Example sentences of "['s] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In approaching the wife 's defence I have regretfully come to the conclusion that the judge has overlooked two critical points of distinction between her case and that of the husband . |
| 2 | But I think Freud would have also gone on to say that he had very good reason for resenting Wilson , because he blamed Wilson personally for the unjust peace , after er Versailles , but er , was indirectly , many people would argue , going to lead to the Second World War , and er , so Freud 's defence I think would be , this man really was responsible . |
| 3 | With Lissa 's money I picked up his tabs . |
| 4 | During the farmer 's eulogy I had been distractedly scratching the cow 's tail and had soiled my hand in the process . |
| 5 | ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined . |
| 6 | When I heard about Elsie 's foot I decided that I wanted to write about her to explore how she coped with her disability . |
| 7 | I 've stolen Mr 's thunder I think . |
| 8 | Whenever I hear talk of the problems of Northern Ireland 's peripherality I immediately think , peripheral from where ? |
| 9 | With the trunk 's support I slid down to kneeling , leaning head and left shoulder against the bark . |
| 10 | We would wish to stress again , with the district council 's support I suspect , that that overshoot really it 's to sites within the urban area , as in windfall sites in general planning terms we have seen to be acceptable er in planning terms , but we would wish to stress that part part of that approach has been a continuing resistance to development on greenfield sites on the edge of the the urban area . |
| 11 | However , in Stan and Ollie 's case I was reluctant to suggest that Stan be castrated immediately because Ollie was still maturing . |
| 12 | In the light of the quite different issue which was before the House in Gillick 's case I venture to doubt whether Lord Scarman meant more than that the exclusive right of the parents to consent to treatment terminated , but I may well be wrong . |
| 13 | Now of course that , it is the defendant 's case I anticipate , erm is er , although there 's nothing specific in the rule about it , is said to be er only a possibility for a plaintiff if the plaintiff when they sell , he or she served the notice to complete is in a position to be able to complete himself and here . |
| 14 | But in Locke 's day it was normal and Locke 's contemporaries I think would have had no problem understanding this what he meant . |
| 15 | Sometimes during the mate 's watch I took the wheel and learnt to steer . |
| 16 | On the question of the government 's proposals I 'm entirely opposed to the er the idea that they should wash their hands of their er , obligations er , the nineteen sixty eight act as as a number of members know er , gave it as they are the duty of a local authority to acquire some sites for gypsies some local authorities er , obeyed that and er they actually provide the sites , like Harlow , other authorities just ignored it ! |
| 17 | ‘ If I want to miss a pauper 's grave I 'll have to go . ’ |
| 18 | Were I to meet any of you at the golf club or the Mayor 's banquet I am sure we could talk as equals over a glass of sherry and a snipe sandwich . |
| 19 | Before Christ 's mass I will be gone , back into the world . |
| 20 | As soon as I heard de Niro 's accent I laughed . |
| 21 | In Dennis 's presence I became an outlaw once again , and Karen my moll . |
| 22 | For tomorrow 's Division I game , Hawick will be without the injured Nick Bannerman , Scott Welsh , Greig Oliver , Jim Hay and Brian Renwick , while Tim Stokes , David Taylor and Derek Turnbull are rated as very doubtful , especially the Scotland flanker , who had four stitches inserted in a head cut last Saturday . |
| 23 | After a moment 's hesitation I blurted out , ‘ Tell you later . ’ |
| 24 | And I would have lost the chance to sail across the Pacific with Ellen , because Ellen was on the verge of agreeing to come with me , and if I had not yielded to the policeman 's blackmail I would have lost Ellen as well as my boat . |
| 25 | As a demographer with a quarter of a century 's experience I know that if I encounter finite numbers of a supposedly rare occurrence , the true rate is higher . |
| 26 | At people 's houses I 've taken cuttings of and |
| 27 | I thought well that 's fair comment cos there 's people 's houses I 'd stay away from cos I do n't like the wives , so I mean , you know , that 's , I do n't go round , but the thing is she 's been gone about what three year now , four year or something or however long it is why do n't she come now ? |
| 28 | In my days as a Justice 's Clerk I saw enough corpses to know that death can grossly disfigure even the comeliest of faces . ’ |
| 29 | But , I mean the concern Carters Mead Resident 's Association I think is well founded , I think there 's been a lot of problems and er I think it can come upon us all to keep talking with them and to improve the situation should the should Woolwich back out . |
| 30 | I might even see the remainder of my old Hyundai back on my desk as a loaner while ADM irons out the inevitable bugs in this Frankenstein 's monster I 'm creating . |