Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [verb] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find much of what I 've heard is implausible . |
| 2 | District councillor S. Carmedy immediately sprang to his feet and proclaimed that what I had said was untrue . |
| 3 | When Miss Temple received a letter from Dr Lloyd , agreeing that what I had said was true , she told the whole school that I had been wrongly accused and was not a liar . |
| 4 | I hoped what I had written was okay . |
| 5 | I had never believed in ghosts but what I had seen was unaccountable . |
| 6 | What I want to do is clear that with Mr and Mrs as well pay half of that |
| 7 | I 'm anti clique and what I want to do is open every opportunity and every door , my hesitation in talking to you , is that I have n't figured out how to open all the doors . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But you agree that the value of what I have achieved is relative to my circumstances . ’ |
| 9 | When I go from hence let this be my parting word , that what I have seen is unsurpassable . |
| 10 | What I have advocated is possible and not just a dream , but it would be remiss of me not to consider the nightmare scenario of colliery closures at a time when we are increasing restructuring grants by £1,000 million . |
| 11 | ‘ What I have to say is important . ’ |
| 12 | Maureen 's skill lay in basic first-aid and tender loving care , so I did n't learn about diseases or complicated injuries — but what I did learn was vital to my future work . |
| 13 | She seems a bit spiteful and not very bright but what she had to say was factual . ’ |
| 14 | What she had seen was indecent and terrifying , and she could tell her fear to nobody . |
| 15 | To that extent , what she had done was understandable . |
| 16 | What she has achieved is remarkable given she is still very young and has only been in this business a couple of years . |
| 17 | She knew what she wanted to do was wrong . |
| 18 | The calculation 's fine what you 've done 's fine just mucked |
| 19 | What you 've done is qualified appointments by telephone . |
| 20 | You see , whereas B types would say , no , I can see that what you 've done is acceptable and that 's alright . |
| 21 | ‘ And if what you 've said is kosher , then somewhere there 'll be a bank of phones for him to do his dirty dealing on . |
| 22 | What you do say is good . |
| 23 | Unless you have legal experience you may find that what you have written is open to misinterpretation . |
| 24 | Who suffer the discomforts of living in a longhouse near the headwaters of the Amazon when versions of what you want to know are available for observation just down the road ? |
| 25 | In fact , by what we like to think is professional panache ( and crossed fingers , out of sight ) we minimise the panic and disguise it completely from the viewer . |
| 26 | Yeah yeah well I 've done it and I just want to check with you that what we 've done is right and then I can er |
| 27 | Yeah , fine but if , yeah but what we 've got is hard data for every single member of staff and therefore every group of staff |
| 28 | But I agree with Stuart , I think what we 've got be careful is that if we 're gon na introduce something , it is actually erm capable of being enforced and it 's very difficult to see us an enforcing agent . |
| 29 | What we have done is raised housing , what this sort of debate does is raise housing high on our agenda and that 's a good thing , do n't let us forget that . |
| 30 | ‘ But , ’ I replied , ‘ if any of what we have said is true , why does Queen Margaret grieve over the corpse of an imposter ? |