Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun sg] [conj] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reasons against : There 'll be an awful row if I broach the subject . |
| 2 | it 's an awful day but I mean it 's still money at the end of the road |
| 3 | It 's got an image , it 's got an emotional contact and I think we 're gon na play that for all it 's worth . |
| 4 | I do not want matriarchy to replace patriarchy as an interim measure because I retain unshakeable faith in women 's ability to organize , to be caring and to be , just in so many ways , superior to men . |
| 5 | Then I rode it in a in an old Burberry and I do n't how I started it , I think it was kick start . |
| 6 | As I have tried to tell you , she was the wife of an old friend and I 've kept in touch since she got divorced — ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well now , Barney , ye may think yerself an old man but I do n't think of meself as such ! ’ he exclaimed testily . |
| 8 | I could no more go out and mug an old lady than I do n't know what … . |
| 9 | I have occasionally been known to be kind to an old lady and I do n't kick every stray dog that comes across my path . ’ |
| 10 | It 's an old remedy but I think |
| 11 | Well there 's nothing much there 's a bench there 's a couple of tea chests there 's an old cooker and I think probably five or six bo Is that all ? |
| 12 | However , to go on justifying ends by further ends will involve me in an infinite regress unless I arrive at a terminus in something that I do for its own sake . |
| 13 | I pass on an interesting snippet that I read on a computer news net . |
| 14 | I 've got an interesting point that I relate about this job that when I went to see them , about starting this job , they said , Well , they never told me before I got in , they said er , We 've er we 've got no money so we ca n't pay you a very good wage , but er we 'll start you off with five pound a week , that 's all we can afford , well I was earning more than that , during the War , nineteen forty two . |
| 15 | Shell , 42 , said : ‘ It is an historical event and I understand the significance of it , but the main thing is I know who I am and I 'm proud of it . |
| 16 | Noble Lords is whether my Right Honourable Friend i is taking too much er er power to use an unpleasant word and I think actually a wrong word er i in the appointment of those who have been selected by a different and an independent system . |
| 17 | And so I have an English voice because I come from that background . ’ |
| 18 | LIVING in England , I never expect to get an architectural thrill when I go to a concert or the theatre . |
| 19 | You 're er for the moment you 're not committed to a party , you 've just got to take an individual decision and I know Maastricht is very complicated but there 's a lot of gut feeling as well as precise knowledge about these things , so I want to take a vote . |
| 20 | ‘ I wo n't get a grant for an extra year and I do n't suppose you 'll pay up . ’ |
| 21 | I think that is an absolute fantasy and I think that it is er perhaps going too far in our denigration of members of local authorities to think their attitude towards their police force would be in any way changed , were some of the members to be appointed from a list which had been drawn up by the Home Secretary . |
| 22 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 23 | ‘ It really has been an amazing recovery and I understand he gave an outstanding performance in his comeback match . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm never never one for for making work but on an a on although this is n't going to be called an annual report for most children it will be an annual event and I do feel quite strongly that for the child to be able to have the opportunity |
| 25 | So that when we have the thing that he calls an annual review and I call a pain in the neck , I do n't actually have to put in very much work to come up with the fact that no , I 'm not going to give him a salary increase , erm , because I have his , his performance , you know , already researched throughout the year . |
| 26 | so , erm I mean think we 're in their hands and that 's why I was a bit apprehensive about doing publicity for it at such an early stage because I like to see i 's dotted and t 's crossed er but however I 'll chase them up again in the next few days |
| 27 | Of course I 'm only an ignorant peasant and I do n't understand these things . ’ |
| 28 | Someone also presented me with an electric washer but I have never been able to use it because there is n't water in the house and I would n't be able to understand it anyway . |
| 29 | Well a very ordinary thing has happened there , but it has happened on such an extraordinary scale that I think it 's worth saying . |
| 30 | I 'm also an alternative therapist and I do find that this is one of the major problems , that ninety percent of my patients who come to me suffer from stress and depression , and really what has happened in a lot of cases is that they have been put on valium and drugs , they find the side effects are horrific ! |