Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In Germany there is more emphasis on technical skills and I learned bricklaying while completing my education . |
| 2 | ‘ We are trying to educate young people and point them in the right direction and I do n't think we are fulfilling our duty very well when we have a rule like this . ’ |
| 3 | What , why have you put down that you have your regional accent and I have an Irish accent ? |
| 4 | This motion condemns rise in unemployment caused by the incompetent handling of the Tory government 's economic policies and I ask for support of the T U C campaigns for the unemployed , but I would beg really that when we do campaign , the T U C gives us more than two days to notify us of rallies and meetings . |
| 5 | It was a strange experience and I felt out of place , like the old duck out of water . |
| 6 | ‘ She is also setting an example in these hard economic times and I think we should respect the Princess for this . ’ |
| 7 | But he added : ‘ First and foremost , I 'm a professional footballer and I make sure everyone knows that . |
| 8 | It 's one of the CIA 's most closely guarded secrets and I intend to keep it that way . |
| 9 | As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed . |
| 10 | Barbara told Clinton : ‘ There is a shift in the political wind and I feel that it 's blowing our way . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've got broad shoulders and I 've been through it as a player . |
| 12 | It 's a lazy Saturday and I decide to go for a walk in Cwm Idwal . |
| 13 | They snapped like burned-through twigs and I threw them away . |
| 14 | Yeah , we 've got a wrong driver and I did n't have one in my things so I might have to regroup with a proper let's have a look in DOS and see what mouse drivers it 's got . |
| 15 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
| 16 | These bodies My Lords are after all precepting authorities and I think it crucial that those who 've been elected by their local communities should be in a clear majority and I sympathise very much with the er proposition in this regard , set out in the Noble Lord , Lord 's Amendment number twenty-one . |
| 17 | As a supporter of the lower divisions and non-League football , I am becoming increasingly alienated from the game at the top level and I believe many thousands of people are going the same way . |
| 18 | They hand-made him this acoustic guitar and I thought it was really beautiful , so I thought I 'd like something like that . |
| 19 | Of course , you 'll then ask about foreigners playing in English clubs and I 've no objections to that provided that not too many are brought in . |
| 20 | That moustache is not an English moustache , the flower in the button-hole is from some foreign field and I fancy he does not care for his pickled egg . |
| 21 | with a , well they , they made the wooden stick and I got the Pitman 's book and |
| 22 | We visit the charming sheep and I get a chance to wear my wellingtons after all . |
| 23 | ‘ But what I am talking about , because it is my business , is mainstream commercial cinema and I do maintain that mainstream cinema should be looking towards its audience . |
| 24 | They are both disreputable practitioners of empty trades and I wanted to — ’ |
| 25 | A tangle of wires lay on a nearby seat and I noticed some of the studio equipment in a small alcove in one corner . |
| 26 | Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down . |
| 27 | slightly over weight or very over weight and I mean that is something we have n't really looked at , but I mean is it effecting people quite seriously ? |
| 28 | I do n't even get on with my brother , we 've always been at different schools and I 've hardly spoken to him since he went to university . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Chairman erm I would like personally take up a suggestion that was in The Star about the possibility of a regional company being based at the playhouse in other words for a few months I would see it as people getting to know this company and rather like a repertory theatre of old then people would want to come and see these people in different roles and I think that would add to the you know repetitive . |
| 30 | Like Paula , I thought they were old ledgers and I did n't take much notice . |