Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] it " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Well there are a number of spaces that are in positions which could be used by disabled , in other words , they are not sort of , sandwich tight against other spaces and what 's happened in the past is that erm when a need has arisen an and when perhaps there 's been er generally a bungalow that has been er , occupied by somebody who 's disabled then the housing department have erm modified that space I mean , wha what we 've actually done is we 've er , taken a certain amount of block paving out but put back some block paved logo , sort of , standard white er symbol that erm that identifies disabled space and and , and that space is actually earmarked for that person , and it could happen in a variety of different locations erm it 's just that there 's probably not so much point in doing it until you know that there is er a specific need . |
| 2 | Why are there grave areas , areas of uncertainty and responsibility erm Rivers Authority er Area Manager I believe , Mr er presented the position from their point of view er in particular circumstances on the night of thirtieth December er the er Southern Water whose responsibility is primarily sewage erm er describes circumstances that they have been contending with and a great deal of criticism erm was what we had to anticipate if you like or do anything er to contend with the unusual circumstances of that night erm the consequence was that a large number of new houses in the very close to the that runs through Barnham and under the railway there erm and er not ordinary surplus water flooding , but sewage flooding and the consequences then for many years er it 's obviously going to give , quite apart from having to live with it , er it will on the properties themselves and adversely affect er the ability of individuals to sell them off . |
| 3 | Erm they are going into the villages , they 're making contacts with individual peasants erm it 's those peasants that , that they get to stand up and make the first accusations , it 's those peasants who join the Party erm and the process can build up in , in a way which was more difficult before then . |
| 4 | At one time he , he lived at , they lived at but er er she was a widow and she was ninety but she was very good to us and , but we had er , we had apartments but there was a lock on both sides of the door , you know what I mean , we were quite self-contained and we had er er a narrow stairs and because of the war I could n't , you could n't er , I used to scrub the stairs down because you could n't buy carpet in those days , you see because of the war and to the shortage of stuff and so I used to keep those stairs nice and , we had a , a , we went , as we went up these stairs erm it , I suppose originally , you see , it would have been back stairs for the servants , you see , in the hall and this old lady used to go in and if ever she had the doctor she used to ask me if I would go and sit with her and hold her hand while the doctor came , you see . |
| 5 | Erm I 'm not so sure that in some cases er it , it 's to our members benefit . |
| 6 | Because e even in those days er it , it was n't , there 'd be good training hospitals and not so good . |
| 7 | One afternoon a flying fortress which had come off worse on the mission over Germany tried to land at Walsall , which was much too small to take an aircraft of this size , and the girl in the control box had to find , fire a warning vary light and radio to send him off to Castle Bromwich which was much bigger in those days er it was an airport to take an aircraft the size of the Flying Fortress that 's about it up until here I 've written |
| 8 | In fact I think in in those days er it 's mostly the local men that |
| 9 | But I believe the figure should be erm a few thousand below erm the forty one thousand and to that extent I would agree with you that in practical terms erm it 's going to be very difficult even if the figure is twenty five , twenty six thousand , to stick to thirty one . |
| 10 | So erm in other words i it wou would depend on the circumstances on how much has already been invested . |
| 11 | That 's for twelve months int it ? |
| 12 | And that was mainly for dog dirt but now it 's for other hazards int it ? |