Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it was n't er the wife it was a bit of a setback , we had a bungalow you see , a small bungalow which was in a very , very nice part of Plymouth , well on the outskirts of Plymouth actually , almost in the country and er , to come and find this , well to her it 'd be like a , a terraced house , her mind went back to the old days in Manchester where she came from with the old terraced houses and I think she visualized that then to go in a house that had a , a square room , do you follow ? |
| 2 | Though she is an American tourist , she looks elegant in her high Italian boots and I think , I can always know my mother by the briskness of her gait and the suede upon her feet . |
| 3 | the real old gardeners and I mean well every house had one because they used to grow their own vegetables did n't they ? |
| 4 | My grandmother gave my a set of oil paints when I was four and she got really angry because they were wee tiny tubes and I squeezed them all out in one go and started painting like Frank Auerbach . |
| 5 | My grandmother gave my a set of oil paints when I was four and she got really angry because they were wee tiny tubes and I squeezed them all out in one go and started painting like Frank Auerbach . |
| 6 | I was put on the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd when they thought I was getting too big for my DMs , but they were real wild men and I liked them a lot and we got on very well . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She is also setting an example in these hard economic times and I think we should respect the Princess for this . ’ |
| 8 | In my view this book would deprave and corrupt young children and I draw your attention in the sincere hope that you will find it possible to take action against the publishers . |
| 9 | This case raises serious and complex moral issues and I have asked for a detailed study of the House of Lords judgement in the light of Catholic moral teaching . |
| 10 | I open some of the popular newspapers covering some people 's private lives or great national tragedies and I feel almost ashamed and embarrassed to live in the same society as people who can produce that sort of stuff . ’ |
| 11 | You see , one thing that influenced me was reading about the great American champs and I saw how all the good champs were side-tracked , avoided , yet always seemed to make it late . |
| 12 | Er the , the original question I had is whether if they do n't go ahead er whether we would have to have new primary legislation to revert to the current Euro constituencies and I said no we would n't because there is a commencement date , there is a commencement date that er the er er Home Secretary would not put into effect until he was er quite certain that all the countries were on the start line and the the and and the new and the new constituencies er could actually come properly into effect and the six extra members would be elected . |
| 13 | But I think of course we can all debate er the various individual proposals and I think if we were in control of the council not only of course would we have different policies but the sort of detailed matters which would come up in debate would be discussed in committee , things would be in the normal way . |
| 14 | Next , I get one of those high-speed electric drills and I couple that up to the end of the cable in such a way that when the drill turns , it turns the cable backwards . |
| 15 | The July Sales are a great idea for Christmas shopping particularly in slashed-price discontinued toiletries and I found several nice wee stocking fillers for Derek in the Novelty line and looked in vain for a birthday card for our Joy 's eldest but there was nothing suitable . |
| 16 | I wonder if I will get away with things as easily as I have on other serious falls and I wonder what it will feel like at the bottom . |
| 17 | I quickly adjusted to my new continental customers and I started to ask questions about their particular delicacies , and that was when my real education started . |
| 18 | and when I see the buses now running around , they seem to run everywhere I do n't on earth what kind of running board they 've got because in my day it was so well regulated that erm you just recorded certain intermediate stages and I quote Witton and Rushmere you get , used to get Witton Terminus , Norwich Road Bridge , Sherrington Road , Barret Corner , Electric House and you gave an indication of the time that those buses should be passing those times . |
| 19 | Now irrespective of what substantially complete coverage means or from one t when one takes the five year period , the message is clear , erm local authorities are expected to get on with their district wide local plans and I believe that this step by step approach on the new settlement is going to introduce delays into district wide local plan preparation . |
| 20 | Slowly I began to stumble across other disaffected Irish women and I felt like a traveller finding a friendly inn after a long , cold journey . |