Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] exactly " in BNC.
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| 1 | And would it be impolite of me to enquire exactly where you and the other officers have been for the last eight hours ? ’ |
| 2 | Each of the four was an experienced police frogman , and each of them knew exactly what he was looking for — knew indeed the exact dimensions of the object and the positioning of the three great ruby eyes once set into it . |
| 3 | When the Israelites go out to gather it , each of them gathers exactly the right amount for himself and his family ; on the sixth day of the week a double portion is given and collected so that the sabbath rest can be properly kept ; on the sabbath , appropriately , no manna appears at all ; while any kept at the end of any of the first five days goes bad overnight , the half of the sixth day 's gathering put aside for the sabbath keeps perfectly fresh . |
| 4 | Each of you knows exactly where you are trying to go . |
| 5 | The fact that the break-up value of many large corporations is greater than their share value shows pretty clearly how much value corporate managers can subtract from their subsidiary businesses , but in fact few of us know exactly what managerial added value would look like when it is occurring . |
| 6 | None of us knew exactly where we were , so the captain decided to continue sailing eastwards , where we had never been before . |
| 7 | It 's staring right up at me , like it knows exactly what I 'm thinking , like it knows I have n't got a dream of ever coming up with a first sentence . |
| 8 | Then our industry experienced Training Officers will work with you to develop exactly the on the job training they need . |
| 9 | The risk undertaken is generally known to the surety , and the circumstances generally point to the view that as between the creditor and surety it was contemplated and intended that the surety should take upon himself to ascertain exactly what risk he was taking upon himself . |
| 10 | Together advertising and public relations have a freedom and range of techniques at their disposal which advertising alone does not since public relations seeks to earn reputation and to persuade through opinion while advertising buys space or time in which to say exactly what it wants you to believe . |
| 11 | She had never found any friend before who liked exactly the same jokes about sexuality and the same bitchings about other writers . |
| 12 | Now nothing and nobody can travel for any great distance in the valley without my knowing exactly where he |
| 13 | You 've got marked on you know exactly how many are going to Whitby , right , twenty one minus X , how many are going to both , and how many are going to Scarborough . |
| 14 | WHAT J.D. Salinger is to literature and Bobby Fischer was to chess , Van Cliburn is to classical music — the great success who gives it all up , without anyone understanding exactly why . |
| 15 | By doing this you are making it far easier for yourself to judge exactly when you should tack for the mark , since if you take the other tack it is difficult to judge how much the current will sweep you down . |
| 16 | But it was hard for us to see exactly how we had altered , beyond having some rough edges polished off and getting a better focus on some of our ideas and ambitions . |
| 17 | Our guide Sam gave us very clear instructions — he did n't need to emphasise how important it was for us to do exactly as he said . |
| 18 | Yes , at sunrise on Christmas Eve four years ago and , it was important for us to do exactly what we wanted because erm it was a second wedding for both of us and it was also erm we wanted to have something that represented sort of the aspirations of love and so , sunrise erm , and on the top of a hill did that for us . |
| 19 | It is impossible for us to know exactly what circumstances combine to bring these extreme rarities to the islands : after breeding in north-eastern Siberia , they should be on their way to Manchuria for the winter . |