Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [prep] what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that I married into what you call a railway family . |
| 2 | It is sufficient to say that I agree with what my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , has to say about these cases in the speech to be delivered by him , and that in my opinion a person who thus procures the company 's consent dishonestly and with the intention of permanently depriving the company of the money is guilty of theft contrary to section 1(1) of the Act of 1968 . |
| 3 | ‘ Four of them got together over a couple of decanters of port and I listened to what I could . |
| 4 | And I apologized for what I 'd done , sold the firewood , took 'em home again . |
| 5 | ‘ He was a sort of out-front version of me and I identified with what he did a lot . |
| 6 | And I like the job , the women are great and I believe in what we 're fighting for . |
| 7 | We 've been going since well September eighty three and I agree with what you say . |
| 8 | And I think for what we 're paying we should be having a wee bit er , the dir , the building should be a looking a wee bit more respectable and presentable to what it is ! |
| 9 | Merely said , ‘ I understand that he is a worthy young man , quite unlike Rourke , or Havvie Blaine , and I think from what he says , and the manner in which he says it , that he cares deeply for you . |
| 10 | I shall try to show that our political practices accept integrity as a distinct virtue , and I begin with what I hope will strike you as a puzzle . |
| 11 | As I understand things , and I work from what I know to what I do n't know anyone ordained an elder following these guidelines is recognised as an elder within the United Reform Church and within the Presbyterian Church of Wales . |
| 12 | My normal reaction would have been to attack back but I was too tired , so I said : " If I understood from what I have been saying what you obviously understand — then I would agree with you . " |
| 13 | But I believe in what He taught . ‘ |
| 14 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , because I listened to what he said earlier and have since checked my speech . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've had a stormy relationship with everyone I 've ever worked with , ’ says Nicky , ‘ because I care about what I do ! |
| 16 | I made a convincing show of joining in all this horse-play and appeared to enjoy it hugely for a week or so while I thought about what I could do to our cousin . |
| 17 | The agency have agreed to pay me a retainer for a couple of weeks while I think about what I 'd like to do next . ’ |
| 18 | However , while North Circular-bound a few months back I was flipping through the channels on the radio trying find something decent when I came across what I later learned to be Hey from the recent ‘ Upfront ’ album by David Sanborn . |
| 19 | Looking at what Micky 's like and everything , when I thought before what it would be like and what the situation actually is , I think basically you 're in another world , you know what I mean ? |
| 20 | I 've thought of going to my GP about this , but when I run through what I 'd have to say in my mind . |
| 21 | And it is true what your father says … when I think of what it was like after the War , and when I look around now — ’ suiting her actions to her words she looked around the café , at the ladies , old and frail , like herself , respectable in black and grey — ‘ these went through it too , ’ she said , ‘ and look at them , at us , coffee and cake on a Sunday morning . |
| 22 | When I think of what I did … |
| 23 | But when I look at what I 've written , I feel it 's not all there . |
| 24 | But erm as I say , they did er , the people did but you never got nothing off the government for it and er , I 've always said it , he must have been a much better man than I thought he was because er , er , to go as I say from what it was in those days to start his own business and that . |