Example sentences of "what [pers pn] do [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in fact what I did do was erm went and bought her a secondhand wardrobe , took it to her , and she was really pleased because apparently she thought it was a better one than the first one . |
| 2 | ‘ I may not have been the tallest , nor the most athletic — Mick Doyle reckoned I only ever jumped from my shoulders up — but what I did have was the most effective arse in world rugby ’ . |
| 3 | What I did say is that there are differences in emotional expression between people in different countries , just as much as |
| 4 | What I did say was : |
| 5 | Maureen 's skill lay in basic first-aid and tender loving care , so I did n't learn about diseases or complicated injuries — but what I did learn was vital to my future work . |
| 6 | Though what I did notice was a motor bicycle parked where it should n't have been — outside Wheeler 's . |
| 7 | I really did n't need another jumper , but what I did need was a button-to-the-neck cardigan . |
| 8 | What I did know was that Shadwell was involved . |
| 9 | What I did know was that I did n't want to grow up , and my diary records that I confessed as much — when pressed to my housemistress . |
| 10 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |
| 11 | What I did know was that I discerned in the detail the cynical hand of the practising hack . |
| 12 | What I do want is some wine to take back to school tomorrow , oh er I mean |
| 13 | ‘ What I do intend is for you to drive down town with me right now , come into the notary 's office and sign away any rights you imagine you might have . |
| 14 | What what I do suggest is you know the clerk at Edingley |
| 15 | But what I do suggest is , a useful experiment is to pick a subject , start a stopwatch , talk for what you think is thirty seconds , stop the stopwatch and then see . |
| 16 | What I do think is very dangerous for a p for a candidate in any party is to flirt with the big idea of any of your opponents . |
| 17 | What I do stress is that the judge should approach the exercise of the discretion with a predilection to give effect to the child 's wishes on the basis that prima facie that will be in his or her best interests . |
| 18 | What I do love is landscaping , planting trees , turning a bare patch into a park . |
| 19 | What I do mean is that although most women do hope for a happy and loving relationship with their husbands , the attainment of this is not the purpose of marriage . |
| 20 | What I do know 's probably distorted , as you told me once in London . |
| 21 | What I do know is that it is disgraceful and defamatory to label as stooges the people from the Borough Community Relations Council who gave up a day 's work to act as observers , and who have made it clear that they would have reported whatever they had seen , good or bad for police . |
| 22 | WHAT I do know is that people like Havel have been getting a little impatient with those relishing pieces appearing lately in the American press that say , roughly : ‘ Right , you guys over there have had your romantic Ruritanian fun and games with revolution and dancing in the streets . |
| 23 | What I do know is that , faced with cancer , the desire for solitude was somewhat tempered . |
| 24 | What I do know is that we owe a great debt to these doughty fighters of the past in banishing the menace of the Krooms for ever from this green and pleasant land . |
| 25 | What I do know is that The Da completely missed the point , as usual . |
| 26 | What I do know is that whatever Mario says ( ‘ I do n't think he was too unhappy about it ’ ) or Colin thought ( ‘ The atmosphere within the team was the happiest I can remember ’ ) , that was not the way Ronnie saw it . |
| 27 | ‘ What I do know is that the scale of success we could be embarking upon far out-strips anything I experienced at Liverpool . |
| 28 | What I do know is that all you people are here because the Fascists have given the list of your names to our headquarters . ’ |
| 29 | What I do know is that there are thousands and thousands of people out there for whom life is intolerable , roughly ten a day actually succeed in killing themselves , how many more have a go we do n't know . |
| 30 | Your Royal Highness , Mr Chairman , Commodores , Ladies and Gentlemen , I am not absolutely sure whether this microphone system will work if I stand what I do know is , however , that I would be a larger target for you and under the circumstance I will , if I may remain seated . |