Example sentences of "[adj] and [conj] i " in BNC.
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1 | However , as you know , most of my savings had vanished while I was unemployed and when I was offered a very nice flat near the school , the financial advantages of making that my single home base seemed overwhelming . |
2 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
3 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
4 | But it was n't OK and when I reached for my bishop , he 'd wave his arms over the board like a referee who 's just counted somebody out — and change his move . |
5 | And er and she said he enjoys it and he goes to playgroup I think he must go to Dennington playgroup cos he 's going to Dennington school , and he enjoys sitting down and being , likes looking at books and he 's started writing and she said actually she said I 'm really panicking because I 'm frightened that I might be teaching him wrong and that I 'm I said well why do n't you pop in and have a word at the school ? |
6 | I always say it will be done in a fortnight ; this gives me more leeway if things go wrong and if I get the garment finished before the two weeks are up the person is usually delighted . |
7 | As I say , I only get 36 off the social and when I get it on a Monday , I usually spend 30 right away on food for the kids . |
8 | But I mean he was very interested and when I said that we 'd actually done a recycling directory and that I was thinking |
9 | It was all terrifically exciting and when I got the parts I could hardly believe it . |
10 | Can I just point out that something here , erm , was , I think I mentioned about my children it was the height of the table and its just so little that , that they indicate their in height in this picture , but it is there and , erm , that , I found that really very exciting and as I say the , The Threes , it , the three goblets , the three apples the three puppies , so often I 've , I 've found that there is three sets of , three objects and in |
11 | So if you 've got children looking at mortgages , just tell them to be careful and that I think really my advice would be to , for anyone starting off a new mortgage now , to definitely go for repayment , until they 've sorted out what they 're doing , because if you cash an endowment within two years , if you ca n't keep up the payments , if you lose your job , then y you get nothing back . |
12 | You can do too much of this if you are not careful and as I tend to paint with sharp stabby strokes it can be a fault with me to look rather bitty . |
13 | ‘ It 's not very proper and if I were on my feet you would n't say things like that . ’ |
14 | at the the time I think when I was n't being assertive and when I was n't the difference was the person was younger than me and I was being assertive and then when I perhaps was n't and like said you feel after that you 've let yourself down . |
15 | David was n't very happy about me being so blunt , but I think in a way it made him realise that I was really straightforward and that I really did care . |
16 | It 's going to be a long struggle getting established and until I am I do n't see how … ’ |
17 | When the result of the canvass was conveyed to me I had no doubt whatever that it had been thorough and honest and that I could command the necessary support in Parliament . |
18 | She was delighted that the coffee was real and that I had used a glass jug on a silver stand , where a nightlight kept it steaming . |
19 | It was also agreed that the gallery had been overheated and airless and that I had drunk too much . |
20 | You 're absolutely right you 're absolutely right and and I think |
21 | That first fairway was hump-backed and before I drove , I asked : ‘ What 's the line , Willie ? ’ |
22 | When we first found out , our relationship became a bit rocky and when I was three months pregnant , Pete walked out on me . |
23 | Erm I mean looking at the , er the only solution , I feel erm another poor factor of this committee is probably er erm unnecessary and if I look at appendix four which lists the possibles , if I can find , erm it is n't actually necessary to have rules all like this , er next years erm , next years priority will be dealt with next year . |
24 | It forced me to realize that I was normal and that I was human , and that was a big kind of realization for me . |
25 | Yeah but I mean you , there are times when you feel weak and that I mean |
26 | John Major always looks so dowdy , Terry Stamp tries too hard and if I were him I 'd slash my wrists . ’ |
27 | He pushed again quite hard and as I turned away I heard him snigger and say , ‘ You have to kick 'em , you know . ’ |
28 | My husband says I am calmer and more relaxed and that I have had a much more positive outlook on life ! |
29 | that Robert 's already gone over , but I actually got the impression that erm I that you did n't feel relaxed in what you were doing , you knew what you were talking about but erm you did n't feel relaxed and if I 'd 've been your customer then I , I certainly would n't have felt relaxed either and and that 's the impression that I got which was the completely opposite of Robert . |
30 | She telephoned offering to help when my wife was ill and when I said there was nothing she or anyone could do , she did n't keep fussing . |