Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 That 's what , I mean according to Tracey on
2 The healing process — I mean working through things like guilt and remorse — that 's all really valuable .
3 ‘ You do n't mind me saying this , I mean talking about Fiona like this , do you ? ’
4 It 's very interesting to note that in contemporary political philosophy there is almost no room left for democratic decision making because in most theories that we 're given , more or less everything is already decided at a constitutional level I mean think of theory of justice , it 's the theory of justice that decides the basic nature of a constitution so the role of members of a government is simply to interpret and apply the constitution so they can make the most efficient tax policies given the basic constitution , but no individual has the authority to challenge that constitution and change it by democratic means .
5 Which does n't mean I intend to leap into bed with you just because fate washed you up on my beach .
6 I intend to concentrate on provision for the 18 per cent unstatemented pupils who remain in mainstream schools but who , as Warnock reminded us , have special needs .
7 As I say I think I 'll sum up and have a vote , and then I intend to break for lunch on conclusion of this item .
8 She says I intend going to Strasbourg on Monday to argue that this report has been irresponsibly drawn up .
9 After I have put the phone down I sit gazing at Kyle on the opposite side of the airwell .
10 But after a pause he went on to add , ‘ Except for kids , I hate going to post-mortems for kids ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 21 ) .
11 I 've never walked the whole 72-mile coast path in one go as I tend to head to Dorset at weekends and just explore different areas on day walks .
12 And , indeed , as befits someone who 's hovering on the edge of idolatry , even her vocabulary has gone a little pagan ‘ Till dieted by thee I grow mature in knowledge as the Gods who all things know ’ , and then what I think is a brilliant touch on Milton 's part , the very next line says to us ‘ Though others envy what they can not give ’ .
13 As evidence of that , I want to refer to comments of Mr. Colin Webster , the marketing director of National Power .
14 I want to go to sleep for a month .
15 No , I want to go to bed with you !
16 So you can imagine the sort of conversations we 're gon na have when Ray and Cynthia are talking about the distances between things and I 'm going to be saying you know if I want to go from Piccadilly to Tech house , it can take me at least half an hour .
17 & sup1 ; I want to talk about reactions to the report and to highlight a few issues which have arisen since it was written .
18 The range and nature of that choice maybe related to the concept of power and I want to talk about power at a future lecture .
19 Er , Chairman erm , I do believe that this has always been an issue erm of vested interests and bureaucracy administration but all I want to say to members of the council today as a member of the youth and community advisory committee is that extremely serious er far reaching decisions are gon na have to be taken because we were told at the last meeting of that sub committee that just to stand still because of the changes in legislation regarding transfer of funds to the er F E funding council , we will lose a further two million pounds next year so even if we er do not have to find any cuts within our own budget that money is going out of this authority 's budget it may come back in in commissioning agreements but because of the different timescale that the funding council works on we probably wo n't know that when we come to set our budget and really the issue for the Labour group I think in particular as councillor has said , is the question of budgetary control .
20 You see , and I says , oh man that 's exactly the very man I want to get into contact with .
21 ‘ Who 's my contact if I want to get in touch with you ? ’
22 I 'm going to get an address for Sam anyway cos I I want to get in touch with him
23 Having bought my car , if I want to travel from A to B in Britain I have to do so by travelling on the left-hand side of the road .
24 I shall say more of this a little later on , but for now I want to concentrate on aspects of privatisation .
25 And , as I hope to demonstrate from time to time in later chapters , it is as legitimate to utilize Lévi-Straussian notions where these seem appropriate and fruitful as it is to derive inspiration from Freud — without necessarily being a dogmatic , doctrinaire Freudian .
26 I hope to come to Ireland at the end of the season and I will , of course , come and see you .
27 I enjoy working as part of a team , and after four years looking after my two sons I am eager to return to working outside home .
28 Excellent voice I mean worth an A Bill , brilliant if you do that , but I mean I 'm not , I know speaking to sort of Charles and Tom and Alan , they say that sort of recommendation referrals in Norwich are very difficult but I think if you do it the right way
29 BELVILLE : I like to go to bed with my dearest by eleven .
30 I like to keep in touch with my own place . ’
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