Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] a [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean with a blade it 's only one |
| 2 | Yeah , I mean what was nice in , in a way was that er I could n't go to the last meeting I was n't well , I had a cold er , what was nice in a way was that David who 's the general manager and the general manager from Pitlochry had come in , I mean in a way it was a classic case |
| 3 | Well I mean in a way it would be nice to have one more new one |
| 4 | The only trouble is , the only other place I know with a photocopier it 's one of these typical photocopying as we know , you know . |
| 5 | And normally if I get near a computer it goes wrong . |
| 6 | I suppose in a way it 's a bit like the tail wagging the dog to a certain extent , whereby the er larger institutions rather want to get their two pence worth , er rather than let the Engineering Council take over . |
| 7 | No it was erm I was going to say much more natural in , in those days , I suppose in a way it was more natural . |
| 8 | Couple of points though about this erm , how the parish council is recognized within the organization because it 's important and that did our day as well and , I suppose in a way it 's the one , one or so positive things out of this that we kind of latch on to , that the communication part is important and erm there may be others that feel the same way that we 're not actually communicating what it is that we 're doing , so , so maybe |
| 9 | which it ca n't be right cos , I suppose in a way it 's none of our business but it is I mean if it gets to it , it puts our company in financial difficulties it means it 's jobs on the line int it that sort of thing |
| 10 | so I , I mean I suppose in a sense it would be good if you did actually change something but that 's not entirely necessary for me . |
| 11 | ‘ Despite what I felt as a teenager it has n't put me off marriage , ’ he says . |
| 12 | ‘ The guides claimed to have taken us to the edge of the Sahara but when I looked on a map it was the Atlas mountains , the bastards . ’ |
| 13 | " I thought for a while it was for a baby of your own , " she said . |
| 14 | I thought for a start it was because moving the dead body might have been a very messy business . |
| 15 | David was n't very happy about me being so blunt , but I think in a way it made him realise that I was really straightforward and that I really did care . |
| 16 | so I think in a way it would be quite nice to sit down with somebody from each of the colleges to hammer out the syllabus because Napier will see it from Napier 's point of view about what 's easiest for them to teach and what this and what the other whereas I suspect if you also sat down with and and people you might get a broader discussion base |
| 17 | I come from a village It 's like er , erm a lion in general , a lion in cage . |
| 18 | I came on a train here today from London in South Africa if you are black and you got on a train it would n't be as comfortable and there would be crowds in it but you would n't know whether you reached the other end because at some station a group of people would get on and shoot you indiscriminately , and get off again leaving that scene of massacre . |
| 19 | I did n't mean that I meant when you look at a tree it 's sort of got |
| 20 | You can see it flapping about , you watch in a sec it starts flapping . |
| 21 | cos , cos you know for a fact it 's not |
| 22 | If you stare at a Rottweiler it thinks you are challenging it and goes for you immediately , knocking you down and tearing your throat out . |
| 23 | when you iron in a crease it 's , it 's just like that ai n't it ? |
| 24 | Only a minority of real aficionados , identified by the survey as ‘ interpretive listeners ’ , can say that ‘ when you go to a concert it 's totally different every time . ’ |
| 25 | If you go on a stat it says no airlines ! |
| 26 | If you move about a lot it does . |
| 27 | Resistors are like pipes , if you work with a resistance it 's always one over so forget about resistance , deal with conductance . |
| 28 | I mean t to for the cooking that they did for a pub it was and we had duckling and salmon , poached |
| 29 | She thanked them for their efforts but although they waited for a tip it was not forthcoming , so they went off grumbling . |
| 30 | I like him with lipstick on , it looks like a lady it does , does n't it ? |