Example sentences of "[conj] what [pron] was [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will because Mr Mayor I think that councillor started off his response to this by talking about ghettos and a lot of differences between the better off and the worst off and I , the feeling I got from his speech was that what he was actually driving at was he was attempting to perpetuate the class distinction that the Labour party have been so bound up with over the years . |
| 2 | Lydia had rung in to say she was chasing a story in the Lake District , though everyone knew that what she was really chasing was the ravaged-looking thriller writer she had met at the launch of his last book and slept with the very same night . |
| 3 | I felt that what I was really talking about was my confusion over what I want , what I like and what I do n't like . |
| 4 | Not only having gone to higher standards of were but also looking to account a motion which has already been passed by the Environment Committee on the fourteenth of September nineteen ninety three and what I was basically saying was that erm incinerator should come to That 's Life that the current E E C proposals on erm that that and I know that 's not a rule but in fact when Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution is actually considering this want to draw their attention to a motion which in some cases were saying that we would expect the highest possible standards if those developments were to go ahead with the . |
| 5 | My idea of a nature reserve and what I was actually looking at were not the same thing at all . |
| 6 | She feigned enthusiasm , but what she was really thinking was that she 'd been a fool to hope he 'd come here on a more personal mission . |
| 7 | He went on to outline their current deals , leaning back in his chair , hands behind his dark head , but what he was really outlining to her was his power : he meant her to know that he was already too firmly entrenched , handling every top account at Swift , all over the world . |
| 8 | I pranced about and lay on the ground and turned the lens through 45 degrees and stepped in pore-scouringly close , but what I was really doing , what I was after , was a good shot of Stuart 's double chin . |