Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Erm in terms of taking up their ideas , guiding them , encouraging them etcetera an and saying look , you know , this is okay er er er I mean to an extent that would depend on how much military security there was in the area . |
| 4 | Erm I mean as an ol as the Old Floral Hall they must have had |
| 5 | I mean as an acquaintance I could tolerate her but I . |
| 6 | If you read Callenbach you will know what I mean by an " Ecotopian " , if you read FAST 's voluminous reports I doubt whether you will recognise a citizen of the biosociety . |
| 7 | Now what I mean by an easy question something like |
| 8 | I lay for an hour until the wind subsided enough for a hill to show two miles away . |
| 9 | I sit on an authority they are very tiresome at times they make mistakes at times rather like Governments My Lords but at the end of the day that surely is what democracy is all about is n't it ? |
| 10 | I sit for an hour , alone at a table with only one drink of scathing hard whiskey , which does not fall lightly upon my throat , but burns my mouth and neck with the sting of memory . |
| 11 | ‘ But will my lady allow me to share her bed tonight if I smell like an unwashed ram ? ’ |
| 12 | I feel stupid if I cry at an emotional film or book |
| 13 | ‘ It was n't a hang-on or hang-in performance and it bears out what I say about an improvement here . ’ |
| 14 | I put on an accent I slip into something more comfortable I turn |
| 15 | ‘ I knew most of the drivers would take it easy so I put in an attack , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I used to be a hunt supporter , I used to be a hunt follower I gave up because I object to an attitude of a society of people that life is disposable having seen wounded fox hounds and that is the proper term having seen wounded fox hounds despatched with a revolver because they 've got a broken leg having charged full pelt across a public road and hit a motor car coming the other way and fortunately not injured the occupants of the motor car having seen the damage that a pack of hounds in full cry can do to land that they are not entitled to be upon because fox hounds ca n't read . |
| 17 | So much for the jerk-off theories put forward by the police , in which I figure as an adulterous version of George Joseph Smith — not the brides in the bath but the wittol in the water . |
| 18 | It is mind-blowing , and I speak as an expert . |
| 19 | I speak as an hon. Member who has served time on four such Bills during the four years that I have been in the House — the City of London ( Various Powers ) Bill , the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Bill , and the London Underground Bills Nos. 1 and 2 . |
| 20 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 21 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 22 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's the last time I charge into an unknown room , ’ panted Wednesday . |
| 24 | I begin with an apology to my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , the Home Secretary and other hon. Members who spoke before I entered the Chamber . |
| 25 | Kids bring out the natural father in me and I get a crinkly mouth every time I look at an ankle snapper . |
| 26 | I look for an adjustment some day . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm only ten years older than you , and I look like an old man . |
| 28 | I look like an undead monster from a movie , Paul . |
| 29 | I hardly imagine that I look like an habitual criminal , anyway . ’ |
| 30 | My application was successful and , for three years , I read for an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies . |