured paper and their manufacturer in the August issue , I am this month going to refer back to and expand upon certain areas . |
| 4 | I am this prisoner in my own house , you see . |
| 5 | And I recommend to anybody who goes on the school , I 'm sure they do on the training course , that the first opportunity I would have to address erm the con er the staff meeting , you just say this is what I who I am this is why I 'm here I 've got a list of businesses which the school has provided with me already but I I will I may erm if I bump into you in the corridor I may just say do you know anybody else . |
| 6 | I 've never been so indecisive as I am this time . |
| 7 | I am this is gon na give us all a laugh ! |
| 8 | ‘ Just the same , Piper , makes no difference where you are this evening . ’ |
| 9 | I thought , fucking Ada who are this crowd ? |
| 10 | More interesting to the historian are this book 's accounts of MI5 's activities on the counter-subversive front — chiefly against the British Fascists , the Communist Party of Great Britain , and the Peace Pledge Union — and of its interminable behind-the-scenes wrangles with other government agencies , especially SIS . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , in Canada , people are this month receiving their first taste of subscription TV . |
| 12 | GOVERNMENTS throughout most of Western Europe are this week wondering whether one of their country 's warehouses or toxic tips may have become home to 41 drums of dioxin-contaminated waste that was spirited out of Italy last September . |
| 13 | Anyway , a bumper crop of entries have been sent in for my perusal with a phenomenal response for the Hi-Tec and Elvira puzzlers so , waffling aside , let's see who the lucky pilchards are this time . |
| 14 | Beach are this week 's archetypal , one-syllable hopeful indie band , a four-song EP is the correct thing for them to be releasing , and titles like ‘ Burn ’ and ‘ Seeing ’ are the correct things to be on it , each one laced with all the right expansive guitar and aptly sweet and cottony ( female ) vocal . |
| 15 | ‘ No , I would n't let you , you 'd say thank you very much , the fees are this price , and I 'd like a nice flat of my own with carpets going right up to the wall and no counting how much electric fire we use . ’ |
| 16 | Are this the lot with the doughnuts ? |
| 17 | Paul 's verdict : ease of use and good performance in sheltered conditions are this stove 's good points — and the propane/butane fuel mix makes it suitable for colder seasons . |
| 18 | Artists who might once have worked only on a more conventional sort of picture are this year moving into designing screens as well . |
| 19 | Also , are , are this lot , are on this |
| 20 | HERE ARE THIS month 's special offers : a Sony cordless telephone , £56 . |
| 21 | It deletes the facts empty(x) and to-move(C) which are this operation 's necessary conditions , and adds filled ( x , C ) and to-move(D) where D C. |
| 22 | Among my first finds with a metal detector are this silver cross and two coins . |
| 23 | There you are this pair of er heavy eighteen carat gold earrings , there you are , the pendant earrings . |
| 24 | There you are this is the sovereign side , but there 's no sovereigns in it . |
| 25 | We were short anyway , always are , and I thought , right Connie , I 'll know where you are this afternoon at any rate . |
| 26 | ‘ Ah , so you are this lady 's husband ! ’ |
| 27 | Of those people who have lost their jobs , more than 250,000 are this year in well worth while and excellent training schemes . |
| 28 | We would not be able to tell what the enemy 's intentions are this time , ’ Kopyion replied . |
| 29 | Er very often Australian Aboriginal societies you meet men the corroborees at these ritual gatherings and if you 're one of the club , then in the ritual they 'll tell you , they 'll say hey , you know , you know you know you say where did you get all these kangaroos you know oh we got them over at the so and so ranges or down at the so and so water hole that 's where they all are this week , and this is very important information for man . |
| 30 | So an example of words we should use are this example and there 's a handout to write , to recite , to identify , to differentiate , to solve , to construct , to list , to compare , to controls . |