Example sentences of "i be [noun] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry most of those Departments were in London . |
| 2 | When I was Secretary of State for Education and Science I recall being concerned about the implications of some methods of teaching reading if they are followed too acutely — in other words , without a balance of reading methods . |
| 3 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 4 | Okay well it will be interesting to see what er what other people have , have said about it because I was sort of fishing around a bit in the dark and looking at the stats manual |
| 5 | ‘ I was captain of Darlington for many years so I know what it is like in his job . |