Example sentences of "what i [verb] and [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Well , er the reason was erm technique and science and they 'd , they all the firms or who was in business had to make locks their own way , you know what I mean and use the best facilities they could get hold of , but science and progress came into being and they cou they made what you could call locks erm repetition . |
| 2 | To the end of his political days he remained unreconciled to what I hope and believe every public person should become reconciled to : the unimportance of most opinions expressed by most people . |
| 3 | I 'm thinking of telling my mum what I done and telling her to go to the doctor and tell the doctor that I 'm doing stupid things and that , to get me put away . |
| 4 | I rushed with him into the buildings and found what I expected and dreaded ; a small calf kicking at its stomach , getting up and down , occasionally rolling on its straw bed . |
| 5 | She ca n't know how I value my freedom , Donald , the freedom to do what I like and take advantage of the opportunity to explore a new city , learn a new language , try my hand at a way of life I did n't know existed . |
| 6 | ‘ I shall say what I like and go where I like , ’ said Osman . |
| 7 | In accepting both what I like and do n't like in her , I can more readily accept both aspects in myself . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean to tell Her Grace what I know and pray to God that she will discover a means of remedying the situation , ’ Brackenbury said obscurely — but then he paused , hesitated and , seeming to make up his mind , spoke boldly . |
| 9 | Just made a note of what I said and said thanks very much . |
| 10 | I sha n't be sorry to get home to Blackstone Rd , it worries me to think of the damp and the dirt , I hope you did what I said and aired all the rooms and linen like I said and got a good cleaning woman in like I said the same as with you , I hope . |
| 11 | I told her how Aisha kept a close watch on what I ate and drank and how I had to take care of the house and children to pay for my board and lodging . |
| 12 | So much for what I saw and thought . |
| 13 | I responded like a monkey to what I saw and smelled , but in full awareness of the two flavours , in obedience to ‘ Be aware ’ . |
| 14 | What I saw and read was ‘ Our Father which art in Heaven ’ . |
| 15 | MY diary ( and letters to my wife ) noted what I saw and heard on night duty in the guardroom of an RAF aerodrome on the weekend of September 7–8 when reports came through that big Luftwaffe daylight raids had begun on London . |
| 16 | Did I like what I saw and heard ? |
| 17 | I tried to put what I knew and surmised into the context of other sports . |
| 18 | But what I knew and felt kept interfering . ’ |
| 19 | I kept hugging myself as I imagined over and over telling Marcus what I knew and reassuring him that it would n't make any difference to us . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought you were interested in me as a person , interested in what I felt and believed . |
| 21 | Can I take anything away from them that they want or need in exchange for what I want and need ? ’ |
| 22 | Knowing when someone loses interest in what I say and responding appropriately |
| 23 | So I just kept on my way , letting then all come along for the ride , while I hunted for confirmation of what I suspected and feared about Gharr . |
| 24 | So I end up being pretty conservative about what I wear and draw the line at a discreet pleat here and there , usually around the chin . |
| 25 | From what I read and see it was much less comfortable than modern ‘ detention centres ’ . |
| 26 | It would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Gustave Flaubert 's feelings by means of such utterances ; but what is the importance of the said gentleman ? ’ |
| 27 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
| 28 | ‘ Does that mean I 'm free to tell you what I think and want when we are alone ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm going to keep to myself what I think and feel and let everybody guess . ’ |
| 30 | I can look for reasons for what I did and call those reasons excuses ; what he did to Alice , how he bullied Mother , how I hated him . |