Example sentences of "[adv] what [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Or rather , since he indubitably wanted a relationship with Alexandra , perhaps what he hoped for was to dictate the terms , rather than have them dictated to him . |
| 2 | I had two people working for me then , and basically what we did for two years was to do this type of work on unbelievable amounts of equipment . |
| 3 | OK : one more when we get home and that 's all before bedtime , he thought , facing the fact that bedtime was probably all too literally what she had in mind . |
| 4 | You know I think that was very much what they had in mind . |
| 5 | And obviously what he did to me |
| 6 | Casting her mind back , she tried to work out what it was , piecing together what she knew of him . |
| 7 | As Lazaris puts it , we always get what we want — but not necessarily what we asked for . |
| 8 | Remember that what you think a word means is not necessarily what it meant for the writer . |
| 9 | They want a spread of expenditure for the contract works So what we agreed with them is that we will forthwith start sending them client reports and I 've asked them if they will report back to us whether the client reports are in the form they want them . |
| 10 | We have endeavoured to give people who are very similar in talent the opportunity to play , so what we did in France was not difficult . |
| 11 | He also wondered whether Ruggiero 's daughter had seen the article , and if so what she thought of it . |
| 12 | So what you got ta say about Glen ? |
| 13 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 14 | So what I did with you last week |
| 15 | yeah , so anyway erm , he bought the car in to tell me that , garage down here , five hundred and forty eight pound labour right and that was put on another wing , save repairing the wing , put a new on , so what I did with mine is , I put on a new wing , right , and reduced the labour by sixty five quid to four hundred and five , I make plenty on the parts |
| 16 | Erm , but I wanted some cash , so what I did in the end was walked round Asda remembered it , or thought I remembered it , came back out put the erm card back in and the terminal came up erm it 's ok . |
| 17 | Is it not a fact that due to Government policy local authorities will be building no new houses next year and housing associations will achieve only what they achieved in the mid-1970s ? |
| 18 | There it was laid down clearly and definitely not only what they aimed at , but how they were going to secure it … |
| 19 | There was no competition here , no assumed superiority on the part of another to make her uneasy or defensive , only what she saw as shared experience , delightful in retrospect . |
| 20 | As to her other point , I can say only what I said to her about her calculations on nursery school resources . |
| 21 | I saw only what I wanted to . |
| 22 | Then , ever a man to answer selectively only what he cared to , he asked , ‘ Where 's your bag ? ’ |
| 23 | He was probably spoilt by his sisters , and and got more or less what he wanted as a child , and |
| 24 | That 's more or less what it said in my book except erm they need to be shaded from early morning sun if there 's been a frost . |
| 25 | I bet if I told those Germans downstairs what I knew about Father 's job they 'd sit up and pay attention . |
| 26 | Anyway what he said to me was |
| 27 | I know they do n't mean anything by it , it 's just what they had in stock . |
| 28 | But Walter Machin was just what we went for in those days : we were all daft about him could n't think o' anything else , from morn to night . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Which is just what we hoped for — that he 'd run for it . ’ |
| 30 | A real Canadian breakfast , pancakes and honey , with eggs and ham and coffee , just what we needed after a good workout . |