Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I regret that the link will not come through south London .
2 I regret that the committee decided it would not approve funding as detailed in your application .
3 Personally , I regret that the effect of these changes would be to make professional cricket in England less different from the first-class game everywhere else in the world .
4 In this case , I regret that the matter that he has raised does not meet the requirement of the Standing Order .
5 He was prepared to forgo some of his rights , but I contend that the state is required to defend those rights for the benefit of its citizens .
6 I repeat that the Government agreed those regulations .
7 I repeat that the lady is his wife , and not his sister .
8 I repeat that the question on the Order Paper tonight is irrelevant to the question before the House and the country .
9 I repeat that the Home Secretary will rely on Bills like this , which are at best irrelevant and at worst unreasonable .
10 ‘ And I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or other proper officer of ACET shall be a sufficient discharge to my Executors ’ .
11 I GIVE my estate free of all taxes and duties to the Royal Air Forces Association ( Registered charity No. 226686 ) whose Central Headquarters is at 43 Grove Park Road , Chiswick , London , W4 3RX and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or other proper officer for the time being of the said Association shall be sufficient discharge to my executors or trustees .
12 I bequeath to the Association for the Propagation of the Faith , English Branch , the sum of £ and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or National Director ( for the time being ) shall be a good discharge .
13 I bequeath to St Joseph 's Society for Foreign Missions the sum of £ and I declare that the receipt of the Superior General or of the Rector ( for the time being ) of St Joseph 's College , Mill Hill , London shall be a good discharge .
14 I declare that the amendment is lost .
15 I declare that the motion has been carried , that is the deliverance as in print , number four on page one eight five .
16 and therefore if you 're gon na er introduce this radical land reform straight away , I mean say there is no landlord but there 's a peasant , or I mean unless the Party 's ac completely active
17 By ‘ officially ’ I mean that the computer 's operating system tells me that there are just three files .
18 another revolution I mean that the fight that none , none of these things have really come to a full success , yeah , so nobody looks at them and says well we need no more revolutions because they 'll all work .
19 I mean that the novel has always given the impression that third person narration can narrate what it is I am feeling .
20 As , as , as somebody pointed out , I mean that the floor by floor was great for one , from one point of view , was n't it ?
21 By this I mean that the bait is only fished on the outward journey , the retrieve being of such a speed to bounce the bait across the surface and although I 've seen pike strike at these surface poppers , it 's a very rare occasion .
22 Er here erm you can form your own views about whether Mill 's right or wrong , I mean that the situation of a secret ballot was brought in to erm overcome as one where the local industrist industrialist who employed half the member of the town was also standing for parliament .
23 I mean that the community has its own principles it can itself honour or dishonour , that it can act in good or bad faith , with integrity or hypocritically , just as people can .
24 By monarchic I mean that the pope had an authority and duty to rule and to direct as the representative of the ultimate ruler , and that he exercised power in a monarchic way .
25 Teachers should be aware , particularly of that aspect , I think , because phonic method is very often used in schools , by which I mean that the teacher wil hold up a flash card , and on it would be a pair of letters , say , suppose for example sh the teacher will hold up a large card with sh on it and will say to the class ‘ this is shuss ’ and the children will all say shuss whenever this card is held up — that 's fine , but the dyslexic pupil may not be seeing sh in the same way that the other children are .
26 It 's , it 's , it 's , I mean it 's like your Modern Number One again , I mean although the character shapes are lovely , I mean although your G looks like that , is exactly the shape you want it to be , these thins here are real hairlines and that 's exactly what you do n't want it to be in six point , so I stretched the Swift by ten percent .
27 It 's kind of stupid but it 's kind of funny if you know what I mean cos the baby do n't talk and as soon as the Mum and Dad 's out of the room it 's let's go and find the chocolate .
28 I mean until the rain stops , and — ’
29 I mean if a garage leaves the sump plug loose or does n't erm put it back in , then obviously the whoever has done that work , if they are a legitimate erm service department would be more than happy to put that right and would apologise obviously , and the claim would obviously lie with them .
30 Well I do n't expect they will , but er I mean if a number of them were interested enough , I mean people are away on holiday at that time , but , if we thought , if we got the response we could , what do you think ?
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