Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And subtract from that figure the corresponding figure for an engine capacity of one thousand and one to fourteen hundred C C , namely one thousand two hundred and fifty three pounds and thirteen pence for the vehicle I find she would otherwise have run . |
| 2 | Exultation comes and goes , but here again for the while I suppose it has returned to me in preparation for that step back into the radiant arc of omnipotence which is only given on this earth to the narrator in or of a novel . |
| 3 | Although Margaret knew I would not support her , I was on reasonable terms with her-so much so that during the battle for the Leadership I attended her constituency annual dinner and dance as guest of honour . |
| 4 | See the tube for the Grundig I think it wo n't help |
| 5 | Erm and I know one that I do know now said it 's Certainly , she said , it 's only for the money I do it , nothing else . |
| 6 | And , since we 're talking about it , I want to make amends for the way I treated his mother . |
| 7 | ‘ It berates me for the way I mistreated it last night . ’ |
| 8 | If it were n't for the bit I earn I daresay me and my bairns would be in Dudley House an' all . |
| 9 | Not even being allowed to come and see you — if it had n't been for the Suvarovs I think I 'd have gone mad . ’ |
| 10 | My left knee throbbed from a wound it had received in my escape , but for the moment I ignored it . |
| 11 | So for the moment I think I 'll just stay possessed . ’ |
| 12 | Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’ |
| 13 | pilot for the series I thought it was gon na stop |
| 14 | Irish hockey coach Cees Koppelaar reflects on his team 's failure to qualify for the World Cup and his plans for the future I know there was some criticism when I had to leave before the final inter-provincial game in Dublin last season — that was because of my club commitments in Holland . |
| 15 | Yeah and that 's another thing I found I had a letter from the Social Security saying would you please send your order book back you 're not entitled to any more money , your sickness benefit 's run out , I thought it ca n't have , I do n't go back until the twenty fifth of March , phones up for the appointment I got it on the fifth of March , nine days ago |
| 16 | During the night I visited him every three hours as my vet had told me that if his leg had broken completely it would n't be fair to leave him suffering . |
| 17 | Normally during the day I keep it shut because that 's the place we like to keep clean , in case someone happens to come over and does n't want to be knee-deep in children . |
| 18 | But during the weekends I did my best to claim her attention , following her about from room to room as I had done as a small child , and chattering endlessly about life , literature and the events of the previous school-term . |
| 19 | And , as the rain got worse during the rounds I thought someone was going to have to go off and build an ark . |
| 20 | During the reception I made my first major mistake . |
| 21 | During the time I knew him , he never took acid as he was very much afraid of it , and counselled other people against it in the sense that he felt it might disturb them psychologically , and felt that 's what might happen to him |
| 22 | Well he he he was a sinful person , as we all are erm , I think he did not as the way I understand it , you know Jesus came perfect in everything but he had a he had a a message to give and he could give it better , I think because he had experienced so many things . |
| 23 | erm it may very well be that certain family situations , such as the example I gave you example earlier — somebody may have given up work to look after a dependent . |
| 24 | Oh yes , er yes they were , they were er of course there was a great divide there I mean between the Liberals I mean they were the only two parties in those days . |
| 25 | between the ears I mean she 's a charming woman . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , but what about the gravy I gave you ? ’ |
| 27 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 28 | Oh yeah he never says anything at all , till this happening and he 'll say , he 'll say , you know about the nightmare I had it was that one , oh I know I mean , but it , it was so |
| 29 | Then the guy round the corner , y'know , the one who 'd laid the gear on me , came round last month and started getting heavy about the money I owed him . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's about the way I had it figured too . |