Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I am afraid that I have to confess that we allow a substantial number of people to remain simply because we have not had the staff to pursue their claims to remain through the various hoops available to them . |
| 32 | I warn the House — I am afraid that I have been an awful bore in continually pointing this out — that , as we extend the concept of health care out into the community , we shall find more and more unsatisfied demands that have not previously been recognised . |
| 33 | He stared into his brandy and then , rather sourly for such a charming man , said , ‘ I 'm afraid that I do n't quite follow you , Bodo . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ I am afraid that I do not understand ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 35 | ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week . |
| 36 | ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week . |
| 37 | Well , the gravestone certainly stands by the porch and it does have a hole drilled through it , said to have been where the iron stake was hammered through the stone into the coffin , but I 'm afraid that I agree with the general consensus voiced around the bar of the Sun Inn and the George and Dragon that George Hodgson was guilty of nothing but old age , that the only thing he sucked were his gums , and that the hole in the stone was made for a railing or gatepost . |
| 38 | Some of the poems in the present book , only his second , are so old that I seem to remember some of them from another world . |
| 39 | I would like to be away from here , I am not too old for new surroundings , not so old that I feel dread and insecurity in the prospect of a change . |
| 40 | I must say , the diplomatic bag works extremely fast in both directions , so we are managing to keep up some kind of dialogue : she was insistent that I get out of ffeatherstonehaugh 's as much as possible . |
| 41 | ‘ She would n't tell me , but was very insistent that I call her the minute you got in . ’ |
| 42 | The staff all know what 's got to be done and they go off and do it ; it 's just when jobs are different that I give them any guidance . |
| 43 | I mean it 's about sort of you know in it 's about increasing the erm where we are within our own particular sphere and it 's far too much I mean people it 's interesting that I mean for the , it seems to me an and once again correction but it seems to me the last five years the empowerment thing was really strong and now managers are moving away from it and saying it 's jargon as a means of diluting it . |
| 44 | ‘ One of my parts is very much on the marketing side and this has actually flourished and the demands on my time for giving talks and presentations all over the world at very high levels has become more demanding than I 've ever known before . ’ |
| 45 | But Charlie 's Scottish and I 've saving bags of money , you know . |
| 46 | But your chest is , is sounding clear and I expect it 's management of the hernia that 's going |
| 47 | I made the matter clear and I do not want anyone to misunderstand . |
| 48 | I understand my hon. Friend 's point , but the section is entirely clear and I think that all local authorities are aware of its provisions , which place the primary duty of enforcing the Shops Act 1950 on them . |
| 49 | So there is , there is this very clear and I think very substantial protection for the middle peasant . |
| 50 | It is absolutely clear and I want to make it clear that we may not be doing anything tomorrow or the next day , we 'll all be , we 'll all be try to understand and determine is how we will deal with the issues in as and if traffic develops over the next ten years or so and that strategy will then form the basis under which we will try to resist city area that we did not see there . |
| 51 | In view of the plethora of material for debate and the fact that the debate is starting rather late for reasons that the House understands , I think that it will be sensible if I curtail my remarks to some degree . |
| 52 | So Stuart began by telling a couple of jokes , which fell rather flat because he was so jumpy and I do n't think the jokes were much good in the first place . |
| 53 | And it 's so annoying because I 'm bothered if I know words hum the tune . |
| 54 | No do n't erm I get claustrophobic and I get really scared . |
| 55 | ‘ I 'm just glad the teacher is OK and I want to put all this behind me . ’ |
| 56 | The workmanship is impeccable and I 'm certain the Legend could face any musical challenge and suit a variety of styles , from downhome country to lock-up-your-daughters metal , making it versatile , durable , good-looking and I want one . |
| 57 | 1993 will be no less demanding and I know we can count on their continuing professional dedication . |
| 58 | ‘ It 's all been very interesting and I 've learned quite a lot of things I did n't know before . |
| 59 | Progna I s to be quite h I 've forgotten , it used to me it means something quite interesting and I 've forgotten . |
| 60 | Really that 's very interesting and I accept that erm I personally was do the figures include the anticipated increase which we already know ? |