Example sentences of "[pron] be [vb pp] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten I 'm bid this time . |
| 2 | Twenty I 'm bid this time , any advance on twenty pound ? |
| 3 | I 'm bid this time . |
| 4 | Forty I 'm bid this time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm told this war could be all over before I even get a shot at them . ’ |
| 6 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
| 7 | erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years . |
| 8 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
| 9 | And I was asked this week if it is possible to make up your own , rather than buy one of these metal affairs on wheels . |
| 10 | I WAS told this story of a young single mother , and I pass it on as an example of life in this grand country . |
| 11 | I was told this morning at work , so I do nt have exact details of where and when the games will be played . |
| 12 | I was woken this morning by Kenneth throwing a pile of Sunday newspapers on to my eiderdowned feet . |
| 13 | This drive to help people back to work is equally evident in the success of the Job Search Seminars which were held this year and funded by Employment Services . |
| 14 | This summer brought a welcome return to music with his soundtrack to Jarmusch 's Night on Earth , which is followed this month by Bone Machine , his first studio album for more than five years . |
| 15 | MacDonald 's hostess Angela Donalis from the city 's Lord Street premises is stocking up for the huge demand which is expected this weekend . |
| 16 | G00D news in the areas of environmental discharges and exposure to radiation is announced in BNFL 's annual Health Safety and Environmental Report for 1991 which is published this month . |
| 17 | She has built a reputation for herself as a specialist in the area and is not involved as photographic director for Al-Wasat , a magazine based in London , which is launched this month for distribution throughout the Arab world . |
| 18 | According to an early eighteenth-century edition of an early Han source , it was reported of the emperor Wen that he ‘ acquired a drinking cup of jade , on which was carved this inscription : ‘ Master of Mankind , may Thy Life be prolonged to the great delight of this world ! |
| 19 | The Northumberland and Solway basins and some contiguous areas are the subject of the first study , which was completed this year . |
| 20 | The Northumberland and Solway basins and some contiguous areas are the subject of the first study , which was completed this year . |
| 21 | New journal : The Institute of Management , which was formed this week by the merger of two previous management bodies , has launched Professional Manager , a bi-monthly journal for its 75,000 members . |
| 22 | Brigadier Michael Harbottle from Chipping Norton wrote a letter to the Guardian newspaper which was published this morning , asking for an Arab alternative to war in the Gulf . |
| 23 | From the low admission rate , the nine hundred thousand in our revenue budget which was shown this year as savings , seven hundred thousand of which was met by fudging community care money in June is now short by three hundred thousand so at the end of this year there will be an overspend or rather a loss of income of three hundred thousand which will show up as a deficit on social services budget for this year . |
| 24 | Who are we to believe — the Secretary of State for Transport or Tory party central office in a different statement which was issued this afternoon ? |
| 25 | She 's just moved up from Kent and has come with packing cases full of cups and medals : a winning record which was topped this week with the Champion of Champions trophy and an ambition to become the world 's number one . |
| 26 | Party of the week had to be the one which was held this week to launch NEW ORDER manager ROB GRETTON 's latest business venture . |
| 27 | THE CAMPAIGN against the use of plastic bullets by the police , which was launched this week by the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science and the National Council for Civil Liberties , comes just in time to fight a new ‘ technological fix ’ on offer from the Ministry of Defence — a rapid-fire gun designed for riot control . |
| 28 | He said British Rail 's Passenger 's Charter , which was launched this week , ‘ looked good on paper but failed to tackle the heart of the problem . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ There is an award sponsored by the European Commission for companies throughout the Community , which was won this year by Rank Xerox . |
| 30 | As for eventual negotiations on political reform , the ANC has already partially pre-empted them by drafting its own programme , which was endorsed this summer by the Organisation of African Unity and leaders of non-aligned countries . |