Example sentences of "but what i [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what I said is the way I feel . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't played guitar synth live for a long time , but what I use is a Photon MIDI converter , which I actually got about two weeks ago ; I put it on one of my Steinberger guitars . |
| 3 | Yes yes but what I meant is it does n't stop us being |
| 4 | ‘ No , but what I mean is , if they were asked to make other arrangements , making other arrangements is just what the stinking Editor would call it . ’ |
| 5 | But what I mean is , he did n't have that high an opinion of himself , just because he knew he could have any one of us for the asking . |
| 6 | I know , but what I mean is that when they see the city centre , the people who are walking up and down the city centre , they see all the national charities , they do n't necessarily feel that they 're organised in the same way and therefore that they should be participating , and the whole palaver of getting a licence and applying is actually quite difficult , it 's not a simple , it 's not something , we get numerous telephone calls in the office saying ‘ Well can I go out next Saturday and rattle a tin for such-and-such ’ , and you say ‘ Well , you ca n't ’ , and it 's left much too late , so that people do n't know about the way you get licenses to rattle tins in city centre . |
| 7 | ‘ But what I want is a bit of time to myself . |
| 8 | ‘ Statistics are all very well and good , but what I want is the human angle . |
| 9 | You might have made me come on this absurd chase , but what I think is my business . ’ |
| 10 | I mean it 's interesting I mean I , I made all those comments earlier about and I mean Peter he might disagree with them , but what I think is how we view the Royals as we were all growing up . |
| 11 | Apparently the individual costs of the lines are staggering and they reckon that the cost of the calls does not outweigh it but what I think is certainly outweighed is the cost of all our time trying to get through on these lines |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I suppose that 's possible … but what I think is more possible … ’ |
| 13 | we I try and cover what we can in the lessons Not so much what we can but what I think is the right amount for you . |
| 14 | Appearance is a concern , but what I see is conditioned by my preconceptions , attitudes and information , all of which influences in varying degrees my choice of working locations . |
| 15 | They occur more commonly , and surgery is more frequently practised upon them ; but what I say is of equal relevance to female-to-male transsexuals . |
| 16 | He talks a lot of tommy rot about not making ends meet , but what I say is you 've got to cut your coat according to your cloth . |
| 17 | They 'd like me to retire if the truth was told , but what I say is , why retire when you do n't want to ? ’ |
| 18 | But what I say is — if you did n't want the benefit of my second-hand wisdom , you should n't have put down that Dr Ruth book , which taught you how to make love with one foot on the shag-pile and the other in Sainsbury 's , in favour of this one . |