Example sentences of "[adj] what i [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 About half what I earn from speed .
2 I shall from time to time use some of their material for further analysis and in order to make clear what I mean by structure .
3 But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion .
4 Having said this , let me try to make clear what I do not mean to be claiming in this section , lest I be taken to be arguing for more than I intend to be .
5 Erm but there are a few what I call golden rules to avoid becoming one of these four hundred people every week who come into our advice centre .
6 ‘ But I 'm afraid what I have to say to you could n't wait . ’
7 Some what I call are comfy ones , some that I ca n't breathe in , you know !
8 ‘ I have to be careful what I say — I come from Poland and we are very outspoken in my country and I have noticed that in this country you people take offence very easily .
9 Now I have to be careful what I say about Lady Thatcher 's because of the laws of libel and also I do n't know who 's written which pieces but it 's known she 's had help you see .
10 Must be careful what I say , yes , but that that that 's
11 Oh be careful what I say then .
12 I believe I 've got to be very careful what I say because I could be subject to legal action , but I think this whole case is appalling .
13 Now when I say say something interesting what I mean is I want you to pick something that you that T N T do .
14 Dan there 's a lot of bollocks on it but never mind , it 's not very interesting what I 've written .
15 I have orders to employ the military if necessary , but I must be cautious what I do lest I bring the mob to my house .
16 She probably had a real great impression of herself right she did and then when she turns round and we said well I 'm sorry and said well sorry no got a bloody big shock , gave her a shock to the system and to be quite honest what I 've seen of her since then has been a darn sight more er spruced up and a bit more on the bloody ball than she was before
17 I 'm not even sure what I mean .
18 I 'm not sure what I like best , I seem to like quite a bit .
19 I 'm not sure what I 've done with the instructions , so it 's it
20 I 'm not sure what I think now about wearing clothes like that .
21 ‘ I 'm not sure what I think , ’ she said .
22 ‘ I 'm sure what I say is quite unnecessary — but they might , you know , sympathetic looks and so on — I 'd like you to keep them at a distance . ’
23 I 'm not sure what I believe about the past .
24 I am not sure what I believe in , whether I 'm an agnostic or … ’
25 I 'm not sure what I believe in any more .
26 ‘ I 'm not sure what I feel , except that … ’
27 ‘ The butlers come from many different backgrounds , ’ John Serbrock says , ‘ but they are all what I call ‘ Can do ’ people .
28 involve me I used to get out in the morning , get up in the morning and be down there at six , see how many ships and see how many what I want , so many dockers on each ship , sometimes they 'd want say six , sometimes eight .
29 It has been commonly assumed that in controversy even if we could finally agree on what is objectively so , the moral debate has not yet started ; you can still find good what I find bad , and unless we discover common principles from which to argue , the debate can never begin at all .
30 First of all we wanted that product to be totally open , and I 'll qualify in a minute or two a little bit more what I mean by totally open .
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