Example sentences of "i [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I as a person did n't find that these changes were essential and I stated my opinion in erm in |
| 2 | But nonetheless , I think we as county councillors can be proud of the fact that we have set a spending target for committees , we are prepared to allow the officers to manage their departments inside the targets that have been set , and that does mean that they have to look at er , what they 're spending and create priorities , and and I as a councillor am not in the least bit impressed by arguments that paper clips have increased by five and a half percent this year , and that felt l er pe felt line erm , pens have gone up by seventeen and a half percent , I think that 's largely irrelevant consideration , we 're not in the business of projecting budget , we 're in the business of providing money to deliver high quality services to the people of Wiltshire . |
| 3 | I mean I as a company Cumbria Power Tools will always , you know , it will survive because there 's only me and this |
| 4 | I think erm , often when judges , I do n't know whether George or any other judges that might be here tonight , one of the things which I as a judge often dread is photographs of babies coming up in competition . |
| 5 | Therefore , I as a parent will be selected to want that kind of thing to happen . |
| 6 | Let me tell you , Tony Parsons , what I as a woman hate . |
| 7 | I should work for the B B C should n't I as a news reporter |
| 8 | and that er , you know , has lead to a lot of misery in some cases , er , also I mean there 's question of viability of our own scheme and I er , think er you know , er there are a number of questions which I as a lay-man would like to be , you know , I think the seminar is probably the right to do that . |
| 9 | So how did I as a novice get in there ? |
| 10 | Oh no , not yet , I for a while it 's on the er |
| 11 | Mum , can I for a minute please . |
| 12 | You know I saw nothing of the sort when I for a fortnight in a . |
| 13 | aye but I mean some of them are on this Committee as well I mean Wendy and I for a start erm so that would be good right let's try and give that one a |
| 14 | I with a game |
| 15 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 16 | The supporters are not happy with that , they want to know the real truth and well , so do I in a way , because I do n't really know . |
| 17 | SHE : How could I in a hotel ? |
| 18 | I in a minute |
| 19 | So not only am I in a job I know , I 'm also in a position to pass vital information back to the Israelis . |
| 20 | Am I before a court ? , |
| 21 | Yet here am I on a road that instead of tarmac looks like a patio laid in bricks — every one hand-placed in herringbone pattern . |