Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What I want to say is this , there was a misunderstanding . |
| 2 | What I want to say is this . |
| 3 | Or you can do what I have just said , which is , say ‘ I , I 've made a mistake there , I think I 'll do it again , what I want to say is this . ’ |
| 4 | What I want to ensure is that Computer Services aspirations for Phases 2 and 3 do not cause unnecessary delay or additional cost to an improvement in the Committee Division 's use of computers . |
| 5 | Erm , it as I say it does n't provide for the the uses we 've just discussed and in my , I do n't want to get too entangled in the statistics of it , the main point I want to make is that |
| 6 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 7 | Here , the argument I want to make is more than that critical thought is an important feature of higher education . |
| 8 | The point I want to make is this . |
| 9 | The third provision I want to discuss is that of age-related testing . |
| 10 | But what I want to know is this — how come a Pakistani hot off the banana boat can get a mortgage when a decent cop with 25 years service in the force can not ? |
| 11 | ‘ Labourer : ‘ What I want to know be this . |
| 12 | It was close enough to use the under-arm style , and the pebbles I 'd selected were all of roughly the same size , so my fire was very accurate : four shots within splashing distance and a fifth which smashed the neck off the bottle . |
| 13 | Six years ago the only computer I 'd used was some horrid games machine a girlfriend had once become obsessed with . |
| 14 | The last I remember thinking was that Syl should marry my mother , his contemporary , and that then perhaps I would have to call him Daddy . |
| 15 | I I think the the the point I would I wish to make is that in whilst er its multi role capability would have enabled it to replace a number of roles and possibly a number of er aircraft and er as Mr Evans said earlier , that 's still being looked at . |
| 16 | The point I keep making is that in a press release they ought to include at least enough information briefly so that whoever 's reading it can pick up the angle or the possible use . |
| 17 | What I do want is some wine to take back to school tomorrow , oh er I mean |
| 18 | But I , I do wonder is that might |
| 19 | All I did say is that ca n't see us out here . |
| 20 | One business outing I did attend was that of the Association of Independent Railways ( AIR ) board . |
| 21 | All I did know was that Scamp took a few steps forward into the street while stuffing home fresh cartridges . |
| 22 | The story I had heard was that , instead of John Philip Sousa being the great all-American bandmaster he was really an Englishman , born in Gosport , Hants . |
| 23 | All I had to eat was some chocolate Tony had left in the car , washed down by a can of beer in the freeze compartment . |
| 24 | The only thing I 've seen is that light there . ’ |
| 25 | Any of the films I 've seen is all erm |
| 26 | The one I 've seen was that one on the front page . |
| 27 | The book I 've chosen is this one , Understanding Foreign Policy by Michael Clarke and Brian White who are editors , so if you could note that book down please , Understanding Foreign Policy , it is on your list , Understanding Foreign Policy by Michael Clarke and Brian White . |
| 28 | ‘ All I 've had is half a ‘ B ’ game , ’ he fumed . |
| 29 | I th I think the , the most suitable placement I 've found was that one in Dover but there , there , then there 's the the erm the Christian motivation . |
| 30 | I think I 've sat is those auditorium seats in the same format for quite a few years now . |