Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think a lot of them were genuinely concerned , as in my case I think this person was genuinely worried about me because I 'd had , it was my third child and I I do think she was er worried about me because er you know you do n't want to keep having babies and losing them but I was n't worried about , I was worried about myself , to say I was n't worried that 's stupid , but er we just hoped and hoped and kept hoping . |
| 2 | Of course I had this spell er er do n't forget I was five years as a prisoner of war , and a lot of interest because I was a union member pra b previous to that you see ? |
| 3 | By a coincidence I met this man on the summit of Sergeant Man in the Lake District two months later . |
| 4 | Think it 's spring I suppose this weather . |
| 5 | You what s normally happens is that the following year when you make profit you say ah but last year I made er you know I made a loss of ten thousand pound set that off against the profit of ten thousand pound I made this year so that tax pay losses can be carried forward there are other more complex ways of doing it too but that 's the standard sort of way , I think . |
| 6 | Well I think he 's at my other school before common entrance I had this teacher for two years got forty percent and that 's . |
| 7 | And I said oh he 's at home I said this week I said and that oh and she said well tell him to get over here and we 'll sort him out . |
| 8 | That 's the question I asked this morning , Why was n't it you know , why were n't we doing it ? |
| 9 | ‘ Well , you are on the big side and for a moment I had this vision of you … ’ |
| 10 | For the moment I send this messenger . |
| 11 | Mr Strachan said : ‘ This will definitely be the only medal I win this year . |
| 12 | When I was a little lad I had this mongrel puppy ; he got summat wrong wi ’ him , and the vet wanted to put him down . |
| 13 | The night before our departure I watched this pageant of mock humility rise in a crescendo of thanks , tips , tears and promises of sometime next year . |
| 14 | I used to call him Pear , and one day I had this tattoo done . |
| 15 | ‘ But the day I wrote this song I honestly believed that I did love everyone ! ’ insists Paul , chirpily . |
| 16 | ‘ On the day I rescued this lad a young girl died near Sunderland . ’ |
| 17 | The other day I watched this character , uncertain whether or not he would be taken , drop instantly into an amazing role . |
| 18 | and the members of the Divisional Court I find this proposition impossible to sustain . |
| 19 | ‘ Then last night I made this promise to him . |
| 20 | I still had a stone in my hand , and the moment the bobby turned into the alley I threw this stone up the other end . |
| 21 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 22 | First I make the mistake of falling in love with this man who probably wo n't remember what I look like the minute I leave this place , even though he 's not averse to the idea of making love to me while we 're under the same roof . |
| 23 | Not my breakfast , my drink I had this morning |
| 24 | So any rate I rang this fellow I said eh he said oh he said you 've got no chance mate , he said . |
| 25 | I felt and this is the bit I like , I , I some I , I used to set this at one point in the examination question and ask people to guess which American president said it I 'll read , I 'll read it to you measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation just , I 'll just get the essence of that , measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation ninety percent put Richard Nixon er no one put Abraham Lincoln er cos he was one of the good guys right or wrong I assume this ground I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the if to save James Buchanan is essentially the Pontius Pilate of American politics he says yes these are very acute problems er and very difficult er and I 'd like to help but I 'm sorry I ca n't and I really do have to go off and wash my hands now erm and , you know , you carry on and when you 've resolved it tell me what you want me to do and I 'll , |
| 26 | Gets up in the morning I sees this pair of red shoes , I thought oh you stupid cow . |
| 27 | ‘ The collection I showed this spring would have been unthinkable three years ago — so many dresses , so much evening wear . |
| 28 | As you suggested , I have set down what significance I think this experience has for me . |
| 29 | With some degree of er success I trust this time . |
| 30 | ‘ Sir I take this libertey to aske the favour for my sister Smith the widow if you have the goodness to recommend her to be the patron for the infurmarey , as her incombe is so very scant , to live on . |