Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I was concerned , men and boys constituted a separate species , with whom I had nothing in common , and the last thing I wanted to do ( had I given the matter any thought ) was to arouse their interest , which I feared might be predatory . |
| 2 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 3 | This is what I said to him this is what I said to him an but he said I I see you with all your get up and go so I did n't make any reply to that . |
| 4 | I I say it to all whoever comes in here and they 're |
| 5 | Everything about him spelt self-assurance , the confidence of someone who had nothing at all to prove to the world . |
| 6 | That someone who had nothing at all to do with her life should have had a hand in removing her father 's last trace in her life infuriated her . |
| 7 | I think , obviously you 've you 've got your own organization , your own professional standards and things , I think they need to be developed and , more importantly , promoted themselves to the public , and then , to take it a bit further and to try and escape that straitjacket which I think which in this country particularly all public servants are limited by . |
| 8 | lives or is that talking about they 've approached straight line that 's already there in heaven , in other words , the , the , you know that the understanding which I have it from this bible is er that seems to be suggesting that er that 's talking about apos the apostles ' lives before they died , our spiritual lives with brightest ones who have at that er point been made perfect by being prepared to go where they 're going |
| 9 | Erm strictly in those terms by by district , mainly because much of the development across North Yorkshire is on very small sites er within urban areas , within villages , the extent to which you define them as green field or brown field sites becomes a very subjective one and I I think it 's a very difficult line to draw . |
| 10 | Clearly to have the combination of an off bore sight capability for a a missile such as A S R A A M , the er advance short range air to air missile , the combination of the agility of the weapon and the flat platform together has been shown to be really needed , you ca n't have one without the other and that somebody who has only agility in the aircraft or agility in the in the weapon , will lose against somebody who has it in both . |
| 11 | David Snow settles for 65 species including one , the grey-winged cotinga , which he discovered himself in 1980 . |
| 12 | Eduard Trier chose to illustrate this figure in Form and Space , in which he limits himself to two observations : it is a product of refined artificiality ( in comparison with the elemental force of Marino Marini 's sculpture ) , and the girl ( in comparison with a figure by Marcello Mascherini ) is ‘ more reserved , displays a leisurely elegance in her arrested dance step ’ . |
| 13 | I will cite two situations in which he was involved , and from which he extricated himself with remarkable ease : |
| 14 | That perception only added to the urgency with which he threw himself into new international initiatives . |
| 15 | Everyone who knew him in those schooldays — men and women alike — speak with affection of him : stories tumble out like clothes spilling out of a split suitcase — Richard peeing out of the train window as the engine roared by the station platform , Richard taking a girl up on to a mountain and scaring her to flight at his howl as a passionate hand landed on one of his more angry boils , Rich , reeking of beer , rolling into school and being sent home . |
| 16 | Sharing a small spartan room with two other girls — Northerners whose accent Paula found almost incomprehensible and with whom she had nothing in common , making breakfast in the communal kitchen , queuing for the bath , adhering to a strict curfew after which time the doors were locked and bolted — none of these were restrictions Paula had the slightest intention of enduring for long . |
| 17 | Nothing happens on the property in Kent — from which I conclude that our plans have either misfired or we have been seen through ( now there 's a possibility to douse even your ever-optimistic spirit ) and from you I hear nothing at all . |
| 18 | So you you meet her at half past ? |
| 19 | Was n't it she who pasted them with meticulous care into the cuttings-book which Stella so affected to despise ! |
| 20 | By the way those did I tell you they put me on some tablets to re to erm to erm |
| 21 | That militant Forbes — you know , the one I warned you about last week — has called all the food and beverage staff out on strike ! ’ |
| 22 | Men of all parties recognise in his personality something which is admirable , something which distinguishes him from other men . |
| 23 | A particular , and in representational terms crucial , development of this new activism ( and one which links it to other movements based on class , gender , colour , and so on ) is the de-biologising nature of the disability . |
| 24 | If you ca n't find it in one you find it in another but it is all the same thing . |
| 25 | You know , the one who got you into all this trouble . ’ |
| 26 | For the one who encourages nothing but genuine feelings of peace , love and goodwill to all his fellow creatures , generally finds that peace and harmony follow him wherever he goes . |
| 27 | Never before has a member of the Royal Family stepped so far out of line and the Queen is not the only one who blames her for many of the misfortunes which have befallen the House of Windsor this year . |
| 28 | While G.P. was the one who led us into all the serious things . |
| 29 | Yes it was nice we we did lots of entertaining and and things like that it was really good fun it was it was fun . |
| 30 | Everything he tells me of former times is suffused with loss . |