Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Er obviously , I mean the new towns movement as conceived immediately after the war was geared to meeting London housing needs , you know , we 're not comparing like with like , but I think , I take the point that you are making in terms of er sustainability . |
| 32 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |
| 33 | I mean the new ones if and when selected there 's a new post there |
| 34 | I , I 'd suggest that it is a good bet , particularly if you think that erm if we do get rising inflation , er in the next year we could be , I mean the projected figures are round about er , by the middle of next year , round about five percent . |
| 35 | Aye , well I mean the social activities you used to have in the old place , were th were those any better than over here ? |
| 36 | I mean the Military Police — what 's the Army call them : the Redcaps ? ’ |
| 37 | Oh no , oh no , I mean the old procedures . |
| 38 | ‘ No , I mean the local cops . ’ |
| 39 | Well , well his parents I mean the extreme Protestants are , are on the rise I mean in South America you know I mean the world 's largest Pentecostal Churches are in Lima and Peru and millions are now becoming erm born-again Christians in South America . |
| 40 | I mean the big ones erm , obviously are the erm , savings of the U S A on telecommunications and freight er , but then there 's lots and lots of things , for instance , the one I mentioned at Minton , two hundred and fifty thousand and so in all of our businesses , you know those , many , many small items . |
| 41 | I mean the big fellows here they 've got to try and run it off or give it a tug and come off come off and get the er the sub on . |
| 42 | well it could be as many as that I mean sit and count it , but there 's a lot of variation , there 's a lot to catch your eye , I mean the more things contrast with each other , the more you notice them , is n't that true . |
| 43 | Yeah , but I mean the bright ones do the the bypass sheet they have the fractions one , and they |
| 44 | From evidence available this week , by which I mean the remarkable feats of sharp reflex and well-practised agility Peter Shilton performed against Poland in a crucial World Cup qualifying tie in Chorzow , England ought not to embark for Italy next summer without first packing trench tools and barbed wire , while giving some serious attention to the laying of mines in their penalty area . |
| 45 | I mean the Scottish boys I mean they always wanted the big end of the stick you see ? |
| 46 | I disdained the half-baked friends he chose , encouraged the good ones , pushed him into buying the right shoes and jackets , T-shirts and jeans , explained endlessly the use of ‘ could I ’ and ‘ may I ’ instead of ‘ give me ’ and ‘ I want ’ , the right way to make tea , the right way to use a fork and knife . |
| 47 | I scanned the xeroxed blurbs and reviews . |
| 48 | I fear the Tory tabloids have made it difficult for those of us anti-Leftists who consider ourselves to be of a more reflective disposition . |
| 49 | Although you will be present throughout the ceremony , I fear the later stages will find you something of a poor audience . ’ |
| 50 | I met the two brothers , Ernie and Sidney , last night . ’ |
| 51 | I met the key officials from the Department of the Environment earlier this week and who told me that the Government is preparing to circulate a consultation paper on the National Sustainability Plan in mid June . |
| 52 | I passed the intervening hours in growing apprehension ; morning parade , the march through the darkness to breakfast . |
| 53 | I passed the second-hand clothes shops and the sign that said ‘ Used books and guns ’ on Commerce Street . |
| 54 | As I write , I make the same demands upon my own text as I do , in my critical capacity , on the texts of other writers . |
| 55 | Thus laden , I rode the 20 miles to Picton and caught the ferry ; stayed overnight in Wellington and then took the train to Auckland — no problems in putting the bike aboard ; and this journey lived up to expectations and surpassed them ; the scenery through the ‘ King Country ’ in autumn is quite unrivalled , and again looks like a superb area for a cycle tour . |
| 56 | I checked the outer doors , too , and they were locked . ’ |
| 57 | Always getting into scrapes because I trust the wrong ones . ’ |
| 58 | oh I , I 'd never , I I realize now from six weeks ago when I got the damn things |
| 59 | Then the operation proceeded , I got the required notes and recorded the operation . |
| 60 | I put two pounds in the machine up there and I got fifteen pounds , I got the three bars , er , not the three , two bars and some nudges and I nudged it |