Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] i [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was rephrased , ‘ Do you ever find yourself saying , I wish 1 could do this better or I wish I knew more about that ? ’ it was more easily understood . |
| 2 | They say , ‘ Thank you for playing the hymn , you did n't mention my name so although I know you were n't playing it just for me , I felt as if you were ’ . |
| 3 | You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say , not better than I wish you to be . |
| 4 | ‘ So you understand me better than I understand myself . |
| 5 | You 'll know better than I do what that means . ’ |
| 6 | They have made no impression on the Yugoslavian tragedy — so much so that I wish we had developed our own foreign policy towards the future of Yugoslavia in general and to the states of Slovenia and Croatia in particular . |
| 7 | They have prepared me well , supported me through university , taught me the difference between right and wrong , so that I know which I am enjoying at any given time ! |
| 8 | I ca n't put it easily out of my mind , and the gentle tone nags at me , so that I find myself worrying , asking my friends in a roundabout way : by the way , what do you weigh ? |
| 9 | ‘ So much so that I want you to do it again . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ God knows when I 'll see you again , but tonight I shall … so that I have something to remember , my little Cassie . ’ |
| 11 | Different names may be current in my area , so that I give you information on the wrong fish . |
| 12 | I am ushered reverently into a cabin and pick up the quaint hand set , which has an additional round earpiece for clamping over the spare ear , so that I see myself reflected in the glass like a radio operator or a session singer . |
| 13 | I think it 's slightly after the witching hour , so that I think we should begin . |
| 14 | I do n't intend to discuss the housing , whether seven hundred acres , sorry seven l land for seven hundred houses is owned by the City of York , that 's not part of our case one way or the other , but we have offered you a distribution of the Greater York provision figure between the districts , because from Barton Willmore 's very extensive experience of participation in local plan work up and down the country , I think we share the view that er City of York have , that Ryedale have , my colleagues to the left and right on this side of the table have , that there does need to be a distribution , otherwise there will be at best confusion as to whether local plans comply with the structure plan , and at worst a game of of pass the parcel and everybody will be conforming , but nobody will actually be possibly meeting the figures , and that is the situation that I do n't think anybody would wish to see as a result of er the outcome of of alteration number three , I mean I do n't know how the County Council would would really be able to say whether they thought a local plan conformed to the structure plan , without knowing what that distribution was , perhaps in some bottom draw manner which is not now the approved way of going about these things , so that I think there does need to be a distribution for the proper planning of York , and before coming on to our to explain our figures a little bit , I should also say , perhaps in in response to remarks Mr Thomas made earlier on about the general character of the York area and the need to protect that , that that course is precisely what the greenbelt is for , and what it does , it is n't necessary to extend that concept across the whole of the vale of York , and therefore to seek to er discount migration outside the greenbelt . |
| 15 | erm certainly numerically controlled machine tools , they 've been with us for a number of years now and there 's no doubt about it that micro-electronics is having an influence , or advances in micro-electronics are having a way in which they are implemented , but I feel applications of that type it requires quite a large amount of flexibility in being able to program it to set up one machine , program it differently to set up another machine , say , or to produce one component and another component and so on , so that I think there one is thinking and looking at a more sophisticated type of computer than , say , a simple microcomputer that we 've been talking about earlier . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I say merely that I know nothing of your late wife . |
| 18 | But not only that I mean it 's New Year 's Eve , everybody else is bloody getting drunk and enjoying themselves and you 're stuck doing the bloody bar . |
| 19 | as I say she 'd have everything down , I think I , she definitely needs a big house , but not only that I mean she has to put everything up like |
| 20 | I would add only that I find myself quite unable to see how referring to the reports of Parliamentary debates in order to determine the meaning of the words which Parliament has employed could possibly be construed as ‘ questioning ’ or ‘ impeaching ’ the freedom of speech or debate or proceedings in Parliament or as otherwise infringing the provisions of article 9 of the Bill of Rights . |
| 21 | This does not mean that I am not going to suggest some home truths : only that I think they are truths , and not another uncomprehending outsider 's attempt to cajole , belittle or malign people who are struggling to do their best in a complex and stressful situation , and who know better than anyone else that their best sometimes is n't very good . |
| 22 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 24 | In a muffled voice she added , ‘ They had so little time together that I hope they were happy . ’ |
| 25 | When I drive off , I am so churned up inside that I find myself hoping I sha n't make things worse by having a coronary on the way to work . ’ |
| 26 | if you leave them in the pile fair enough and I think they can go to archive , but please can you re-title the contents page and the pages cos they 're not interview data it 's count data , er I would of thought by now Scott knew the difference between interview and account |
| 27 | It 's been going on for long enough and I think something should be done about it , ’ he added . |
| 28 | Right , I think we 've been going on long enough and I think you 've been sitting there long enough , ha |
| 29 | Basically like I say it 's just when I , when I bend it , |
| 30 | Better if I get my glasses on Gordon ! |