Example sentences of "what i [vb base] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you know what I mean it was wrestling in those funny kind of shorts . |
| 2 | Oh dear you see what I mean I 'm walking on your heels . |
| 3 | So when I said to Bob this morning was it Bob , I said do n't I do n't have a magic wand that 's gon na get rid of them but what I hope I 'm gon na give you over these two days is a system whereby you can use that and can support you so you 're able to effectively present despite having the nerves and be able to put over your point of view effectively , yeah ? |
| 4 | He added : ‘ We 're in the midst of a critical floods situation but from what I hear we 're getting the better of it . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you talkin' about what I think ye are talkin' about ? ’ |
| 6 | What I think we 're saying on this side of the house , I do n't know if we 're saying it loud enough or it 's going to have effect , is that we must reduce the number of rules and regulations , you do n't actually need the body which the honourable member 's talking about . |
| 7 | It may be that this explanation is not an acceptable answer to the question , but it is presented by the speaker in a form which conveys ‘ what I think we 're talking about ’ in this part of the conversation . |
| 8 | Characterising the individual speaker 's topic as ‘ what I think we 're talking about ’ incorporates both that element which the conversational analyst tends to abstract as the ‘ topic of conversation ’ for the participants ( 'What we 're talking about' ) and the individual speaker 's version ( 'I think' ) , as he/she makes a conversational contribution . |
| 9 | From what we have proposed as speakers ' topics in conversational discourse , it must occasionally happen that there are at least two versions of ‘ What I think we 're talking about ’ which are potentially incompatible . |
| 10 | We might characterise speaker B's view of ‘ what I think we 're talking about now ’ as something involving herself , the 1930s , and the existence of telephones ( as well as radios ) at that time . |
| 11 | Speaker B's view of ‘ what I think we 're talking about now ’ must now involve speaker A , A's father , the Scouts and a man ( who may have something to do with telephones ) . |
| 12 | Looking back to speaker C's third question , we can propose two versions of ‘ what I think we 're talking about ’ . |
| 13 | We might think that by the end of this fragment there is once again a single version for both speakers of ‘ what I think we 're talking about ’ . |
| 14 | What I think we are looking for , in asking for during th was a ratification of the definition of Greater York . |
| 15 | What I think I 'm looking for is some evidence that the severity of the infrastructure problems to which you refer actually varies from one district to another . |
| 16 | ’ But if I 'm delivering what I think I 'm delivering , your lordship , I 'm an accessory to theft and corruption . |
| 17 | ‘ Before you call me all the names you can think of , and before you demand to know what I think I 'm doing , I want to say how lovely you look ; your dress is exquisite , but no more than you are . |
| 18 | We well what I think I 'm gon na do is next Thur not this Thursday , we 'll just have to live through this Thursday , but next Thursday , erm I 'm gon na get get Stella back on , and I 'm just gon na sell it as cost , whatever it is , sixty P a pint or whatever . |
| 19 | After all , if what I think you are supposing is true , it would hardly be in my interest for such information to emerge . |
| 20 | He had n't been shot , if that is what you 're asking and that is what I think you are asking . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you saying what I think you are saying , Caroline ? ’ he croaked thickly , his lidded gaze devastatingly sensual , a trace of incredulity lurking somewhere at the back of his eyes . |
| 22 | At the same time , d the Tories are on their knees , some people , as I said earlier , I think it 's just as relevant in this debate , seem to have lost their way and when you took , look at what they 're proposing in terms of say , the er the fifty percent , the , the er M Ps , fifty percent of the votes for er the Parliamentary leader which of course is very consistent with , right , fifty percent of the vote , you take that along with proportional representation and what I believe you 're seeing is the number of people who have given up the ghost and are preparing to restructure the Party around coalition politics , and that 's where they 're heading , and they 're heading completely in the wrong direction because we 're more in tune with what 's going on in this country , the po opinion polls are saying fifty nine percent of the people actually I think , believe that er the Labour government is possible and will be voting for a Labour government , the alternative road is to oblivion and it 's not about modernizing , the people who 're proposing this coalition politics are n't modernizers , they 're Victorian politics , that 's what they 're about , they 're about taking us back , back before we created the Party , before we learnt the lesson that we needed to represent ourselves politically , they 're going back to , let's skil see what we get out of the Liberals , the free trade Liberals , in the nineteenth century , that 's where they 're going back , that 's not about modernization , real modernization is about making sure that the Labour Party speaks for the working people up and down this country and that 's our contribution to make to that Party and therefore we should have a role in decision making and influencing the Party that enables us as an organization to express that feeling , and that understanding of what people actually want in this country , and that 's why we 're supporting the C E C proposals . |
| 23 | ‘ If you were thinking what I believe you were thinking , you were right , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ What I feel you are saying to me is that this previous relationship is something you do n't want to talk about in front of Tom . |