Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [coord] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We should have had seven or eight but I think my lads ' New Year resolution is to turn my hair completely grey — we simply must find some consistency . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I got to were I was 17 or 18 and I decided I just wanted to live my life . |
| 3 | Mr Paine , I feel sure , will be a candidate for some award or other and I trust he will remember the couple whose bravery obviously far exceeded that called for in the normal course of duty . |
| 4 | So , she tried it on her and that and I said it 's fine . |
| 5 | And onto ou round Australia and that and I mentioned I started in New Foundland , yes . |
| 6 | and words are put clear and strong and I think I 'd use the word forceful |
| 7 | I brought the duck I do n't want the duck so I said to her I got the duck but after good girl and she you 're alright with one thing and another and I said I told her I said I said to her when we were over there I said look , look you 're right if you like again so er warden came round |
| 8 | I could n't have gone to a better place because they 'd got most parts of the country and one thing and another and I fitted their bill to a tee . |
| 9 | This time he seemed ill at ease and jumpy and I noticed his face was slick with perspiration when he spun to greet me . |
| 10 | Well I 've learnt a lesson good and proper and I 'ope I never see you again . ’ |
| 11 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 12 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
| 13 | I have two children aged five and 10 and I tell them everything I 've been doing . |
| 14 | It was wet and cold and I realised I was bleeding heavily . ’ |
| 15 | Er thanks Tom that was really quite dynamic and breathtaking and I think you 'll all agree . |
| 16 | At the East 15 Drama School I have taken audition technique sessions , which was all fine and large but I encouraged them to write their own material as well as having stock pieces to do . |
| 17 | I disapproved of his grey suede shoes , his floppy bow tie and the excessive width of his trousers : he struck me as flaccid and petulant and I disliked him on sight . |
| 18 | It was false and manipulative and I admired it tremendously . |
| 19 | I think they mean that I look fat and ugly and I wish they would keep their remarks to themselves . |
| 20 | Yes , I suppose he is but I mean those two those pictures we bought were hundred and twenty and I mean they 're they 're only done by somebody in the village . |
| 21 | Looking back over the last 19 years he said : ‘ Having had the opportunity to set up and develop the education service in Lothian has been enormously challenging and satisfying and I believe it is an education service of good quality with many forward-looking policies now established . |
| 22 | She was hysterical and distraught and I took her through for my wife to comfort her before telephoning the police . ’ |
| 23 | They are both fit and active but I find it very difficult to keep their weight up . |
| 24 | ‘ After all , I only want a bit of peace and quiet and I think I am entitled to that ! ’ |
| 25 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |