Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [unc] [noun] i " in BNC.
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1 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
2 | ‘ Just for old times ' sake I went , not that there is much to see ! |
3 | ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again . |
4 | When I spoke to the Conservative association in the hon. Gentleman 's constituency I heard only a litany of problems caused by the Labour-controlled council , which has done absolutely nothing to promote the area . |
5 | Cos if you 're thinking the way they carry the baby it 's an old woman 's tale I think , I never used to think |
6 | As I passed the table with the remains of the old man 's meal I saw what seemed to be the only form of ornament in the cottage , a cracked vase holding a magnificent bouquet of carnations . |
7 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
8 | ‘ I 'll take a bus , ’ I thought fondly , ‘ one of those new little fat C2 buses I 've sat behind for so many hours , wishing them in hell . |
9 | We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region . |
10 | I really fancy Peter like flipping god 's sake I mean I really do . |
11 | But in my great grannie 's time I think they did that . |
12 | ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined . |
13 | By the time I 've finished with this room and had the forensic lab 's report I 'll be able to tell you a lot more than his mother ever knew about him . |
14 | Erm it 's to erm reserve er for emergencies , obviously , I , I 'd use a building society or bank , to cover holidays and domestic needs , to set up hobby or retirement applications , so we 'd always say , leave a fair amount in the building society , and the only thing th advice I 'd give you is one , stick to the major societies , and secondly , if you 're looking for larger investments , use a postal account . |
15 | But on that particular winter 's night I am recollecting the dining room was for some reason out of use , and Lord Darlington was dining with a solitary guest — I believe it was Sir Richard Fox , a colleague from his lordship 's Foreign Office days — in the vastness of the banqueting hall . |
16 | I tried just about every diesel and the Peugeots performed better than other manufacturers ' diesels I tried . ’ |
17 | Normally I am a good sleeper , but that New Year 's Night I lay awake for hours , with cold , sexual fantasy or worry . |
18 | My master said : for my dear mother 's sake I will be a friend to you and you shall take care of my linen — God bless him — and gave me four golden guineas which were in my old lady 's pocket when she died . |
19 | Diving below the dusky water 's surface I see twenty chairs or so strewn about on the pool floor . |
20 | Let me erm , let me refer to erm the holy alliance erm people I 'm sure will come across this in their in their reading . |