Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [is] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Everyone agrees that confidence is the magic ingredient needed to spark recovery . |
2 | Me thinks another pilgrim is trying to make a buck . |
3 | So the reason I asked that question is because I wanted to see if you were already thinking like an archaeologist . |
4 | Erm but I mean i i you know the reason I asked this question is that , if this group said now , Absolutely no way . |
5 | The reason I cite these tales is that they do have a bearing on one another , albeit a tenuous . |
6 | I mean absolute zero is , is just some absolute that we , we strive to get to , but you can certainly get closer and closer , and in the last erm ten or twenty years one has seen erm enormous strides in , in getting there . |
7 | I mean blue tits is blue tits and great tits is great tits and you do n't see any intermediates . |
8 | I think , I think when your reading it , I mean the , the female always gets her man and he 's always perfect and er , I mean real life is just is n't like that , so its nice to see that it works out for someone . |
9 | I mean twelve months is is the minimum period it could have been more . |
10 | I mean that heater is not on full , not on full power . |
11 | I mean that church is n't in such a bad state bloody fall on you all the time . |
12 | I mean that outfit 's not a bad one for her really is it ? |
13 | Yeah no but I mean passive smoking is just that 's , that 's , that 's the way that self erm s smoking is so selfish because you ca n't get away , you know , whether you 're not smoking or not you 're still getting the worst from it . |
14 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
15 | Apparently as you know I mean biblical criticism is a very and well people have devoted their whole lives to it , but apparently there is a , a school o of , quite a large school I think o of biblical critical that claims that there are actually two Moses and not one . |
16 | That 's right I mean this card is carried with them and looked at all every every basically everybody will look at that erm because the good quality |
17 | I mean another thing is |
18 | I mean rubber stamp 's again an emotive word . |
19 | But again I stress that light-grasp is all-important , and I am not at all happy about the very small telescopes which can be bought cheaply . |
20 | Now the reason I I make that suggestion is that erm Policy A two for example looks at not only the erm quality of the agricultural land but also the effect of development proposals on erm the maintenance and economically viable erm farm units and so forth . |
21 | The reason I make this point is that while a retired architect may be covered by the PI policy of the firm he has left , that cover will only extend to the work he was involved with while a member of that practice . |
22 | ( I realise this area is outside the AONB but it is within the conservation area . ) |
23 | ‘ I realise this area is reserved for racing personnel , ’ Ashley said , wondering if her heart was ever going to start beating again , ‘ and I 'm sorry to trespass . |
24 | But the kind of criticism which I termed external critique is much less conditioned by the object under review and its conventional disciplinary home . |
25 | ‘ I expect that business is involved , ’ he said . |
26 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
27 | I say that philosophy is rubbish or to use the language of the shop floor , it 's a load of bull . |
28 | ‘ I say living well is the best revenge , but you ca n't do that unless you get angry and go forward . ’ |
29 | Then people , for some ideological reason , people might say , well , you know , you ca n't say one form of communication is better than another , so that say , I do n't know , I suppose , a kind of feminist belief is better than Paradise Lost or something — well , it might be more acceptable to some people for various reasons , but I say some writing is more rewarding , ultimately some things are better than other things . |
30 | erm Jane gave me the figures and as I say this division is about forty seven percent . |