Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | okay , pretend that you 're that building and I want you to describe yourself and and I want the rest of the class to see if they can guess what it is and how long they take it they take to guess okay , and if you think you know what that person is , put your hand up do n't do n't shout out . |
| 2 | Now I do n't think of us here and neither , certainly myself , I I would not claim to be any form of artist or expert but I think a lot of us can enjoy er getting our hands dabbling with paint erm paper mâché and other activities and in fact having that opportunity of ex enjoying those experiences that 's we ought to be able to offer to people in Cambridge and many peop children in schools they they do get opportunities but I think particularly amongst older people who 've never had that opportunity and I think you should be do so . |
| 3 | Speaking of which , why did n't you marry that lieutenant when I told you to ? |
| 4 | ‘ She is also setting an example in these hard economic times and I think we should respect the Princess for this . ’ |
| 5 | When I came to Macmillan , it was with the greatest difficulty that I telephoned him at all . |
| 6 | " Lift that bloody foot like I told you ! " |
| 7 | I was fond of that duvet because I thought it was hers . |
| 8 | So I can muck about on that piece before I tackle it in here , so mm . |
| 9 | And what happens in actual human situations which are what get me , and I 'm going to give you three and I guarantee their genuineness you will doubt them all I have not the least fear but I guarantee you their genuineness , they come from the records of Age Concern Scotland of which I am the president . |
| 10 | Thirty pairs of eyes stared with unwavering concentration as I dipped my hand into the all-too-familiar breakfast of slightly sour rice and salted fish . |
| 11 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 12 | And I would if I 'm gon na use that term because I think I would be taking a flier with you . |
| 13 | Although erm I do n't think I like , I never use that term and I hope it passes over . |
| 14 | I would say to other pregnant teenagers that I think it 's great if they are happy about it . |
| 15 | They snapped like burned-through twigs and I threw them away . |
| 16 | As I entered the committee room from the standard uncarpeted passage , I was given a friendly and businesslike handshake by the chairman , Lord Franks , who had courteously got out of his chair to greet his witness — an unfailing politeness that I gather he extended to every other witness . |
| 17 | I hate that programme because I like I tend to come and listen to the content of what they 're saying |
| 18 | I had been something like eighteen years in the ordained ministry before I preached my first sermon on Mary . |
| 19 | I am slightly embarrassed by this story but I fear it should be told . |
| 20 | I c I , I tell this story cos I think it illustrates it very much , I expect most of you have er if you have n't been you 've heard of Dale in Derbyshire , and it 's this river with a , a lovely walk either side of the river , you walk along the side and then you come to the point where there 's a bend in the river and there 's these gorgeous great enormous stepping stones . |
| 21 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 22 | I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come . |
| 23 | ‘ If you mean because it 's your day off , there are no days off during this case unless I decide I can spare you . ’ |
| 24 | so er that 's old is it Shepherd and Metzler No it 's not in this case but I think they invented the task , yes they did good old Shepherd and Metzler |
| 25 | I no more say who I am in this case than I say I 'm off to my wife 's right in the lost-in-cloud case . |
| 26 | Okay Noel thank you for your er your time and being a good sport this afternoon and I hear you have a little one you had better go back and sort things out . |
| 27 | He arrived this afternoon and I sent him off to rest . |
| 28 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 29 | Well run councils will flourish as a result of this settlement and I offer them every encouragement to do so . |
| 30 | I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate . |