Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [be] [verb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ So what I 'm working up to telling you is that when he got silly he let anyone in that house . |
| 3 | You 'll guess what I 'm leading up to . |
| 4 | Yes after Lucy about , er yes that was what I was getting around to , by that time of course I should be erm |
| 5 | They invited me to take part in the next one and I went along with them , having no idea what I was getting in to . |
| 6 | I knew what I was going out to and I was only concerned that there might be some hitch or delay , that I might get there and find that someone had made a mistake and I was n't due out for another six months — such was my anxiety to be released . |
| 7 | Leucanthemella serotina is what I was brought up to call Chrysanthemum ulginosum , the so-called moon daisy of Hungary , where it is often found growing in damp places . |
| 8 | At this stage I do n't think he saw what I was leading up to . |
| 9 | ‘ Had I had any idea what I was coming home to , I should have assured in advance that such a likeness would be instantly available . ’ |
| 10 | He speculated about what she was coming back to . |
| 11 | I really am looking forward to seeing your entries but do n't forget to include photos of your garden so that we can see what you 're getting up to ! |
| 12 | Because , what you 're going back to , just reemphasizing the point earlier , you 're speaking one-to-one , you 're not trying to convince a , a group of , of , of councillors , you 're trying to actually convey a message and , yes , you 're trying to convince , but you 're actually trying to convey a message doing one-to-one interview , across to people who know nothing about it , whereas councillors purport to know something about it . |
| 13 | Other otherwise you really wo n't know what you 're coming back to so . |
| 14 | Thinking of what you were going home to , Wexford thought , and what Hatton was . |
| 15 | It talks about the heathen being astounded and being envious and jealous because they are going to see peace and harmony and happiness and this is what we are looking forward to this is why we 're not mourning , why we 're not you know all upset because we know this is going to come . |
| 16 | They do not know what we are getting up to , what we are saying about-them . |
| 17 | Our problem , J. and I , was that wherever we sat we did tend to have a row of armourers planted behind us , and instead of watching the screen their eyes would be fixed on us to see what we were getting up to . |
| 18 | ‘ All men wish all women to be gentle , ’ Mrs Browning commented , ‘ just as all women wish men to be strong and to alter this we must first start with our sons and what they are brought up to . |
| 19 | Supposedly there was a Hell Fire Club in London in 1934 , but what they were getting up to no one knows . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he drawled , ‘ I 'd probably be too surprised by coy looks from you to have any idea what they were leading up to . ’ |
| 21 | For example , in Littlewoods Organisation Ltd v Harris [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 1026 Megaw LJ said : … it is appropriate that a covenant , restricting an employee from full freedom of taking other employment when he leaves his existing employment , should be included in the contract of employment where there is a real danger that the employee will in the course of that employment have access to and gain information about matters which could fairly be regarded as trade secrets ; and that applies even though the information may be carried in his head and even though ( perhaps , particularly though ) it may be extremely difficult for the employee himself , being an honest and scrupulous man , to realise that what he is passing on to his new employers is matter which ought to be treated as confidential to his old employers . |
| 22 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
| 23 | It 's a very cosy set-up , as you admitted last night , but I do n't suppose she knows what it 's leading up to , if Jones has conveniently forgotten to mention the exact nature of your past relationship . ’ |
| 24 | He found The Rake 's Progress ‘ perspicacious , witty in spite of its stark drama , and thorough as regards research into the period ’ , but he added that ‘ I 'm afraid it 's not half what it 's cracked up to be . ’ |
| 25 | That 's because the Premier League is not what it 's cracked up to be . |
| 26 | Or would that be the final admission that everything in Paradise is not what it 's cracked up to be ? |
| 27 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |