Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This is what could be termed in as a a pregnant pause !
2 Now I smelt a mice then you see , I I my own personal thoughts were , What 's what 's the idea of appointing instead of a a real go ahead executive member , why did they put him in .
3 No , we can pick up on a a criminal record if he 's got it .
4 I think it 's rather an island in in the middle of the ermerm cultivated land so if you stand on top of the Ridgeway and look down you can see the Harwell site standing out as a a green treed area erm compared with the corn all round it .
5 Well if you see an old man sitting there with a a shining fronted cap on you 'll know that 's me Granddad , in a white beard .
6 I think erm there is some dispute as to erm what size the new settlement must be to become what 's termed an integrated and balanced community , and given the importance of this issue , and it has been with us for the last three years , ever since the new settlement was first proposed , erm I find it very surprising that North Yorkshire County Council have not undertaken any work of their own on this subject area , and have relied instead on a a residual approach to find the new settlement size , and I must say I find that very unsatisfactory , what North Yorkshire County Council are inviting you , erm , to accept is whatever size the residual for Greater York is , you know , has been in the past I should say , proposals from the public , from the private sector have come forward , an and the County Council have used those proposals as confirmation that the new settlement of that particular size was viable , it 's a sort of self fulfilling prophecy , now I think that 's unacceptable , what they have n't done is the second part of the technical exercise , which is to look at the thresholds of the various services and facilities required in the new settlement .
7 I 'm not taking you home in a stroppy mood Aaron we left home in a a stroppy mood
8 No go to have your reception and he comes back at a a certain time .
9 So what I 'd like to do is erm , balance out the influence in him , prior to going out and making these negotiations erm , so that he comes back with a a suitable timescale for us to deal with it , and has n't promised them the earth in the way of commission or er , print changes or whatever .
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