Example sentences of "[noun pl] i [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes even worse reading and it distresses me to have to bring it to the attention of the House . |
| 2 | That , wrote Harsnet , is part of the reason why I have chosen glass and not canvas or wood , that is why in my notes I have called it a delay in glass , which is to say a refusal of shit . |
| 3 | I do realize that there are problems in finding suitable sites and that possibly that costs would be involved in setting them up , but for the reasons I 've outlined we should take the bull by the horns and make an effort to find sites and budget for the costs involved so the benefits can be felt as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Erm , we hope that you will come back soon , because for all the reasons I 've outlined it 's tremendously important to us and it 's nice to have a body of , a big large body of trade unions in the city in terms of our feelings as , as local trade unions as well . |
| 5 | For the reasons I have given I would grant the application . |
| 6 | Although I consider that at the relevant time Lautro 's Rules , and thus its procedure , were defective in the respects I have outlined , for the reasons I have given I conclude that Lautro were not required by law to afford to Winchester the opportunity to make representations as to why an intervention notice should not be served before deciding whether or not to serve such a notice . |
| 7 | For the reasons I have given I would dismiss this appeal . |
| 8 | Well I knew , when I was in , when we were at Donnington , living at Donnington , a couple of blokes I 've known there 's company sergeant majors and regimental sergeant majors in the Signals , I was walking through shed four , one day , I was doing , doing some mucking about with these folding boats for the RE 's |
| 9 | Three sons I had given him , and still he did not love me as I was so desperate to be loved . |
| 10 | Again , the two TV programmes I mentioned give plenty of evidence of the power they exercise over the lives of thousands upon thousands . |
| 11 | But er because I 've had requests I 've approached them and said , Well we 'll get your documents released and see see if we can speed matters up because use your experience . |
| 12 | In all the time she was there she asked for only two things , and in both cases I had to disappoint her . |
| 13 | At the end of this necessarily lengthy examination of the decided cases I have found nothing which causes me to depart from the view I expressed before embarking on that examination as to the appropriate procedure to be followed under section 7(3) and section 8(2) considered simply on the basis of the statutory language . |
| 14 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 15 | Of all the hedges I 've seen they 've been about eighteen two foot , about that far apart |
| 16 | The farm stands on a spur of moorland on the northern edge of the forest , and within 10 minutes I had turned my back on the corduroy battalions of trees and was striding under a still , cloudy sky over tussocks of rush and coarse grass , with my face to the long , bare shoulders of open hillside that flank the winding shallows of the East Kielder Burn . |
| 17 | I took Oliver 's flowers , and fed them petal-first into the grinder , and in just a few minutes I had reduced his gift to a sludge which the cold water was washing away down the waste-pipe . |
| 18 | When I had stopped kicking against the pricks I began to ask myself how much longer I could have gone on without somebody noticing the change in my figure . |
| 19 | So many times I 'd prepared myself and others for his death . |
| 20 | I do n't think I had ever watched the dawn break until my Waaf days — certainly I had never stayed up all night before , and however many times I had to do it in the course of my duties , it always seemed to me a highly unnatural procedure . |
| 21 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 22 | ‘ I told them several times I had met him only briefly . |
| 23 | What was more , the couple of times I had rung my antenatal teacher for reassurance in late pregnancy after a brief stay in hospital had been free too . |
| 24 | ‘ And what about all the times I 've asked your advice while you were doing your yard work ? ’ he teased . |
| 25 | All the times I 've played it , have you only just noticed ? |
| 26 | No , I 'm sorry three times I 've said it , it is not make a face at the end of the chorus , it 's there it , and there is just one way , the chorus says if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way , then you make the face |
| 27 | Yeah but I mean the times I 've seen her it 's been this end of town rather than that end of town . |
| 28 | He 's got a week 's growth of beard which seems to be permanent , judging from the times I 've seen him in the past . |
| 29 | Teacher never had a moment 's peace with him , and I could n't count the number of times I 've seen him waiting outside the headmaster 's study . |
| 30 | You 've no idea how many times I 've willed myself not to say that — and won . ’ |