Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) . |
| 2 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 4 | I must confess to a profound sense of foreboding upon making this observation which de-generated into abject horror upon hearing the said track and realising that Oldfield 's contribution amounted to a few bars sampled from ‘ Tubular Bells ’ ! |
| 5 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 6 | I must admit to a certain degree of hurt masculine pride that it was n't me who tempted you , but , as a businessman and a major shareholder in the station , I have to admire your dedication . |
| 7 | Having said that , I must admit to a vested interest since my concern with Riley 's view of work by contemporary artists , and the dismissive nature of the term ‘ simulationist ’ is allied with a desire in my own work to somehow examine more keenly the principle foundations upon which notions of ‘ abstraction ’ are laid . |
| 8 | He also had the cheek to suggest I should move into a flat nearer town . |
| 9 | I was told I should go to a convalescent home to complete my recovery . |
| 10 | Erm he erm I should say at a rough guess there would be at least eight . |
| 11 | ‘ I think I should earn more as the WBC title is recognised as a better class than the WBO but I might come to a 50-50 split . ’ |
| 12 | Er I might come for a little while . |
| 13 | I want to just go and have a look in them you see if you 've well anyway Well erm , I might get to a certain extent . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll confess to a similar hope , Delia . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll stay for a few days at least — if she can put up with me . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll walk into a French bank and say can I exchange these back to sterling and they 'll say oh yes and then charge me five hundred fucking francs again or whatever it is. no five nines , nine eighteen twenty seven thirty six forty five francs . |
| 18 | yeah , I 'll just er , I 'll make erm , I 'll , I 'll start with a full tank of petrol from |
| 19 | I 'll go back to London , I 'll move to a new district , I 'll start seeing Sophie on a regular basis , I 'll do my job as if I were any competent lawyer , and I 've come here alone , you bastard , so why do n't you do whatever you 've got in mind ? |
| 20 | I 'll go for a tied up cat . |
| 21 | ‘ No , I think I 'll go for a short walk along the seafront . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll go to a small room along the passage . ’ |
| 23 | You can see er , at the top , of course the profits were down but nonetheless er , I think quite encouragingly , we have higher operational cash flow and I 'll go into a little detail of that later . |
| 24 | I 'll settle for a good long engagement — to give you both time to be sure . ’ |
| 25 | Well we could 've got a second hand one , but I mean what I 'll pay for a second hand one we might as well get |
| 26 | I 'll feel like a blooming film star ! ’ |
| 27 | Erm simply to remind you of the position of of Selby District in in that our interest in a new settlement emerged out of concern for the quality of life in existing villages in in Selby district , and concerns for the impact of future peripheral development in those villages , and not just peripheral development on the edge of York , although of course we acknowledge that as an important consideration and it is for that reason that we fully supported the County Council 's proposals in relation to greenbelt , erm you asked the question earlier in relation to the P P G advice and and the six criteria , erm in fact I 've already rehearsed that argument in my submission so I wo n't repeat it now , erm the fact that you chose to phrase the question that way I 'll take as a good omen as to the way I presented my submission , but it it it 's there for you to read again , the the the main point that I want to address is something that was raised by Mr Wincup yesterday , and that was the difference or not as between Selby district and Hambledon district , er M Mr Jewitt 's made reference earlier to his opposition to the new settlement , and in doing so he he he mentioned the settlement pattern in Hambledon district , he 'll correct me if I 'm wrong , but one of small dispersed villages , well in Selby district we do have villages of that nature , but the Northern part of of Selby district is significantly deferent to Hambledon , it 's characterized by much larger villages , and in fact the establishment of a new settlement would n't conflict with with the settlement pattern at all . |
| 28 | Ant : I 'll look like a big baby wearing a big plastic nappy ! |
| 29 | All done then , I 'll sell at a hundred and twenty pounds . |
| 30 | I like to have a fairly tough action , and for slide I 'll string from a 16 gauge top to a 58 bottom . |