Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | No , you 've got the wave right I mean you know |
2 | For any girl who was a little bit shy it was sheer agony to go out at all . |
3 | And go I 'm a bit shy you see , erm well I 'm a bit shy and tell the truth I have to admit I 'm a bit shy so , I when I come on I 'm gon na say hello and then you say hello back to me . |
4 | if I needed any I , I used to ask my boss or phone up head office and say petty cash is getting a bit low I 've used a lot of stamps last week , they 'd send me up a cheque and , never any question of they 've provided us with tea and the pint of milk I use , I , I 'd bring it in with me or ask the |
5 | erm but you homed in on the needs and you persisted in finding out from me what I wanted which was good and you checked very carefully on the policies in existence so yeah , considering it 's a page which erm can be a bit confusing you did very well . |
6 | Oh that 's a bit political Rachael is n't it a bit political I was n't expecting that |
7 | We have had an exceptional level erm , probably the reasons such as stand-by and maternity absences and a variety of others which essentially are above the level that we normally budget for . |
8 | Personally , I prefer to speak about learning together because I think it 's more friendly use , er , user friendly I think I understand it better and it reminds me that it 's connected with disciple-ship . |
9 | Yes , there were er , I think there was one , two , three , four houses , four or five houses that were occupied before we came in , they were still building The Chantry incidently and er you know it was a it was quite a shock to us and the wife was a bit upset you know when having to , we came from Plymouth actually , Devon , and er the wife was a bit er down you know all the night travelling all night with the children |
10 | You know both sides were very happy you know it was up with the company or down with the company you know , and I think certainly the younger lads sort of saw it as an infringement upon their future , you know we 've all got mortgages and the o older men who 'd been working since the quarry started you know were gon na see a drop in their standard of living , so I think you know people were getting a bit upset you know that a n a new fella h a new face had come in , and all of a sudden you know changes were being made that were gon na hurt everybody financially . |
11 | In the early days , Paisley was so short of support that he press-ganged people into standing for election . |
12 | It 's a device driver that it loads . |
13 | okay you got that bit right you certainly needed the accidentals you certainly needed those two . |
14 | You might find it 's a little bit strange me stood up here talking to you about temporary labour , part-time workers , when you 've heard what Asda 's gone through and said temporary labour situations all morning . |
15 | It is a bit strange you only searching this place now , is n't it ? |
16 | yeah a bit strange I suppose |
17 | a wash and a blow dry he has it |
18 | So because a tenor sings a little bit lower you 've got more of the lower notes and fewer of the higher notes before you need to add start adding ledger line notes . |
19 | Er , so you can say that er Mr is a friend of pensioner 's , he said , he said he would be prepared to , what I , I , I approached him and said er , what about Harlow Caring Council , are they prepared to assist the pensioners in any way or do they wish to join in on this , oh yes he said , of course Norman he said , how much are you paying er Ron I said well his asking forty pound for the , for the morning , oh he said I 'll go half way with that , then he came out and said to me , pull me up afterwards and ask me to go to leisure services about the Tuesday , and so I 'm still following that up and hopefully we will have two days on pensioner 's week , because you want to have as much impact as possible and in a few moments , when I nearly finished here , I shall be reading you something where you 'll see that it is important that we make an impact on the people of Harlow . |
20 | Since the infant plaintiff was at the time of the accident en ventre sa mère she was not then a person or a human being in esse and in fact she had no separate existence apart from her mother . |
21 | Yeah bit emotional I think . |
22 | PS Sorry you got off on the wrong foot with the new commander . |
23 | it 's not the real Agatha Christie but that 's a bit dated I think now |
24 | I wanted the girls to have an opportunity that I never had as a child . |
25 | As the work tends to be a bit messy you 'll need to wear old clothes and bring some overalls or an apron with you . |
26 | But apart from this er for Leicester this Alan now they 're starting to s squeeze a little bit and they 've got to be a little bit careful they do n't leave Collimore too much space to run into . |
27 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
28 | In Part 2 we have a special guest . |
29 | No fun and frivolity as a treat at the end of Part 2 I 'm afraid — it 's straight into Part 3 . |
30 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |