Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Since most of my work necessarily consists in ( ii ) rather than in ( i ) or ( iii ) , I think I must conclude that on the whole I am happy in my work . |
| 2 | I must confess that in the case of Mariss Jansons , I have ( on record at least ) so far failed to hear quite what all the fuss has been about . |
| 3 | A line constructed through the centres of the two circles cuts the left hand circle at Bishops Cannings and I must admit that at the time I did the preparation for the article thought little more about this point . |
| 4 | And we 've not had I I must say that over the years I might have had two cases perhaps when there 's been a query with regard to that in terms of packing . |
| 5 | Erm I must say that on the clothing scene , because I did criticize it in my earlier statements , er that when I was so young I thought it was so frumpy and I was so pleased when I was married and got my own income that , you know , I could go elsewhere and choose something . |
| 6 | But , so far as I can judge of the matter , I should think that in the interests of the man himself — as a human being facing indefinite detention — it would be better for him to be told the reasons . |
| 7 | At the outset I should emphasise that in the proceedings the only question raised is one of law , to be answered on the assumption that the assignments were genuine and valid transactions and that there was no arrangement or understanding that an assignee would hold for the assignor any compensation received by him from the fund . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll agree that on the For side you could put the things you listed the other day , that he has all the skills to set the trap and the perfect place to do it . ’ |
| 9 | And I 'll report that to the stewards at the meeting on er on Thursday as the initiative came from them . |
| 10 | Or a bottle I 'll pop that in the fridge thank you very much . |
| 11 | And I 'll work that into the five per cent and it may reduce the erm period of time |
| 12 | ‘ Deep down inside her is a very decent , caring , sweet person and I do n't care what anyone says , I 'll believe that until the day I die , ’ said Bill , 56 . |
| 13 | But I do n't know anything about selling things , only before I could tell that to the woman who owns the stall she 'd rushed off to follow someone called Harry — who 's not getting away with it , ’ she tacked on comically . |
| 14 | They were Asian ones — I could tell that from the label , but he said that Asians had one more ( or was it one less ? ) toe than the Indian ones and different ears . |
| 15 | If you want to know how I could tell that from the seventh floor , you have to remember I 'm supposed to be a detective . |
| 16 | I could tell that from the way he was fishing around — he got that panting , thirsty . |
| 17 | He 'd probably never been to Brixton before — I could tell that from the way he was sinking down in the back of Armstrong the farther along Effra Road we got . |
| 18 | ‘ I could tell that from the warm way Joanie Sims and Hattie Jacques spoke about him . ’ |
| 19 | The bar was full , I could see that through the saloon window and I went round to the yard at the rear . |
| 20 | I could see that from the way his knuckles whitened around the telephone . |
| 21 | Sun flower limping , water less vase , suffering eyes , desperados in caged , so from , from that painting I had a tremendous feel of something undergoing tremendous suffering and seem very desperate about the situation , and I did n't just see that in , in the picture of Van Gogh , but I could see that in the sun flower , so as , as a writer its images like that , that I would look for and open up and turn into characters or a way of portraying a particular mood , erm , the next one , were doing very well |
| 22 | I thought I 'd leave that in the car actually |
| 23 | Many companies give an indication of how easy ( or difficult ! ) each plant is to raise so I 'd suggest that for the first year you stick with fairly easy ones , perhaps trying a couple of ‘ harder ’ ones . |
| 24 | I knew I 'd win because after the semi-final , I still had a lot in my tank . ’ |
| 25 | The stripy away shirts are dead good , and I 'd say that on the backs of the fans , they outnumbered the white hooped jobs by about 10 to 1 . |
| 26 | I 'd add that at the moment we do not see any upturn in any of our major markets . |
| 27 | But now these controls over processions have been erm extended to cover static large meetings , and erm I would think that at the back of the draftsman 's mind was the spectre of mass pickets , things like that . |
| 28 | I would think that in the terms that you want to define it in , that statement 's true but I would n't necessarily agree with it . |
| 29 | I would hope that by the time we come to the next assembly where there is going to be that there will be an opportunity for the churches , er , at home here to take part in preparing for the next assembly . |
| 30 | I would guess that in the fairly near future , even Jack Walker will decide enough is enough . |