Example sentences of "of [noun pl] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |
| 2 | Well , my Lord the case is about the practice of solicitors and I 've pleaded upon the practice , that 's part of the statement . |
| 3 | Ken Clarke was my minister of roads and I remember him coming back on more than one occasion with steam coming out of his ears . |
| 4 | so I had a lot of contacts and I enjoyed it . |
| 5 | ‘ We had a fairly useful discussion and exchange of views and I think Mr. Pexton was interested to hear opinions from grassroots farmers , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Well a variety of views and I think the only generalization I can make about weddings is that you ca n't generalize about weddings , some people think they 're wonderful , some people are sceptical , people have done their own er variations on weddings . |
| 7 | I eat plenty of vegetables and I do n't like chocolate . ’ |
| 8 | We 've been in a couple of times and I said that I wanted a chaise you see ooh I got this erm one for Victorian one it 's very nice , and lovely warm you know , the legs anyway it was one one thousand three hundred you see , so I thought , oh I said well I did n't wan na |
| 9 | a couple of times , you know , people were up my arse a couple of times and I retaliated a couple of times |
| 10 | The Minister held a number of meetings and I know what went on , but the opportunity was lost . |
| 11 | Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form . |
| 12 | I use all types of shampoos and I have to use loads and loads of conditioners — I like L'Oréal 's Protelene conditioner and Henara Wax . |
| 13 | But ha I remember I was on my test and I pulled round er it was very , very busy and there were two rows of cars and I pulled up and I thought right there 's a gap down there and I want to go straight on and all these others were turning le turning right so I squeezed down through the gap and then I thought right I 'm gon na be here a little while shall I put it in neutral , blow no I wo n't . |
| 14 | I 've got to play some flamenco and bass on a couple of songs and I get to do lots of weird effects and things . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Lee Clark certainly has the potential to score a lot of goals and I expect people like Brian Kilcline to hit some from set pieces . ’ |
| 16 | But , like I say , I 'm a really big fan of guitarists and I 've always been a fan of the guitarists in the group , whoever they 've been . ’ |
| 17 | Just before he got a good grip he went , he got a grip and he was just about to squeeze this , I went I sort of went of tiptoes and I goes , I 'll let it slide this time . |
| 18 | I 'm not against the concept of co-opted members and I believe that they could add a useful dimension to any authority 's work , but apart from the obligatory brace of businessmen and I accept the Right Honourable and Noble Viscount Lord Whitelaw 's phrase and I quote powerful reference to a broad approach and new ideas and a fight against crime , but apart from the the brace er , er of such business people , they should surely come from representative sections of those communities which the authorities serve . |
| 19 | So it was a full range of offences and I mean there is n't a typical way of working with a typical kind of offence . |
| 20 | An orange circle of light , the beam from his torch , darted round the tent walls , there was the jingle of keys and I felt them cold in my hand . |
| 21 | It could lead to unjustifiable situations resulting in a great number of injustices and I do not think we should continue with it . … |
| 22 | During the past two days we have heard a vast number of contributions and I pay tribute to the common sense and foresight of Labour Members who have not only pointed out the inequalities of the system that is still in being but the pitfalls that we see ahead of us . |
| 23 | When I look at a Picasso which is using a lot of colours and I look at something else , for some reason I know that Picasso is using colour well , and the other person is n't . |
| 24 | When I look at a Picasso which is using a lot of colours and I look at something else , for some reason I know that Picasso is using colour well , and the other person is n't . |
| 25 | But I 'm tired , I 've still got a headache , I feel beat and out of ideas and I feel embarrassed dammit . |
| 26 | I have already spoken to the Deputy Chair of MCS and I understand that Dr Sue Gubay will be at the conference . |
| 27 | Together we brought round a pile of boards and I started chopping while Laura fed the slender faggots to the flame , and Edward tinkered with the loose bricks that controlled the air supply . |
| 28 | But you 've had loads of goes and I have n't . |
| 29 | They have to for some journeys yes , but there are a lot of alternatives and I think if the councillors were actually to rely more on public transport they maybe would feel more comfortable about putting subsidies into buses instead of subsidies into car parks . |
| 30 | When she had been there a couple of years and I asked her how she was , she said , ‘ Pretty mouldy . ’ |