Example sentences of "but what [pers pn] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what we argue is that all should have the right to put their case for asylum fairly and properly , and reasonably quickly . ’ |
| 2 | But I you know hopeful I know that th th th quite a large and high numbers but what we agreed was if we were working on the basis of something like on one person every six weeks |
| 3 | The Kings always specialised in bacon and cheese ‘ not a lot of varieties the way you have now , but what we had was good , the best ’ . |
| 4 | But what we realized was that even if we hit his estimates we were still gon na be worse off . |
| 5 | philosophical side of Marxism which is very interesting and there 's a lot of very deep thoughts but what we 've been given your definition , is what I 'd say is the political strategy that Marx said er was necessary to achieve the philosophical ends . |
| 6 | But what we saw was not a street in any real sense of the term . |
| 7 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 8 | We 've got in the new format sixty of the new new format but what we have been able to do is take elements of the new re-fitted stores and put those for instance erm Pronto we 've managed to take those and re-fit them separately but the actual new concept stores sits at about sixty-odd stores and currently what we 're doing is to check the that we have had a a re-fits this year erm where we 've taken space for other sub-lets where put the new concept back to but as far as the go in majority of the chain now we have most of the major elements i.e an upholstery area bed area Pronto representation and indeed the re-fit that was discussed in the Chairman 's statement the kitchen and bedroom re-fit erm was applicable to all stores so all of the stores have got new kitchens and bedrooms in |
| 9 | But what we do is we estimate three months |
| 10 | Well it is but er what we do is we , we 've got the one er we 've got the one erm pack that actually we use for , for all kinds of business and not all of this would actually relate to yourself but what we do is we combine it in into one pack . |
| 11 | Well I , we do mainly , but what we do is , we , we cut them , when they die off , we cut them right down under ground |
| 12 | Well , what we did was we what we did was we erm found the alarm system to try and calculate some reasonable output rates erm but what we found was the output rates seemed incredibly low using based on the completion that they have got So what we was we erm took the nine week 's work that they 'd done and erm plus they 'd obviously based our output rates on that erm just for a little example , using the allowances we have n't got whereas actually we 'd been calculating it on what they had n't worked so , that was basically what we So moving on to the actual short-term programme |
| 13 | But what we found was that the heavier breeds , the wine dots and the Rhode Island Reds , they did n't need such a high fence as what the leghorns or any of the lighter breeds needed . |
| 14 | So miracles can be worked , but what we need is a few smoke signals to indicate that someone , somewhere in the four home unions has the preparations for the world sevens championship a little further advanced than the drawing board . |
| 15 | ‘ I know it sounds modest , ’ he concedes , ‘ but what we need is to do one thing well . |
| 16 | I 'm not saying we have done this in an ad hoc way up to now but what we want is to try and develop a programme for this and I think that should be a very useful and , and frankly I would expect it to grow er over the years as the need develops . |
| 17 | Clients would arrive with specific problems , often of a financial nature , but what they received was questioning directed at matters that seemed entirely irrelevant to the needs they were presenting . |
| 18 | But what they produced were at best permanent monuments of erudition on which we still draw , and at worst giant-sized pamphlets which are now read , if at all , only for their interest as literature . |
| 19 | But what they felt was too big for one flower to contain . |
| 20 | Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else . |
| 21 | Regrettably , last night 's audience was a meagre one , but what they got was impressive , to say the least . |
| 22 | S but what they say is part of his managerial status demanded him having a company car to which I was given one as well but in effect that then became his wife 's because he was still banned for drink driving . |
| 23 | Maybe Brian but what they want is initial contact point for somebody . |
| 24 | The thought pleases me but what they think is irrelevant really ; it 's Marcus that I 'm saving myself for . |
| 25 | They reforest it but what they reforest is eucalyptus or |
| 26 | Yeah but what they ripped was all fat , all her fat , ooh |
| 27 | Yeah but what they ripped was all fat ! |
| 28 | I know there are those who would prefer anarchy to hold sway , but what they do is destroy everything about climbing most of us hold dear . |
| 29 | The other exciting thing was the leeches er because the monsoon had n't finished there were lots of leeches around , and I 'd imagined these huge things that were going to suck me to death , but they 're actually little , like , just very very tiny little worms , about erm an inch long and very thin and what they do is they sit on leaves and things and as you walk by they get flicked on to your boots or your socks and then they wiggle their way in and they , you ca n't feel them there , but what they do is they suck your blood until they explode |
| 30 | But what they believe is that twenty six sex offenders will be brought for treatment here . |