Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , I tried the 3-day diet which was so depriving during the diet days ( 3 days on , 2 days off ) that I still binged every week , felt terrible mentally and my weight fluctuated ! |
| 2 | We were talking about flowers and I mentioned the wild garlic which I had seen growing in Wiltshire . |
| 3 | I refrained from making any statement until I had the erm minutes which I received the er , agenda which I received the next day which contradict the abandonment , but if the idea was to sort of give this troublesome member from Bungay a heart attack , er it failed , cos I 'm still here and ticking , now I would like to go through once again the , the point regarding Bungay and I hope the committee will take it on board with . |
| 4 | Can I say first of all that er I support the general approach which has been adopted by Yorkshire County Council and the the other local authorities in the Greater York area , on the way in which they 've formulated their proposals for the York greenbelt after a fairly long erm and exhausting process , the question to which I want to address my comments first of all is whether the new settlement is an appropriate and justified planning response , and what I would like to do if I may is look at some of the reasons that have been raised erm in objection to the new settlement as a strategy , erm these issues have been raised by Hambledon District , York City Council , the C P R E , Montague Evans , in their written submissions to the examination of the . |
| 5 | I thought it were fair , but I read the next bit What 's this one ? |
| 6 | Mum lifted me up to see Gran and I recall the peaceful look which she had . |
| 7 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 8 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 9 | I understand the defensive reaction which makes someone say , ‘ I 'm finished with love . ’ |
| 10 | Erm first of all , I think alternative sites can be found within the district which meet the requirements of P P G three , erm set out in paragraph thirty three , and I think the other advantage which perhaps has n't been touched on is that the new settlement in Selby District would balance the otherwise very heavy bias of recent and future programmed development which is er to the north east of York . |
| 11 | I think the occasional piece which encouraged your readers to rediscover the genuinely great figures of the past — Gene Vincent , for example — would be useful , especially if it was n't tied in with some promotion or record release |
| 12 | And the la I think the last paragraph which is er refers to some advice that has been given to you . |
| 13 | I fully understand that and I recognise the justifiable pride which people in Grampian have in the services provided and in the developments which have taken place in conjunction with the medical school . |
| 14 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 15 | Home was a casserole dish for a week until I purchased the usual bowl which many goldfish start off with . |
| 16 | It is for this reason that I regard the industrial action which swept through schools in the mid-1980s with regret . |
| 17 | I have the small glass which is half tonic |
| 18 | I am — was — a doctor , first-generation professional class ; as you see , there 's no moustache , though I have the military past which men of my age could n't avoid ; I live in Essex , most characterless and therefore most acceptable of the Home Counties ; whisky , not gin ; no tweed at all ; and no boating . |
| 19 | Just before Christmas 1985 , I published the White Paper which set out the Government 's new proposals for legislation . |
| 20 | This was the one occasion when I missed the clearer control which a conductor , rather than a performing director , could have brought . |
| 21 | I wanted the greater freedom which obtains in the private sector . ’ |
| 22 | But to insist that women somehow amputate their love and compassion is to ask them to destroy the very thing which in my view favourably distinguishes us from men . |
| 23 | There it was again : that feeling of being mesmerised as obediently she met the ice-blue gaze which devoured her . |
| 24 | ‘ The moment you go from the rigid and valuable discipline of German bank and people to mixing it up with other disciplines , other views , other ‘ let's have a bit of inflation here and there ’ economies , you lose the very thing which leads you to want to join . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The moment you go from the rigid and valuable discipline of German bank and people to mixing it up with other disciplines , other views , other ‘ let's have a bit of inflation here and there ’ economies , you lose the very thing which leads you to want to join . ’ |
| 26 | She unlocked the next room which had stood empty for months . |
| 27 | Also , have you forgotten the lucrative deal which I again masterminded on that commercial property north of the Thames ? ’ |
| 28 | I do n't think she has the faintest idea what it would mean to marry a chap without private means , and if she did , I 'm afraid she 'd change her mind . ’ |
| 29 | She illustrates the exuberant flowering which resulted from exposure to painters such as Gustav Klimt , whose richly patterned paintings were so influential in the mosaic-based designs of Teodor Wolf-Ferrari . |
| 30 | ‘ What I meant when I said you were an asset , Matt , is that you provide the sexual fillip which Cadogan 's would otherwise lack . ’ |