Example sentences of "[noun pl] [unc] [noun pl] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day , while we were exercising , Brian kept watch under the door for the guards ' feet as I tapped out , ‘ We are Brian Keenan and John McCarthy . |
| 2 | ‘ I used recycled material mainly from my grandchildren 's clothes and I use all the proper stuffing . |
| 3 | But it seems that that is n't what 's being taught , and therefore , in information about that comes , well either via your own experience or talking with friends or reading womens ' magazines or I mean whe , where do we actually get our education from ? |
| 4 | since you done it we 've been looking in jewellers ' shops when I go , I go up town twice a week with her , you know , carry all the bags , and er we 're looking in the jewellers ' shop and some old , some lady stood there and , she were looking I says , come on they do n't wear marriage ri , wedding rings there ! |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman would know if he had addressed as many farmers ' organisations as I have that the first question farmers ask is how we can deal with the uncertainty of the MacSharry proposals , which now confront us . |
| 6 | They stood up to be counted , to save their men 's jobs , their community and their families ' futures and I salute their courage and wish them well in their pit vigil . |
| 7 | I tried to remember what my sister Mary had said about ignoring old wives ' tales and I tried to put them from my mind , but after that I often caught myself glancing at Granny 's picture and it seemed to me that her black eyes came alive and followed me round the room . |
| 8 | You were all political innocents , a dupe for the Pigs and the Pigs ' masters before I joined you . |
| 9 | I realised that it was time to take back control over my children 's lives and I joined the city wide anti-dampness campaign instead . |
| 10 | I used to take my daughter , Emma , to children 's parties and I wandered around Central Park quite a lot . |
| 11 | The worst one was when we were doing one on Women 's Studies and I said look , let's have your title and let's have some kind of format . |
| 12 | And I did n't go to the women 's guilds because I did n't have the knowledge . |
| 13 | When I worked at St. Aldate 's we had a lot of these sort of characters on the edge of things , and erm they used to play very much upon the students ' consciences and I think I 'm just concerned that , you know , there are n't people out there listening who will open their homes up indiscriminately . |
| 14 | So it 's very very easy in that context for adults to exploit children 's compliance and er it 's easy for kids to be able to not refuse adults ' advances and I suppose that 's why there 's this business about erm y'know it 's it 's not possible for kids to give informed consent to sex . |