Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are plenty of surgical patients walking around with only one lung , and some of them are down to a third of normal lung area . |
| 2 | I say I been out for a walk because I ca n't sleep . |
| 3 | Havvie and I are exactly of an age . |
| 4 | I am also on a limited budget . |
| 5 | What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ? |
| 6 | I am away on a short holiday in Scotland between August 14th-26th but would be pleased to discuss this over the telephone when I 'm back . |
| 7 | ‘ Besides , ’ Theda added , her eyes flashing , ‘ after the way he spoke to me , I am not of a mind to hand him gifts . ’ |
| 8 | Although I am not in a position to provide any of the detailed statistics Mr Gillett calls for , I can certainly tell the sad tale of the missing books . |
| 9 | I am not in a position to judge . ’ |
| 10 | I am not in a position to query that once I adjourn the enquiry . |
| 11 | ‘ My human sympathies ’ , said Lord Diplock , ‘ are with Mr Cheall , but I am not in a position to indulge them ; for I am left in no doubt that upon all the points that have been so ingeniously argued , the law is against him . ’ |
| 12 | And I am not in a bad temper . ’ |
| 13 | Our intended publication of a Lothian Rail Development Strategy has slipped somewhat , and I am not in a position to give you an indication of likely completion dates . |
| 14 | I am not in a position to defend British Rail , but when we analyse the problems with commuter services in the south-east and the problems that British Rail faces in general , we must remember that they are caused because the Government will not allow British Rail to introduce the schemes that it wants , including electrification of other lines , in order to improve services . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman may be right — I am not in a position to argue with him — and I am prepared to concede the point for those 2 million pensioners ; but millions of other pensioners have benefited enormously under this Government , not only from increases in the standard pension but from rising income from the state earnings-related pension scheme , rising occupational pensions and increased income from savings . |
| 16 | Everybody wants that , but outside organisations have been lobbying the House — they have certainly been lobbying me , and I am not in a special position — ever since the matter was being debated in the House of Lords . |
| 17 | I have not undertaken a review of NIE plc 's purchases of generation and I am not in a position to comment on the relative costs of the various options . |
| 18 | Second , that I am not in a position of knowledge and I ca n't deliver some goods to them ; that basically , I 'm on a journey and I will hate the techniques I 'm learning for unpicking the threads of my life by becoming assertive and getting new knowledge with them . |
| 19 | So my answer to the question A is , I am not against a new settlement , of the right scale in the right location , but it is not a panacea , it is not an answer to all the questions , now it 's being offered in terms of a balanced strategy , I say that balanced strategy as put forward does not work , certainly beyond two thousand and six , and may grind to a halt well before two thousand and six if rates of development proceed er as they have done in certain years in the past , so it 's very important to look at that , can we just revisit the public acceptance of the new settlement , of course the public have accepted it and welcomed it , it has certain attractions , I support those attractions , however it 's easy for the public to accept that when measured against certain sites specific proposals that were put to them when they did not know where the new settlement would be , and still do not know , when new settlement locations are put forward it will be quite a different scenario . |
| 20 | Every time I go to Cambridge I come back depressed as hell ; then as soon as I am back to a Norfolk class spirits soar again . |
| 21 | DAVID JAMES made a four-hour motorway dash to stake a claim for Liverpool 's number one jersey , then admitted : ‘ I am still in a daze . ’ |
| 22 | His moustache be so fine , I am nigh to a swound ! |
| 23 | As for the Hungarian Fantasia I am currently at a loss to recommend a version , now that Philips have withdrawn the live Richter . |
| 24 | I am often at a loss to understand the sense of priorities or the lack of priority among Labour-controlled local authorities in particular . |
| 25 | ‘ I am constantly in a state of surprise that I have survived this long as an actor . |
| 26 | ‘ As I do not have the good fortune to know your family , Emilia , I am hardly in a position to say , though I feel sure they would wish to know of your distress . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ said Edward Carrington , ‘ but I 'm rather at a loss . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm rather against a lot of these medicaments … ’ |
| 29 | Lincolnshire has a lot of history of being a well managed authority , a proved exercising sound controls on its financial and management affairs , and I 'm pleased to say that I 'm again in a position to confirm that that is our view , for the conduct of the Council 's business in the period on which we are reporting . |
| 30 | I felt that with the new knowledge I had gained about my diet I was eating sensibly , I no longer crave sweet foods , chocolate and alcohol and I feel that I 'm physically on an even keel now . |