Example sentences of "[vb past] what i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I provided what I hoped to be the optimum conditions for healthy growth — perfect drainage . |
| 2 | I found what I took to be high water mark with my feet rather than my eyes . |
| 3 | I also found what I took to be a sporting pistol , with a beautifully engraved silver stock . |
| 4 | Oh , ’ she added , ‘ except that somehow I never mentioned what I got from Dad . |
| 5 | This annoyed me ( I still believed what I read in the papers ! ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I adopted what I conceived to be a classless accent , ’ he said , ‘ as that is what I thought Byron ought to be and that is what I am . |
| 7 | In a speech at Leicester last Friday I stated what I took to be a constitutional axiom : ‘ All the public utterances of the sovereign , ’ I said , ‘ are covered by the advice of ministers . ’ |
| 8 | I bet I been and forgot what I come in here for now I 'm not really sure . |
| 9 | But at the time I was so excited by my good luck that I forgot what I owed to Joe . |
| 10 | and he says they looked he says but I never forgot what I looked like , or what I when he started , but you ca n't join the boys ' service now . |
| 11 | And I meant what I said about Davout . |
| 12 | And I meant what I said about you at the start of this . |
| 13 | ‘ I meant what I said about contacts . |
| 14 | ‘ I meant what I said on the plane , ’ she reminded him stiffly , even though she knew it was a wasted effort . |
| 15 | I knew what I understood by it and that was that it was management |
| 16 | On the minus side , they knew what I looked like , where I lived and what I drove . |
| 17 | I find it a sad small dramatic irony that Leslie never knew what I did at Bletchley , and , naturally , was unaware even of the existence of Ultra , let alone its significance in his own military enterprises . |
| 18 | ‘ In the second week , I knew what I wanted from the allowed foods , my body told me what I needed . |
| 19 | Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation . |
| 20 | He saw what I saw at once . |
| 21 | ‘ Hmm , ’ he murmured , but she was glad to see he had lost none of his pleasantness of expression when , considering her request for a few seconds , he divulged , ‘ After almost two years without a holiday or much free time , I last week completed what I believe to be one of my best achievements . ’ |
| 22 | In addition to discussing some delightfully way-out biological examples of iterated prisoner 's dilemmas , Axelrod and Hamilton gave what I regard as due recognition to the ESS approach . |
| 23 | I did what I had to . |
| 24 | She asked what I had in mind , and I said an informal conversation about the principal events of her life from her girlhood at Glamis Castle to the present day . |
| 25 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
| 26 | Now , as I said , my own investigation of DNA strands revealed what I believe to be specific intelligence and personality factors in Briant Bodies Gamma and Delta . |
| 27 | One was slung over my shoulder one had got sort of between two limbs I suspect , holding it round the back like that , and another one was over a protrusion that just seemed handy to hold the lot , and as I walked down the street of course suddenly everybody was glancing at me and I realized what I appeared to be doing . |
| 28 | The doors were padlocked anyway and I got what I wanted for my purpose from looking at the outside . ’ |
| 29 | In other words I got what I paid for , considering the price . |
| 30 | Occasionally he translated what I said for the benefit of the other two . |