Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I got to that erm question you know you said could n't do any the geometry do the rest . |
| 2 | But er eventually I found out that er , er , I ca n't er work peacefully here , because if I stopped for er , fighting for the benefit of the workers then er they will think that er I have been bribed or something like this and if I keep fighting for them then there 's no peace of mind , there 's always struggle , so I thought I 'll leave , and the second was , that I wanted to bring my family into this country and I was n't saving anything while leaving them because that 's a bit expensive area and er , the person who got the job for me he said let's migrate to Yorkshire . |
| 3 | When I started at first erm |
| 4 | So I rang up that si , that lot got better . |
| 5 | I thought of that er . |
| 6 | I said well it 's alright cos I went to this er presentation there . |
| 7 | I went to some er , what was it , estate agents erm Alan Orwood on King Street , I says to them er , what was it , want an extra extension put in who do you go to ? |
| 8 | I mean she said to me when I went for this Men Mencap job she said erm , have you got any trade behind you ? |
| 9 | Well er I I said to young er what 's his name ? |
| 10 | Er , I wondered about this erm this Tory high flyer , about whom er , my friend over there speaks with such admiration and envy , he must have a tremendous influence because I wonder , had he been the mover behind the fact that this V A T on fuel is is there in every other country in Europe including Ireland where it 's about eleven percent . |
| 11 | However , three broad trends in the referral process are discernible : first , referrals emanating from the child or within the family , which amounted to 60 per cent of the sample ; second , referrals emanating from health and educational services , which amounted to 28 per cent ; and third , referrals emanating from other welfare agencies . |
| 12 | However , three broad trends in the referral process are discernible : first , referrals emanating from the child or within the family , which amounted to 60 per cent of the sample ; second , referrals emanating from health and educational services , which amounted to 28 per cent ; and third , referrals emanating from other welfare agencies . |
| 13 | Finance Minister Barend J. du Plessis in his budget speech on March 14 , 1990 , announced expenditure of R72,900 million ( an increase of 9.7 per cent over the 1989/90 budget — see p. 36915 ) ; revenue was expected to reach just under R65,000 million , up by 7.3 per cent on the previous year , leaving a deficit before borrowing which amounted to 2.8 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 14 | which amounted to 12 per cent . |
| 15 | In two-parent families , where no adults were in work , the corresponding figure was 46 per cent , which rose to 55 per cent when one of the adults was in work and 59 per cent when both adults were in work . |
| 16 | This compares with the 1987 figure of 3.6 per cent , which rose to 3.9 per cent for both 1989 and 1990 . ’ |
| 17 | predicted that price increases for non-fuel commodities , which rose by 17 per cent in real terms in 1988 , were likely to weaken in mid-1989 , with prices of beverages and agricultural raw materials more or less stagnant . |
| 18 | Brent 's success in informing and advising the immigrant community about changing legislation that directly affects them was repeated around the country , and is reflected in the immigration enquiry statistics which rose by 180 per cent in 1987/8 compared with the previous year . |
| 19 | Group cigarette volumes increased by 2.1 per cent in world markets which rose by 1.6 per cent . |
| 20 | The trust , a capital-growth specialist in Far Eastern investment , excluding Japan , lifted its NAV from 26.26p at the year-end to 36.44p in the six months to 31 January , easily beating the performance of the comparable benchmark , the FT Actuaries Pacific Basin ex-Japan Index , which rose by 20.1 per cent in sterling terms over the same period . |
| 21 | Within this the commodity composition showed a marked increase in engineering products which rose from 37 per cent in 1955 to 45 per cent in 1970 of total UK exports ; semi-manufactures ( including chemicals , textiles and metals ) fell from 30 per cent to 26 per cent because of the decline in textiles , while other manufactures remained fairly constant around 13 per cent and non-manufactures fell from 25 per cent to 15 per cent . |
| 22 | Another closely related motivation factor which occurred in 15 per cent of all cases was the interviewee 's prior addiction to an opioid other than heroin , principally Diconal . |
| 23 | The most common description ‘ white ’ which occurred in 25 per cent of cases . |
| 24 | This had been demonstrated by the rise in US imports of manufactured goods , which rocketed by 27 per cent in 1972 following a 20 per cent rise in 1971 : ‘ it was evident that industry abroad was making major adjustments and marketing efforts to enlarge its share of the US market ’ ( Gilbert , 1980 , p. 105 ) . |
| 25 | One encouragement for the government was a reduction in unemployment , which fell to 16.3 per cent in June 1990 ( its lowest level since June 1982 ) , finishing the year at 15.6 per cent . |
| 26 | The move was designed to ease the depreciation of the yen ( which fell by 10 per cent against the dollar during the first three months of the year ) , dampen inflationary pressure and restore investor confidence . |
| 27 | The panel had also been over-optimistic on employment which fell by 3 per cent compared to the 2 per cent forecast . |
| 28 | Unemployment , which fell from 9.3 per cent in 1989 to 8.8 per cent in 1990 , also began to increase again in a country still suffering from long-term unemployment and labour immobility . |
| 29 | The continued buoyancy of domestic demand , which grew by 7.7 per cent in 1988 and by 6 per cent in the first half of 1989 , was cited as the principal factor behind the economy 's broad-based expansion . |
| 30 | For the second year in succession the largest contribution to economic growth came from the financial and business services sector , which grew by 15 per cent , compared with 10.1 per cent in 1989 . |