Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] i [verb] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other different thing I think is that it 's more of a one way communication . |
| 2 | Erm , so we are particularly pleased to have you here because we know as well that the G M B is in the forefront of erm establishing activity within Europe , one of , one of the few unions I think is that the only unions will have an office open in Brussels . |
| 3 | The answer to that question I think is that it was not Marxism . |
| 4 | And the second point I make is that if there are fools who are doing it wrongly then some of you ought to be doing it correctly . |
| 5 | The most important thing I learnt was that the lawyer 's job in local government is to help get things done rather than provide elegant reasons for doing nothing . |
| 6 | And , and , you know , they 've got paid youth officer 's working in Harlow , now they are , there are , they 're over they 're over stretched it 's true and , but we , I mean what were doing here is actually supplementing there service and were not meeting all , we would n't of erm meeting all the demands , but the important thing I think is that were continuing to erm , you know , were trying to do something about it , and one of the things that were trying to do as officer 's in the Local Government Unit is work with Leisure Services and get them to put more resources into doing things for young people . |
| 7 | The only excuse I have is that I was very young , a marvellous justification for most reprobate behaviour , and that I was wearing an uncomfortable vest . |
| 8 | ‘ I was getting on for thirty years of age , with the retarded emotions of an adolescent , and the only excuse I have is that I 'd spent most of my youth pursuing excellence rather than women . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 10 | ‘ The one thing I learned is that no one does any building during times of political instability . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No , the only thing I regret is that I may have rushed you into something you 're already beginning to repent . |
| 12 | But the only thing I know is that that ship was sunk by the Germans in Cardigan Bay . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , the first thing I noticed is that it omits the date of birth . |
| 14 | The first thing I noticed was that the whole of the top half of the house was swathed in what looked like green plastic bandages . |
| 15 | The first thing I noticed was that the Transit had gone and Armstrong was back in his place of honour outside No. 9 . |
| 16 | ‘ They knew they had a hell of a battle on their hands and the first thing I stressed was that we had to fight to win the ball — and we did , ’ he said . |
| 17 | The first thing I realised was that I liked her . |
| 18 | ‘ The first thing I decided was that my hair had to come off . ’ |
| 19 | Erm one problem I think is that you can you tend to look at letters I think sort of one or two letters together erm instead of trying to think of a whole word . |
| 20 | The only consolation I have is that he did not make me pregnant . |
| 21 | But nonetheless the literal translation I understand is that people who are Dutch citizens in this country should contact the er ambassador at thirty eight Hyde Park Gate and seek the relevant forms in order to register for the election and vote in the U K and I hope our friends er in in the Binnenhoff have taken that a little more seriously than appears to have been the case in in the Home Office . |
| 22 | The only other thing I remember is that there was litter everywhere in that street there . |
| 23 | Erm the , the other thing I noticed was that there is very little or no eye contact at all with Martin so you , you were never really looking at him when you were asking questions or when he was giving you the answers back , so there was no er visual acknowledgement whenever he was , he was coming back to you . |
| 24 | But it 's on a hill in the , in the , in the , it 's a long way down from there to walk and , and if I remember rightly it was on the outside of the hotel , on a bank and that to me means that erm if we had had some weather , which we had at that time , then the roots could have suffered but the other clue I think is that erm it comes into leaf first and it drops its leaves first in the autumn so maybe it 's a different tree than the other , different variety , because there are several horse chestnuts are n't there ? |
| 25 | The only other downside I noticed was that the car tended to be a little ponderous in lower gears around town . |
| 26 | The one minor gripe I have is that the Pioneer does n't have mudguards . |
| 27 | As she started up the steps , he was following her , telling her , ‘ The latest news I have is that they 're planning to return to Olbia today . |
| 28 | ‘ The last thing I heard was that she 'd gone to America and married some newspaper magnate twice her age . |
| 29 | He slipped something in my wine and the next thing I knew was that we were on the Continent . |
| 30 | The overriding lesson I learned is that no one can afford to stand still given today 's commercial pressures . |