Example sentences of "this [noun] [coord] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am slightly embarrassed by this story but I fear it should be told . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He arrived this afternoon and I sent him off to rest . |
| 5 | Well run councils will flourish as a result of this settlement and I offer them every encouragement to do so . |
| 6 | I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford |
| 7 | ‘ I realise you love this car and I know you 're tired , ’ she said , determinedly hauling him out , ‘ but I 'd be grateful if you could save this until we 're in the house and in the dry . ’ |
| 8 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to produce this movie and I want you to direct it . ’ |
| 10 | The last but one day of this programme and I hope you are feeling good . |
| 11 | One very quick point , sorry erm I do n't want to sound as if I feel I can but er I welcome your comment at the beginning the condition be be left out on what 's going on because I thought this was actually the key function of this committee and I mean I see these are being decision has been taken . |
| 12 | I I asked the er the minister earlier about this question and I appreciate his difficulties being a home office minister rather than a foreign office minister and I quite understand his reluctance to er stray too far from his departmental portfolio but the reality is that the British government agreed that the European parliament should continue to meet in Strasbourg but we 've heard nothing from the minister as to where the money should come from er in order to make that commitment a reality because I 'm sure that every member opposite would say that the uncertainty about the present boundaries is not the er responsibility of the British government , that it 's a matter for the French government to sort out which boundaries er will be in place in the United Kingdom by June the ninth , the date of the European elections , but the reality is that the British government have gone along with the arrangement for having Strasbourg recognised as a er seat for the European parliament . |
| 13 | ‘ But if you got that for this place and I sold my apartment , together we 'd have enough money to get married and buy — ’ He broke off , a flush appearing beneath his tan as he realised he was pushing her too far along the relationship path and could also be sounding mercenary . |
| 14 | ‘ I did pop round for a chat with him earlier this evening and I thought he seemed a bit jumpy . |
| 15 | British Rail tell us their services are running to schedule this evening and I 've nothing to report to you from the bus services in the area . |
| 16 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |
| 17 | The 32-year-old Londoner has yet to secure a contract with the team for 1994 , and after finishing second to fellow Williams ' driver Alain Prost in yesterday 's opening qualifying session , said : ‘ I have had a fantastic opportunity with this team and I believe they will be the team to beat again next year . |
| 18 | Had Freda on the phone this morning but I told her that I would n't doing the . |
| 19 | we were only thinking about it this morning and I says I would n't mind a break , you know , like , cos , I mean aunty Mary 's always inviting us , and , and we were talking about the cat |
| 20 | They were on the till when I was up there this morning and I said you are you were working there |
| 21 | She phoned this morning and I said I ca n't come and collect it cos I 'm here by myself she said oh I 'll bring it in , that 's alright , no problem but er we 're going away to Gloucester at two o'clock |
| 22 | Well the question as far as inset er is concerned , we 've we 've already touched on this morning and I believe it was discussed yesterday . |
| 23 | Erm I 've been out as on the er line three this morning and I think there 's another little bit we ought to buy but we 'll discuss that as we 're going on eh ? |
| 24 | I bumped it against a door-frame when the earthquake started this morning and I lost my balance . ’ |
| 25 | Beyond this , current sensations converge with knowledge and memory and desire to make sense of the experience of the present : I not only experience this object but I recognize it — as something of a certain kind ; as yours , as mine , as something I have seen before ; and it means something to me in terms of my appetites and needs and ambitions . |
| 26 | It , the bill was hundred and thirty eight quid last month and it 'll be more than that this month and I think my yearly allowance is about three hundred , you know , so I 'm rapidly running out . |
| 27 | Williams added : ‘ At this moment in time it is a relegation match but it is n't one we particularly fear — I 've played against them this season and I know they 're not the Forest of old . |
| 28 | Hall said : ‘ We must get up this season and I believe we will . |
| 29 | Assistant manager Eddie Stein , who had taken temporary control , said : ‘ The chairman did ask me how I felt about Barry possibly coming back earlier this week and I told him I 'd welcome him with open arms . |
| 30 | I MADE one of my rare visits to town this week and I wish I had not . |