Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [subord] i " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I worked my way back through the hop field until I could get over the fence and into the wood .
2 We are pensioners with no help from Income Support so I want to know why we should pay for these people , a lot of them are much better off than we are and can afford to smoke and drink .
3 I now have 4 years ' teaching experience although I too was thrown in at the deep end — my only advantage over others was that I had studied languages myself and knew how difficult it could be .
4 I 'd love to have a look mind cos I bet they 're all , you know , small .
5 I needed some comfort after the election result so I turned to it for some like-minded thought .
6 Ivan 's dictates on balanced tackle were instrumental in my discarding unsuitable ledger rods before I found the right one .
7 Er we are confirmed in our reservations about this by the results of the regional census study as I noted in my brief commentary N Y three .
8 Well , wait a minute , I think maybe you do need a money adviser because I know what you 're doing with some of your money , you 're subsidising your staff meals through the County Council canteen .
9 Erm , I do n't like long titles , and er , and erm , and I am wary also of the public protection words because I think they do infer , as , as was stated quite clearly at personnel , they do infer that the Chief Fire Officer 's somewhere in there as well , and he is n't .
10 We did n't actually have much play mobile when I , when I went and looked .
11 Yes Chairman , we we did have this debate in er budget review as I remember it .
12 I had almost reached the kitchen doorway when I heard the furious sounds of her footsteps coming back towards me again .
13 Yeah so I dare n't eat chewing gum if I 'm on a diet
14 I went in there and bought some chewing gum when I went down to see it
15 I 'm usually quite abstemious during daylight hours if I have any driving to do .
16 Any more comments at all on the Neighbourhood Watch before I start ?
17 But I suppose the real thing about Neighbourhood Watch as I see it is it 's there to create a , a neighbourly spirit .
18 Once after hitching up there , I waited around in the car park until I saw him coming out — and I 'm ashamed to say I followed him home .
19 Did n't trip over your car in the car park when I arrived at seven this morning . ’
20 I saw your car in the car park when I arrived .
21 He subjects every item of expenditure within his control to the question : " What is the investment opportunity if I approve of this expenditure ? "
22 I 'd like more drawing sessions because I like drawing and more football .
23 For example , if the patient says ‘ I can not possibly measure my own blood glucose because I am at work all day ’ , the patient might be lost if the doctor were to insist .
24 If I come running along here same old bug bear cos I 'm science , I still have no confirmation from anybody yet what about these SATS that the kids do ?
25 ‘ Alex picked up a pair of her earrings and asked : Will Mummy mind if I wear them …
26 ‘ Alex picked up a pair of earrings Monica had given Rachel for her 21st birthday the other day and said : ‘ Will mummy mind if I wear them ? ’
27 I felt guilty that this hard-won water should be wasted on a tea ritual when I had gallons of mineral water at my camp .
28 When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen .
29 He was standing with some people in the entrance hall when I arrived .
30 I looked up at the bedroom window as I closed the door behind me .
  Next page