Example sentences of "what [pron] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not what I ought to be , |
| 2 | That 's what I ought to be doing . |
| 3 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 4 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 5 | And exactly what I would of said . |
| 6 | Ooh , aye well oh what , that 's what Sam over road said I mean he had open heart surgery , said I do n't know what I 'd of done without the National Health |
| 7 | But , praise God , I am not what I used to be , |
| 8 | Well what I used to always say it was pretty steady all the year round . |
| 9 | I had a conversation the other day with Con that reminded me of what I used to be , before I got corrupted by this place . |
| 10 | certainly ca n't manage what I used to be able |
| 11 | What I used to be like not , not as young as her like |
| 12 | and you see then I started thinking what I should of done when I , like everyone else , thinking what I should of done |
| 13 | and you see then I started thinking what I should of done when I , like everyone else , thinking what I should of done |
| 14 | If it was n't for that I 'd I so , ca n't get what I should of done . |
| 15 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 16 | ‘ I have to do what I can for Rebecca ; you know that , do n't you ? |
| 17 | I quickly capture what I can on film . |
| 18 | you do not mind my taking this method of answering your letter and I hope that you , I did not put you to too much trouble to locate a recorder to listen to the tape , I am just too lazy to write it all down and think that what I have to say I can put it better in words than what I can on paper , I 'll let you do that part . |
| 19 | I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably said he thought two o'clock every afternoon I 'll remember what I can of Book of Isaiah you know . |
| 20 | I must simply learn what I can from it and apply it to my work . |
| 21 | I must simply learn what I can from it and apply it to my work . |
| 22 | And yet , when I want to tell people the truth , what I will in fact do is try to get them to believe what I believe . |
| 23 | What I could with is a holiday from this perpetual holiday of a life . |
| 24 | Instead I would go to Amantani in Lake Titicaca , reputedly a quiet , touristless island , to try to reconstruct what I could of my journal and other writings . |
| 25 | ‘ I have never sought an honour in my life — I just did what I could for my home village where I was born and raised . |
| 26 | I was glad to do what I could for my friend , the only survivor of the Praça days . |
| 27 | I literally had to plunge into the abyss and find out what I could about what they were doing to me , or what they wanted me to do . |
| 28 | I mean , I , I did what I could in the fifth issue , but you just run out of cash , that 's the trouble , but I mean the sixth issue is good . |
| 29 | I had never seen it other than murky before along that particular section so I decided to walk the far bank and see what I could in the swims where I had been very successful . |
| 30 | The old man had sunk to his knees , so , ignoring the Blackshirt on the pavement , I tried to rescue what I could from my medicine case and give him some first aid . |