Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] i be [v-ing] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general I shall recognize what is , not what ought to be ; but certainly I ought to be aware of what I am trying to do , why I want it , how to do it , whether it can be done . |
| 2 | ‘ Christ , is n't it bad enough that I have to scrape for every bloody penny to do a piece of vital research , without being forced to turn my project into a circus for a lot of gawping idiots who wo n't have the least comprehension of what I 'm trying to do ? |
| 3 | They do n't have the slightest understanding of what I 'm trying to do . ’ |
| 4 | Derek was always very supportive of what I was trying to do — helping me build the aviary in his back garden had made him interested in birds too — but I could n't expect him to drop everything and drive me from Tintagel to London . |
| 5 | ‘ He was , until he got a whiff of what I was planning to do . |
| 6 | I could n't dream of what I was going to do because you become so dependent on money . |
| 7 | It 's possible I knew subconsciously all along what I was going to do with the gun . |
| 8 | ‘ Are n't you interested in what I 'm going to do ? ’ she said , cold as stone . |
| 9 | However , quite a few teachers took an interest in what I was trying to do , especially the biology teachers , who were impressed with my knowledge of birds and conservation , and my English teachers , who soon heard all about my interest because whenever we had to give a talk in class , I would launch into a full lecture on rearing and handling owls and other birds of prey . |
| 10 | I mean , listening to Duke Robillard was kinda the kiss of approval to what I was trying to do . |
| 11 | It was immediately clear that he was sensitive to what I was trying to do . |
| 12 | Very often I sit in my chair for ten minutes or so as soon as I arrive at the water , just relaxing and taking in everything around me , appreciating my surroundings and thinking about what I am going to do . |
| 13 | But since the end of that relationship , I have just been very clear — or attempted to be — about what I am going to do sexually and what I am not . |
| 14 | I think about what I 'm going to do next … what I 'm going to cook , the children , where I 'll take them out … this sort of thing . |
| 15 | Like Powdermaker ( 1967 ) , who recorded fieldnotes in Mississippi only when she was away from her field data , I found I only took notes at the time if I was willing to risk begin interrogated about what I was going to do with the information I was recording . |
| 16 | And I for what I 'm trying to do I did n't think we 'd be able to afford a stone I thought I thought it would be much more than what Mr 's quoted . |
| 17 | No he was always terrified at what I 'm going to do next . |