Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [pers pn] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we 're to handle it this way it 's got to be fast and we need every lead you can give us . ’ |
| 2 | When we 're doing it this way , we can forget about the , with this X , X two is going to be three point one squared |
| 3 | And that would be , that would be , so if we 're doing it this way , right , let's let's erm , forget about where we are sitting at the moment now , and just look we 're in a helicopter looking at these ships now , so this one radios you in the helicopter and says , that ship S is on a bearing of forty five degrees |
| 4 | Well we 're doing it this one . |
| 5 | you see it 's got no , they 're telling you this and telling you that , it 's them that 's doing this but they 're creating more food , food by , to create more food they 're bombarding all your food with chemicals you know all sorts you know |
| 6 | At last he has won the World Formula One title — and we 're offering you this marvellous memento of his triumph . |
| 7 | From what you said , I did n't think that you were very settled , so I am sending you this note via Mum — I suppose you may go home to see the new baby , anyway ? |
| 8 | We are sending you this advance notification partly to give you as much notice as possible but also , as the seminar is likely to be over-subscribed , to take advance reservations for places . |
| 9 | Furthermore , it is important that staff actually listen to the language used by clients ; the reason for a distressed patient telephoning the counselling office was a member of the medical staff saying to her : ‘ Mrs Jones , we are abandoning you this month . ’ |
| 10 | Well , I 'm happy to do that ; in fact I 'm seeing her this afternoon , and I 'll mention it . |
| 11 | You know I 'm debriefing you this afternoon ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm neglecting you this year , Sam . |
| 13 | Yeah well I 'm , I 'm gon na try and get the final year lecture for Tuesday sorted actually on Saturday and erm it 's usually , it 's usually Guy but I think I 'm doing it this week , yeah , because I 've got quite a few to do on things like racist in the media and Guy 's mate Dennis has just written a book and he 's given me a manuscript of it and it 's about how racist psychology is which is |
| 14 | Oh it would n't be me cos I 'm , I 'm doing it this year and I only thought of it too late |
| 15 | And I 'm giving you this ultimatum : tomorrow night I come into this bed and if you try to stop me , you 'll end up next door for the remainder of your days . ’ |
| 16 | Remember , I 'm giving you this money because he has been a good boy . |
| 17 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 18 | I 'm asking you this as a real favour . ’ |
| 19 | All that business about allocation of units , I 'm sitting them this . |
| 20 | ‘ Ca n't think why I 'm showing you this , it 's nothing to do with your mother . |
| 21 | ‘ No , I 've been all over the North , so I 'm leaving it this time . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm telling you this with authority because he 's made me typing monitor in the matter . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm telling you this in the strictest confidence of course . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But my conscience is the only reason I 'm telling you this , all the same . |
| 25 | I made four locks for the gates on Lord 's cricket ground er and when I 'm telling you this , and practically without exception , they must 've er got to know me and they come for what they wanted . |
| 26 | But I do n't know why I 'm telling you this , because you 're going to do exactly what you want to anyway . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm telling you this in confidence , but you 'd find out about it when you go through the books . |
| 28 | You have to wonder if they are telling them this is how to do it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And why are telling us this only now ? ’ |
| 30 | The blood , the gaping holes , the bone sticking out of flesh , the stench of burst intestines — I am telling you this only because the effect on me , a boy who had never seen even a peacefully dead body before that day , was one I should never have predicted . |