Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] [be] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I repeat that they are part of a dissenting judgment but if one is to consider what principle of law is to be applied in an area where there is no direct authority of your Lordships ' House , it is relevant to have regard to them . |
| 2 | Mm , ah I mean if it was the question I mean I 've got that material we 've got it , I mean if it was question of sending out , I mean I could do that . |
| 3 | but I mean if it was sort of about s s five yards , it would n't be five yards by three yards . |
| 4 | They do want stuff on local levels I mean if he 's East Herts he 's got a huge area , has n't he ? |
| 5 | Yeah , yeah , more immediately , but I mean when they 're sort of it has |
| 6 | I realised that it was time to take back control over my children 's lives and I joined the city wide anti-dampness campaign instead . |
| 7 | I found that I was spending money every day . |
| 8 | At the office door I found that I was second in the queue , not first . |
| 9 | as I say when it was sunlight shining through the bloody thing on his face . |
| 10 | Of her own marriage she said ‘ Sometimes I forget that we are husband and wife . |
| 11 | I suggest that it is humanism — both religious and secular — that is the dominant philosophical adversary . |
| 12 | I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return . |
| 13 | In the subsequent show report , I proclaimed that it was love at first sight and when I heard that a new model was in the offing which would , the company told me , prove to be their most eye-catching to date , I pestered them for weeks until they sent me one for review . |
| 14 | cos they 're all honey , I know but they 're honey . |
| 15 | Funny way of looking at it I know but it 's sort of to give you an idea of how how the different ways you can actually do this this mechanism and brings out the er variations . |
| 16 | My Lord making my main submissions to your Lordship , erm I submitted and it is position that there is no distinction between public and private acts , the thicken in the board , both the act and the central fund by the law should be taken as valid in the interim if your Lordship is minded to make a reference unless strong evidence of invalidity is produced , so your Lordship if you make a reference it needs to form a view as to the strength of the |
| 17 | I believe that it is nonsense that we should give such asylum seekers any form of accommodation . |
| 18 | For I believe that it is determinism that rules out moral responsibility and other things we believe in … " |
| 19 | It was getting dark and the wind had freshened , the rain gusting through the length of the shed so I decided that it was time to pack up and head for the nearest hospitable pub where I had been told I would be able to get a good meal of hot pie and peas . |
| 20 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
| 21 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 22 | That 's how I used to act , until I realized it was just a sham and I decided that it was time I was honest with myself . |
| 23 | So I decided that it was time to pack up I decided that the nights were made to sleep on n n n and I was going to sleep on them you see ? |
| 24 | With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector . |
| 25 | I feel that it 's time we made a commitment . |
| 26 | This was certainly the case with Mrs S. , the mother of one of my teenage informants , born in rural Jamaica about 1930 , who moved to London about 1960 : I 've never work — I 've never really work when I was back in de West Indies my husband work , I worked when I came over here and I [ took a long time ] to get a job — because I could remember work at de Post Office and I when I pronounce my words you know too [ soft ] dey say dey do n't hunderstand — according to dem dey do n't hunderstand me , my haccent maybe it 's my haccent or what dey don " understan " it or ting an " I feel like I 'm speakin " the same English like over here . |
| 27 | ‘ Sometimes I feel like I 'm part of the machines , you understand me ? ’ |
| 28 | I pronounce that they be Man and Wife . |
| 29 | First I would relax , lie upon a bed , although not the bed in which I normally slept , go through the breathing exercises until I felt that I was part of the bed , weightless and sinking through it . |
| 30 | But I knew that it was time to leave , and we said goodbye to them on New Year 's Eve . |