Example sentences of "this [noun] i " in BNC.
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1 | As a result of this change I was ‘ promoted ’ chairman and virtually cut off from any effective direction of the company . |
2 | The new book , Kolymsky Heights , is says Sinclair-Stevenson , ‘ a wonderful , classy novel set mainly in Russia post-Gorbachev — the best thing in this genre I 've read for ages ’ . |
3 | The M and M I did n't like This trick I obtained from Paul Daniels , and my sister the Amazing Avril uses it in her children 's shows . |
4 | It 's the worst offence of this kind I 've seen while working in South Gloucestershire . |
5 | This is probably the only letter of this kind I shall be able to write to you , as we shall not be able to use the Embassy as our post-box after leaving Peking . |
6 | At some point during this soliloquy I look down and notice man 's best friend humbly licking my shoe . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | When I set out to write this story I thought that it would primarily show how scientists come up with ideas , design a strategy to test them , carry out the experiments , share experiences and attempt to replicate claimed discoveries , thereby establishing new natural phenomena . |
11 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
12 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
13 | In this case I can always be blamed . ’ |
14 | In this case I begin with two on a 16 , and if necessary go down to one caster on an 18 . |
15 | In this case I believe that it is by far preferable to accept the lack of consistency which we all know exists in papers marked by people , rather than suffer the strangling constraints on what and how we teach forced upon us when papers are marked by machine . |
16 | In this case I usually get them running round for a while jumping , hopping , walking backwards and also get them to shout some calls . |
17 | In this case I know what I 'm talking about . |
18 | In normal circumstances I would have written this information off as being about the small Green Swords which come from the Rio Sarabia , but in this case I could not , as the fish concerned had been supplied from Dr Kallman 's laboratory and were correctly named . |
19 | Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that . |
20 | In this case I chose a mount measuring approximately 17. 5cm ( 7in ) square , with a 7. 5-cm ( 3-in ) diameter aperture . |
21 | In this case I think it will be soon . |
22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
23 | In this case I also wanted to get the cut edges of the neckband tidied up as soon as possible — remember this particular garment has been ferried to and fro to class and back . |
24 | But on this case I go directly to my superior , Colonel Yashkin . |
25 | In this case I am actually drawing with the brush and the colours will merge quite nicely as they are painted wet into wet . |
26 | In this case I refer to the DG issues of Domingo ‘ Arias and Tangos ’ and the Wunderlich five-CD collection . |
27 | At least in this case I am quite sure it would apply . |
28 | Later in the season when gooseberries are over , delicious fools can be made with uncooked strawberries ; a mixture of raspberries and redcurrants , also uncooked ; and blackberries , cooked as for gooseberries ; but in this case I think that cream spoils the rich colour of the fruit and should be offered separately . |
29 | In this case I was chairing a " Report Extra Special " , as well as editing it . |
30 | But in this case I am satisfied that Judge Galpin had the jurisdiction to make an ex parte order . |