Example sentences of "i [vb base] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | I mean if a load of fellas in together like Sunday lunchtime |
| 4 | But let's face it I mean if a lot of local authorities are in similar sorts of positions and a lot of balances are building up , well the money just might run away might n't it it 's happened before , I think it might happen again . |
| 5 | Yes , they 'd , they 'd get paid twice , oh for letting 'em go and roping 'em in , I mean when a ship was swinging there 's somebody , I mean when a ship was swinging at Cliff Quay , there 's somebody got ta let go of the erm , the spring what they 're swinging on . |
| 6 | Yes , they 'd , they 'd get paid twice , oh for letting 'em go and roping 'em in , I mean when a ship was swinging there 's somebody , I mean when a ship was swinging at Cliff Quay , there 's somebody got ta let go of the erm , the spring what they 're swinging on . |
| 7 | One day , I fear that a demonstration of the kind I faced in 1982 will go wrong and someone will get hurt . |
| 8 | I stress that a council of the regions will be agreed next week which will probably become operative in January 1993 and on which the regions of Europe will be represented . |
| 9 | ‘ I apprehend that a tribunal which is by law invested with power to affect the property of one of Her Majesty 's subjects , is bound to give such subject an opportunity of being heard before it proceeds : and that that rule is of universal application , and founded upon the plainest principles of justice . |
| 10 | ‘ I apprehend that a tribunal which is by law invested with power to affect the property of one of Her Majesty 's subjects , is bound to give such subject an opportunity of being heard before it proceeds : and that that rule is of universal application , and founded upon the plainest principles of justice . |
| 11 | I realise that a parking space next to an overflowing litter bin , in between a lorry full of cattle carcasses and a carload of adolescents playing heavy metal with their windows open on a sound system loud enough for Wembley Stadium , is not exactly the quintessential southern English landscape that would inspire a Constable painting , a Betjeman poem or an Elgar concerto — but it is the best you are going to get . ’ |
| 12 | I say that a psychologist deals with the things normal people say and do , while a psychiatrist deals with the things dotty people say and do . |
| 13 | I 'm sure you 'll understand what I mean when I say that a reader in , for example , Moscow would find your book very difficult to relate to . |
| 14 | And the fact that I say that a lot of these accidents happen because perhaps you 're not paying the attention , very often I 've been or know of situations where the bloke is really paying attention to what he 's doing and the still the unfortunate occurs . |
| 15 | As far as er the honourable gentleman for Edinburgh Central is concerned , he said there was a case for a wider inquiry into the auditing o of companies , well that is not something specifically called for er by Bingham although I acknowledge that a case can be made for that but I think we want to be extremely careful before extending that in the way that he and the honourable member for Great Grimsby proposed beyond the direct er responsibility to the members or the owners of the company . |
| 16 | I suggest that a lot of so-called ‘ equal opportunity ’ is based on political myth — ignoring our in-built sex differences . |
| 17 | So anyway I went to Index cos I want I want and a watch I 'm looking for a watch cos , and I thought oh aye I come to rings , I thought well I owe her a ring so I thought oh better half eternity ring they 're cheap anyway . |
| 18 | I imagine that a psychiatrist , for example , would apply the word to the behaviour of a patient according to rather technical criteria which would indeed provide an analogy with what a sanitary engineer means by good sewage effluent . |
| 19 | She said drily : ‘ I imagine that a man 's idea of the ideal secretary is a woman who manages to imply that she would like to go to bed with her boss but nobly restrains herself in the interests of office efficiency . |
| 20 | Taking both these factors into account , I conclude that a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence should be given the opportunity to make representations in writing to the Secretary of State about the length of his tariff period before it is set . |
| 21 | The House will expect me to apologise again for the remarks that I injudiciously made when I was trying to illustrate a simple point — that , with the private sector providing more rail services in future , I hope that a range of choice will be available to the travelling public in terms of price and time of day , rather like that provided by the airlines and the long-distance coach market . |
| 22 | I hope that a message will go out from my hon. and learned Friend the Minister when he replies for the Government . |
| 23 | I hope that a message can go out that there is a new resolve in the west and that we are determined to ensure that the killing , the destruction and the brutality stop , and that , as a new year dawns in a few days ' time , it dawns with a new sense of hope for the battered , beleaguered people of Croatia . |
| 24 | To say ‘ I look like a bum ’ is offensive to their [ British ] ears ; to the British this means that you look like your own backside . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a real emotional roller coaster , and I suspect that a couple of days ahead I will be totally drained . ’ |
| 26 | My prototype reminds me too much of a kingsize white plastic bucket , and I suspect that a combination of this summer 's largely ozone layer-free sun and a winter frost or two might render it brittle . |
| 27 | I suspect that a number of ethologists of my generation occasionally feel the same way about ethological generalizations to human beings . |
| 28 | I suspect that a number of Conservative Members support the establishment of such a committee most likely the right Hon. Member for Kincardine and Deeside ( Mr. Buchanan-Smith ) and the Hon. Members for Dumfries ( Sir H. Monro ) and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale ( Mr. Lang ) . |
| 29 | Partly , I suspect because a lot of us did n't trust the present governing body , partly because they believe , as I do , that there is a need to review and revise the present sixteen plus offer in Banbury , and partly because they could see no real benefit in opting out . |
| 30 | He pushed the opened paper violently across the table and I read that a brace of brawling jockeys had climaxed the prestigious award dinner with a bloody punch-up . |