Example sentences of "i [modal v] [prep] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact I have gone further and said a " mixed " crew was , in my view , infinitely better than , any " national " crew , one of the reasons , possibly , for the high proportion of Commonwealth crews was my established policy of spreading my selection net as widely as I could in view of the poor cooperation of the Groups ; to this end I literally plagued the various HQs in London — the Aussies at Kodak House etc . |
| 2 | Erm , er so of course there was always people coming to the house connected with the Co-op educational side , you know and erm I used to sort of you kn understand it all , mother was the treasurer and sometimes the secretary would come down to see her . |
| 3 | Er anyway the that was the cook 's job and that was my job , I used to sort of go across and fetch this tea and have it ready by the time the men gave up work at nine o'clock . |
| 4 | you know I used to sort of bellow out |
| 5 | And I , I used to sort of sit in er put sit myself in my little erm bunk you know ? |
| 6 | And like , Scott told me and thinking about it if I 'd of been in in the frame , frame of mind that I 'm in know for example , I would of sort of pah ! |
| 7 | Well do n't you dare do it to me in the panto , I will of die of embarrassment ! |
| 8 | I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably said he thought two o'clock every afternoon I 'll remember what I can of Book of Isaiah you know . |
| 9 | However , I can on behalf of my Liberal Democrat colleagues , make Chris a solemn promise and this will feature in our next manifesto . |