Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
| 2 | for the Water Board so he 's got quite a good job you know , but erm , I 'm , we could n't afford to put the other through the apprentice because I mean you had n't got the money had you then |
| 3 | Marchmont himself was forced to admit that ‘ Lord Anson 's promises are so long in the performing that I reckon none of us will build sudden expectations upon them ’ . |
| 4 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 5 | It was only when I looked up to my right and saw the board that I realized I had come to the right place . |
| 6 | Your asking me as chairman of the board and I think I can speak to the board I think that the theatre has actually managed very well . |
| 7 | I wo n't add any more to the board because I think you 're starting to get the idea , but one or two others I want you to think about , I believe animals should not be experimented upon for make-up , I believe everybody should be treated with respect . |
| 8 | The reason why I joined the original class was that I had become intrigued by what I had heard and read about the Technique and I thought it might help prevent a second hip operation . |
| 9 | ‘ It was only during the afternoon that I remembered it was my 15th birthday . ’ |
| 10 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 11 | Me Aunty Linda 's not working either , like she did n't need the money but I mean he was on the dole for years me Uncle Ron . |
| 12 | ‘ He said he would kill her if I did n't hand over the money and I believed him . |
| 13 | He said well actually I have got the money because I borrowed it . |
| 14 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I killed her in the field because I believed she was the devil . ’ |
| 16 | A dense fog descended on the field and I found myself isolated at left-half marking the right winger — yes , it was some years ago ! |
| 17 | It is always a pleasure to meet you in the field and I appreciate your commitment to creating a better housing business and providing greater satisfaction for our customers . |
| 18 | It rang while Elizabeth was in the field and I picked it up and someone spoke to me , but I can not speak , so I tore it from the wall and then no one could speak to me . ) |
| 19 | So I kissed the computer and I think it kissed me . |
| 20 | So the net effect of your suggested criterion is to get us rather further from a decision than even the chairman and I thought we might be at ten o'clock this morning . |
| 21 | The chairman and I demonstrated what needed to be done and how we hoped to fund the re-equipment of polyester , when we had invested what was necessary from the nylon cash flow . |
| 22 | ‘ He was simply unable to make the decision so I asked him , ‘ What do you want from your life ? ’ |
| 23 | Afterwards she came into the kitchen while I washed her clothes and hung them on a bush in the garden to dry — and there was nothing in our words or manner to suggest that all this was not quite ordinary and everyday . |
| 24 | My mother and I were in the kitchen when I saw him and involuntarily said , ‘ My God , he looks as though he 's … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ No , I had some work to do in the kitchen and I left them here . ’ |
| 26 | The other nights when he is n't in I go into the kitchen and I find something to do — I clear the cupboards out or something . |
| 27 | It 's wrong , Mr Deputy Speaker , if they 're living in this country erm on a semi-permanent basis and happen to have been here last October they 'll have a vote so will any everybody else who 's a citizen of the European union , so will peers of the realm who happen to be living elsewhere whether they 're in this country or outside this country under these regulations and previous regulations , have a vote in the European elections and I think it 's wholly wrong that erm citizens of other European countries namely France because that 's the one and it 's remarkable is it not that France is the one that 's gon na be the cause of this whole edifice collapsing if we do n't submit to their extra demands but citizens of France who are citizens living in their colonies , as I 've said in South America , the West Indies and the Pacific , will have a vote in the European elections on June the ninth and yet we have got citizens for whom we are responsible for in this house , we can not shirk it onto anyone else , we deny them the responsibility and I think it 's about time the house addressed this matter . |
| 28 | York 's a historic city of some hundred and four thousand people , covering some two thousand nine hundred hectares , but that city itself is only part of the settlement that I think we would all regard as as York itself , that covers a larger population of some a hundred and thirty five thousand people , er contained er within the York outer ring road , and referenced to the the map submitted with my H One submission , and also the greenbelt plan which we 've we 've just put up on the board there , er will show you the the broader extent of the urban area . |
| 29 | I shall just have to play on and ride out the recession and I feel I still have three good years left in me at the top . |
| 30 | ‘ I think the banks will keep it on the lane and I suppose it 'll just roll to a halt eventually . ’ |