Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 By this I mean that both the designer and colleagues may be too expert , too sophisticated , too used to jargon , too well-educated and able to verbalize .
2 I mean if obviously the child is reacting in some way or feels that they ca n't even relax when they 're at home , erm then someone 's overstepped the mark .
3 Nor do I think that either the father or the court were exercising any rights of custody at the time of the removal .
4 I realised that almost the instant she left me . ’
5 The bridge humbucker has been designed to give a very hot response indeed , and I found that even the centre single coil kicked the amp quite nicely .
6 When I came back to Scotland I found that generally the standard of club rugby was lower . ’
7 I suggest that both the strength and the weakness of Moore 's positive ethical views stem mainly from his method of isolation .
8 While P P G twelve provides for a cascade of planning policy , I suggest that only a purist would delay a resolution of the needs of Greater York , through the development plan process , in order to await regional planning guidance .
9 Before the war began , listening to reminiscences of those who had experienced the last war and sensing their dread , I imagined that once a war had started , no one would ever be happy again .
10 I showed that instead the symmetry would have broken everywhere at the same time , rather than just inside bubbles .
11 But he added : ‘ I suspect that quite a lot of British MPs … will decide that power is now moving towards an enhanced European Parliament . ’
12 I appreciate that yesterday the funeral ceremonies were carried out but Masses were also sung for the souls of two other men , Brampton and Vechey , and I have news of them .
13 I believe that practically every question of statutory construction that comes before the courts will involve an argument that the case falls under one or more of these three heads .
14 The test of contempt requires a risk of serious prejudice and I believe that usually the protection of criminal proceedings against such risks should prevail even if this is difficult to reconcile with our obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights .
15 So , when at last I came to a small village with a large church , I decided that perhaps the priest might be the best person to tell me where these prehistoric pagans buried their dead .
16 I seem to use these up at a surprisingly high rate these days ( particularly the 8 pin type ) , but I suppose that practically every project is based on d.i.l. integrated circuits these days .
17 I doubt if either the pole or myself could take it nowadays . ’
18 So it was a way of getting out and I knew that eventually the council would have to rehouse me .
19 I feared that even an emergency home call might go unheeded .
20 I thought that presumably the bill was still divided proportionately between the countries .
21 No , I thought that perhaps a stroll down Unter den Linden — such memories for me there — and then I have another idea .
22 But then I thought that perhaps an accident was awaiting me or one of my relatives .
23 But I think that secretly the vice-chancellor and the other grown-ups were delighted by this kind of behaviour , as it proved beyond any reasonable doubt that we were students and they were teachers .
24 I think that today the result can and should be achieved by the application of the law of negligence …
25 Well the fear of boring you because I 've said it before , I think that either a Trustee made up of an equal balance of members from the various interested groups which is very difficult to achieve in practice and additionally independent trustees certainly in our case , we believe would have stopped it happening because the movements in the direction it went was clear now that we have the information in front of us to the Trustees , it was quite clear what was gon na happen and nothing was done about it .
26 A married 32-year-old store manager says : ‘ If I chanced upon an encounter , I think that maybe a couple of years ago , I would n't have worn one .
27 I think that perhaps the snake in alcohol was left too .
28 Well I think and probably the rest of the Labour group operate in a rather different way from the way that 's just been outlined .
29 Now those I think and quite a lot of other people do are probably the most awkward ones .
30 I 'm very glad to see that there 's quite a lot of nurses here , and I presume that quite a lot of those are women nurses , and I think that this is terribly important , and I think a useful thing with this new service could do is to go out and talk for instance to the meetings of women 's organisations , to old peoples ' clubs in the afternoon , and actually ask people what they would like , and get them talking in a nice informal way , rather than waiting for somebody to let them know what they think , because I do n't think they 're going to get it .
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