Example sentences of "what [pron] [verb] [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see what I mean about it being a nightmare ? |
| 2 | But that 's what I mean about it . |
| 3 | This phrase may appear rather vague so I need to spell out what I mean by it . |
| 4 | So well I did n't hear anyone say anything so I said well that 's what I thought about it and er I did tell no I have n't said anything to Susan . |
| 5 | And although the sub-text of my increasing thinness ( which I chose to ignore ) read , ‘ I am doing this because I feel so helpless that not even my own body belongs to me ’ , the apparent text read to me , and increasingly to others , ‘ My body is my own and I can do what I like with it . ’ |
| 6 | And what I like about it — no . ’ |
| 7 | And the fact , what I like about it , it can be battery or mains . |
| 8 | That 's what I like about it . |
| 9 | That 's what I like about it , all the mountains all over the place , you know ? |
| 10 | ‘ What I know of it , Herr Wolff-Dietrich . |
| 11 | Erm I think that those are erm er disadvantages with which any er possible location in Harrogate er District would start and I do n't think the assessment in Mr 's paper er accurately reflects either the criterion in the structure plan er in terms of assimilation , or indeed the nature of the landscape erm and what I know of it in the Harrogate District . |
| 12 | what I had on it . |
| 13 | Do you see , that 's what I meant by it . |
| 14 | I knew what I understood by it and that was that it was management |
| 15 | Eldorado just reflects the people who make the programmes , that 's what I hate about it . |
| 16 | You know what I hate about it ? |
| 17 | The phrase ‘ the holism of the mental ’ is used in a number of ways ; but I hope the reader now understands what I intend by it . |
| 18 | Like — I know these girls who sleep with their boyfriends to get taken out , and I know that my body could be a kind of power as well , I could get what I want with it . |
| 19 | Well I , that 's what I say to it 's , it 's not a I mean your four door and the , the plastic pass is in one side |
| 20 | What I say about it is that if they are put off they should phone the police . |
| 21 | ‘ What I love about it , ’ the young man said , leaning forward in his saddle , ‘ is its symmetry . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's what I love about it ’ , Laura said , ‘ — the risk , the trust . ’ |
| 23 | What I liked about it was that though it was biting sarcasm , the way he spoke it gave you the impression not of a man who was bitter in any way , but of a man who pitied the members of the government for being so rotten and pitied us for being governed by such scum . |
| 24 | Sunday was my day : I could do what I liked with it . |
| 25 | At the same time I realized exactly what I disliked about it . |
| 26 | ‘ And I 'll tell you exactly what I think about it . ’ |
| 27 | Everybody in our Party welcomes that with their lips , but I will tell you what I think about it , and I am going to speak quite frankly . |
| 28 | " Look here , " said Hazel , " suppose you tell me what you want to do and I 'll tell you what I think about it . " |
| 29 | Anyhow I do n't know what I did with it , but anyhow it was in the Friday 's Leader was n't it ? |
| 30 | But I do n't know what I did with it . |