Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 2 | How long had I been doing this without a break ? |
| 3 | ‘ And how have I been spending this summer ? |
| 4 | The only problem is — Francisco and I are buying this villa from Mum and Dad . |
| 5 | It is for that very reason that I am moving this motion today as it gives us the opportunity to implement the rules of the union and at the same time would enable us to put into position , people who would be able to do all those things that are necessary to achieve what we require , recruitment , organization , paperwork , back-up service to full-time officials . |
| 6 | Speaking at Bramshott Common , while the TV crew were filming the reconstruction , Sergeant Nickol said : ‘ I am hoping this programme will bring forward something which we can positively work on . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Bradburn said yesterday : ‘ I am hoping this will die a death . |
| 8 | I am hoping this will improve my grasp of the key issues so that I can make a more direct contribution on this front in future . |
| 9 | It 's for him that I am accepting this honour . |
| 10 | He explained that his wife was a permanent invalid , unable to come to church , but said he : ‘ Since the day we got married we have shared everything we had and I am bringing this home to give to her . ’ ) |
| 11 | I am enjoying this trip . |
| 12 | I can not recall actually thinking to myself ‘ I am enjoying this . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , I am quitting this hell-hole and recommend you do the same . ’ |
| 14 | I am organising this event . |
| 15 | I am organising this event . |
| 16 | If I say one morning while looking out of my window , The sky is blue , then I am using this sentence deictically . |
| 17 | Badly treated ‘ It was considerably less than I am getting this year . |
| 18 | — Clearly the words ‘ Now I am seeing this as apex ’ can not so far mean anything to a learner who has only just met the concepts of apex , base and so on — But I do not mean this as empirical proposition . |
| 19 | I AM writing this some six months later . |
| 20 | I am writing this partly to get it clear in my head and to help me make up my mind . |
| 21 | Although it is unlikely that Members will be asked to vote on conversion until some time in 1989 I am writing this letter to give an early indication of the main reasons for the recommendation . |
| 22 | I am writing this in the mid-summer of 1986 , feeling strong and well and scheduled to make a return visit to my surgeon in just ten days time . |
| 23 | This is one very powerful reason why I am writing this chapter . |
| 24 | I AM WRITING this with the sun beating down on me in Caracas . |
| 25 | Dear Guitarist I am writing this letter in the hope that I may save a lot of Gibson-lovers grief with their pickups . |
| 26 | The reason I am writing this is to give greater understanding to those who want help and hope to those who need it . |
| 27 | By the way , I am writing this with the Edding 1800 pen I recently won in one of your competitions . |
| 28 | I AM writing this foreword to the 1993 Year Book on my very first evening in the diocese after the announcement of my appointment yesterday . |
| 29 | I AM WRITING this with the sun beating down on me in Caracas . |
| 30 | ‘ I am writing this letter while being kept in after school . |