Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] but [unc] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He er he believed in other punishment Lines and that description But er I liked that chap er very nice chap . |
2 | It it 's not his best side er his right foot but you know he can weigh in on that side but er he does have a hunger for goals . |
3 | Yeah he was more real I mean when you sort of just sit there she , she threw me off track a few times but er he was more realistic so therefore . |
4 | No , not as raw data but yo you then go to use it as intelligence , I E |
5 | He 's gone part of the way along the r road by doing what you 've just been describing non-executive directors but erm it could be a weakness if he 's seen as a er erm a business man and cavalier as opposed to somebody who fits in with the style that the city 's always looking for . |
6 | I could get myself into trouble with a colleague of yours in another town but er I am hopeful , so as I say , er on the seventeenth of January then we could be returning to the situation and I understand in nineteen seventy four when there was a sergeant and six constables here in until the demise of the Urban District Council when they were all moved to . |
7 | Not as much as forty percent but er they were down , yes . |
8 | Erm it is this weeks but erm I wo n't be calling in . |
9 | Erm Well I 'm a trained teacher but er I did n't get much experience in teaching although I had obtained my degree in teaching in nineteen fifty-eight . |
10 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
11 | The way some some people are top brass of British Gas but er it really is astonishing so when you say that we shall all we shall poorer generally so and yet er . |
12 | As they say erm whether they were thinking , Well we will starve them on the gate out and they 'll have to come back , that 's another situation but erm I never thought we 'd have so much support from people and we can still erm I mean I 'd rather be back at work but erm that is the situation . |
13 | has been taken into account or not and we , w we would probably end up giving you a different answer but erm I mean w we I do n't want to go back to that I , I 'll leave that , I 'll leave that , I 'll |
14 | Yes , I , I was born in this house but er I do n't wish people to know er because er this is a funny world , I , I do n't know whether that 's being recorded I expect |
15 | Well it 's either three or six months but er it 's , it 's similar to what we have but I know she took her own little policy out . |
16 | I do n't know we had a very hard life when we were kids but you know w er got on ourselves later on we we had a fairly easy life but erm you do n't forget those old times though do you not really . |
17 | Erm , I saw a few white hats but erm I tried a couple on , I thought one would have suited me , but it did n't . |
18 | I 'm I 'm winding you up a little bit but no I mean there 's a little method in this . |
19 | When a new plane came in and they assigned it to our crew , it being the principle crew and we got to name it and we named our plane Skyscraper , I do have some later pictures but er it taken in front of the plane of the crew that I was flying with at that time and the ground crew in front of Skyscraper . |
20 | I know that some British civil servants are making considerable efforts to improve erm in these terms but erm I think we 've still got a long way to go in appreciating the importance of at least being able to understand somebody else 's language , erm even if you ca n't always erm communicate in it as well as you can in your own . |
21 | Oh to get your bargains oh yes they would n't , there were n't really good fridges in those days , there was co col cold rooms but erm they would be glad to get rid of the meat that they 'd already got cut up you see , and the barker , they used to call them the barkers , standing outside you see and get your fresh meat and so on , so on , so on , so you know and er to get the custom in you see , oh there was real competition between the barkers and there were barkers standing in road . |
22 | I mean , she 's told you about her three children but er I suppose she should 've thought of that , should n't she , before she signed on ? |
23 | Exactly and er we are buying er a two seat version of this aeroplane er our two seat version is aimed primarily at operational training but er we have examined er time and again whether we believe the er the integration of the avionics which is possible in this aeroplane and which is planned for this aeroplane er is going to be able to reduce the pilot work load to such an extent that one man can comfortably do the job and we have arrived at the conclusion that he most certainly can . |
24 | Erm now obviously in the context of constitutional governments it 's not , one can imagine having a constitutional form of government without , without a parliamentary system but erm it 's perhaps a bit of a stretch of the imagination . |
25 | A lot of people have come up to visit so in those term you know yes we do yeah sort of er seeing each other but erm you know we do n't have a lot of spare time either . |
26 | There 's some good things but th they do n't do cards . |
27 | She offered to do it for Simon and he thought it was a good idea but er he never quite got around to doing it . |
28 | Oh , a at nineteen forty eight they split up the electric supply and the three was nationalized and erm it , it just went out of the control of the local councils , it was government controlled then and there was a distinct possibility that the transport section would be sold off to private enterprise and the only private enterprise that was capable of taking over then was the Eastern Counties but erm I think the , the erm local council having had the transport under their wing for so many years , fought off that erm feeling and erm they kept with it and er , of course all the accountancy went to the Borough Treasurer and the certain members of clerks from the Borough Treasurers , which was at in those days , er seconded on to transport accounts . |
29 | I do n't remember maybe I 've got a poor memory but er I ca n't remember you mentioning that the erm area committee but er there was erm going to be another block there and that er , the er this er trust , er Environment Trust had let one of the Northbrooks er and consulted with the Northbrook 's people ? |
30 | We say professional people but erm we 're we 're talking about people who er are in a profession . |