Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes about three days to get a call out and I remember DeFries did n't answer any of David 's calls because I think he knew what was going on . |
| 2 | I waited for her to bring up the subject of Graham 's murder because I knew she would have been very upset . |
| 3 | Well , erm , it 's difficult to make forecasts , particularly with the S E C breathing down one 's neck but I think one can say that the industry conditions , if you were to read the reports of other companies and for us , is pretty much erm , status quo , in other words the domestic excuse me , domestic industry 's doing quite well , the rig , the rig count 's up , the Canadian rig count 's up , international markets remain rather soggy but some of them are qui you know on a , on a selective basis some are quite good . |
| 4 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 5 | I was enjoying Oxford so much that I sometimes forgot that moment in Clare 's bedroom when I made my decision about my future vocation . |
| 6 | I was so frightened by the blind man 's violence that I obeyed him without question , and took him into the room where the sick captain was sitting . |
| 7 | In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong . |
| 8 | I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it . |
| 9 | The Tories , I resigned on principle when somebody suggested I could join a women 's committee and I said I thought |
| 10 | ‘ I was given a hero 's welcome when I visited my local pub , ’ says dockworker Jimmy , 38 . |
| 11 | That is an important reform for my hon. Friend 's constituents and I congratulate him again on that victory . |
| 12 | I did n't bother with a changing table , but we bought a new cupboard for Rachel 's room and I changed her on top of that until she got too big . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 14 | In gratitude for what I thought God had given me , a second chance , I ignored Leon 's boredom as I talked him through the files — just as I was ignoring Muriel 's messages to call her — and I ignored his rarely appearing at meetings with agricultural reps and men from the Milk Marketing Board ; ignored his non-involvement with any of the humdrum things essential to the running of a place like Sleet . |
| 15 | But it explained the 100-franc note I 'd seen at Ma Scamp 's and , come to think of it , the wad of francs I 'd spotted in Bill Stubbly 's wallet when I met him in the bank . |
| 16 | I consider that she would have found a job by early Autumn and therefore the sum must be more than a , nearly a year 's earnings and I assess it at eight thousand pounds . |
| 17 | I think that that is over optimistic , I can not be confident that there will be any local authority provision at all , it seems to me that this particular provision is really vital to Paul 's education and I think it right to ensure that it is available . |
| 18 | ‘ Everything 's nonsense when I know what you do n't want me to know . ’ |
| 19 | I was talking , yesterday as it happened , to the chairman of another very large children 's charity and I asked him how his , the spend , the annual spend of that charity was distributed between the work of the charity , the purpose of the charity and the support functions and he said about eighty twenty . |
| 20 | My dad 's Cypriot and I think he meant what he said . |
| 21 | As Colonel Parker said ‘ I 'm Elvis 's manager because I say I am , and Elvis says I am ’ . |
| 22 | The bolting is clearly against the BMC 's policy and I think it is extremely unlikely that the BMC 's committee of management will accept any kind of amendment to that policy . |
| 23 | It was on Stephen Leacock 's advice that I tried my hand at writing humour and found it very arduous work ; writing ordinary prose was hard enough , but trying to make it funny was even harder . |
| 24 | He 's holding James and Richard 's reins while I bring you a bit nearer . |
| 25 | What I found was the Women 's Movement and I dedicated myself completely to it at all levels from forming advice groups , demonstrating to reclaim the streets etc . |
| 26 | Once I am interested in an act 's music and I like their live performance , the first thing I want to know is where this new band sees itself going . |
| 27 | But I have often asked myself what it is that drew me to Sibelius 's music and I think it is that he is a composer who can not really be compared to anyone else . |
| 28 | I was even more impressed with the jacket 's performance when I wore it next to my skin — it has an antibacterial finish to the fleece which makes it suitable for this purpose . |
| 29 | They will ensure that we all continue to have a say in Labour 's decisions and I urge you to support them . |
| 30 | I heard Daffodil 's voice before I saw her , so that when Filmer came past the door of the bar I was bending down with my head below the counter as if to be tidying things there . |