Example sentences of "[vb base] what [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It may well be that we send what we consider to be the fuller report there .
2 Secondly , we summarise what we know about managers ' use of external information in general ; there is an overwhelming preference for informal rather than formal information sources .
3 While manufacturers say what they like about themselves through advertising , favourable public opinion for their products or services is earned .
4 of course it is , apparently say what they like about the Green Party but at least that 's one thing they 're doing something
5 We can do what we like and say what we like to whomever we like , without restriction .
6 Say what I think of Scott .
7 I am going to take a risk and say what I think about local radio on the basis of my knowledge , personal knowledge , and these gentlemen can as it , as it were sort of say it 's , it 's not like that for them or whatever .
8 good rapport with each , you know , we can sort o , I mean the girls can sort of say what they want to me , I say what I want to them , you know , we take a joke .
9 Robert du Preez at scrum-half could take on anyone including David Bishop either in the boxing ring or on the rugby field and say what you like about Naas Botha , he is still the daddy of all the fly-halves .
10 Say what you like about the Ryder Cup and The Belfry , if it was n't for the 9th , 10th and 18th holes , it would be as average as it looks .
11 Say what you like about his awful presence , he could gain a not inconsiderable reputation for what he does in the comfort of his den .
12 Say what you like about the first-past-the-post system , but it does let you know who has actually won each seat .
13 Say what you like about Eliza Grierson , she was a very particular housewife , so how come the flat was in this state ?
14 Say what you like about handjobs , they do n't cost eighty-five quid .
15 Say what you like about Jeffrey , he 's a damn good read , ’ was Grunte 's view .
16 But , say what you like about him , he was probably the perfect bridge between us and a being from another world , especially when that being proved to be as mean and nasty as Argol looked to be .
17 SAY what you like about City ethics , but at least resignation seems not to have passed completely out of fashion in the Square Mile .
18 SAY what you like about politicians — and we should , as often as possible — they dress conservatively .
19 Say what you like in front of Rachel .
20 ‘ You say what you mean in plain English . ’
21 I just dare anyone to transcribe the solos on Give It All Away — from ‘ Hold Your Fire ’ or Say What You Want from Michael D'Alberquerque 's ‘ Stalking The Sleeper ’ .
22 Ask the next person returning a book what she/he thought of it ; say what you think of the author .
23 Say what you think of Scott .
24 The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level .
25 But what I hope what we hope of course is that some people give us a real good try .
26 In this new climate new policies for curriculum development are much easier to envisage , for they support what I herald as a return to common sense .
27 In school , teachers show what they expect of children in terms of work and behaviour , they provide models for children by their own conduct and they feed back to children what they judge to be acceptable performance .
28 Please show what you think of each section of the magazine by ticking the appropriate box
29 You put what I say in your mind and wrap it up and it disappears for ever .
30 In the left column , put what you consider to be all the main points made in the book .
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