Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [subord] i " in BNC.

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1 Well I would n't have chosen them for March cos I mean that 's very nice
2 He said : ‘ I played one reserve game for Orient when I was 18 but nothing came of it . ’
3 I look to the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook when I say that I am not clear about the precise intention that lies behind the phrase in new clause 2 , which refers to ’ satisfactory access to advice and representation ’ — this is for applicants — ’ from advisers and representatives of their choice ’ .
4 ‘ I did n't know about Bella when I married her ; and I was an innocent abroad where women were concerned .
5 ‘ Sapt , ’ I said , ‘ I promise I 'll do one thing for Ruritania before I leave it . ’
6 I 'd like erm I 'd like it for Friday if I could could you tell her cos I want it to erm go out on Friday .
7 ‘ If you loved Ruth I would n't have been able to — I would n't have looked after Ruth as I have . ’
8 Bernard I must tell you , listening to you at the moment is Simon Wigg on one of our other lines erm just a word about Simon before I bring him in .
9 However , if I talk about Tyneside when I am a few miles away in Teesside or Wearside , I am in real trouble .
10 ‘ I 'll have little chance of forgetting all about Knockglen considering I 'll be coming home every night , ’ said Benny glumly .
11 ‘ Ironically , I was possibly playing my best football for Tottenham when I left the club , but I knew there was no way back .
12 Tony tells us about his lone stay in the Westmann Islands off Iceland when I had to leave four days earlier than him .
13 ‘ I wo n't put myself forward for England until I have successfully played for Lazio .
14 ‘ I think that I have n't played a Test for England because I 've carried too much weight for a long time , ’ Carrick said .
15 What chance did I have , fond of Bernard as I was , but also , as I daresay you have concluded , and like so many , including I daresay yourself , bored ?
16 ‘ I 'm hoping to see something of Czechoslovakia while I 'm here , ’ she replied , but as it suddenly struck her that the silence emanating from Ven Gajdusek was decidedly chilly — and since the last thing she needed was to be bad friends with him if he objected to Lubor Ondrus flirting with her on his time , ‘ But now I must return to my hotel , ’ she added .
17 Why should I be jealous of Richard when I do n't want to make love to him any more ?
18 ‘ I was n't getting any respect , any money ; I could n't even get hold of Richard when I wanted to , so I decided to put my foot down and straighten things out .
19 Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it .
20 On Tuesday the eighth of February as I understand it that meeting then will report to a Council meeting of the Council , so I would not wish to put forward the suggested resolutions that are on the order paper , er I think I would want to suggest to you ladies and gentlemen for decisions today to whether you wish or not and then I would suggest that the appropriate decision is to await the of the City additional Council and therefore bring this matter forward to our Committee on March the twenty ninth .
21 He said , ‘ When I saw more of Eva than I do now , she was often unstable .
22 ‘ When I had the idea of setting up a promotions business , I immediately thought of Pete because I knew I could work with him .
23 End of February , March , April , God it 's nearly the end of May before I can start playing again
24 ‘ I believe her mother left the country at the end of January so I am shell-shocked , basically , to find she was on her own .
25 I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over .
26 However , when I asked the King of Lilliput if I could visit Blefuscu , he agreed , but very coldly .
27 I was in front of Bev when I went in there and I said to her
28 Despite having visited the country and despite a long interest in the area , even I was not fully aware of the complexities and the depth of feeling in the various component parts of Yugoslavia until I read the quite remarkable book that Chris Cviic wrote for the Royal Institute of International Affairs only a few months ago .
29 ‘ Do you see much of Glenda while I 'm away ? ’ asked Mounce .
30 I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause .
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