Example sentences of "what i [vb base] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I mean may be clearer after some autobiographical reflections . |
| 2 | An example of what I mean can be found in Strathclyde , where in every division of the police force there is a well-established female and child unit , staffed principally by female officers who are well trained and highly experienced in interviewing skills and techniques in cases involving sexual assault , child abuse and/or sexual abuse . |
| 3 | If I use a word incorrectly what I mean will not be what my statement means . |
| 4 | I will now turn to consider in a little more detail what I hope may fairly be described as the ‘ post- Kings North Trust Ltd. v. Bell [ 1986 ] 1 W.L.R. 119 agency diversion . ’ |
| 5 | I am now on the way to what I hope will be a speedy and full recovery and look forward to being amongst you all again soon . |
| 6 | ‘ What I hope will come out of the book is this : the Americans have a joint US/Russian commission which is looking into the matter , and I think it is about time that the British government asked for a seat on that commission . |
| 7 | I am indeed minded to seek a vote on Third Reading at the end of what I hope will be a relatively brief debate . |
| 8 | I think we 're beginning to stray into what I hope will be a fruitful discussion on Tuesday morning . |
| 9 | I shall try to show that our political practices accept integrity as a distinct virtue , and I begin with what I hope will strike you as a puzzle . |
| 10 | ‘ Actually I 'm keeping the Australian connection in reserve for what I hope will be a final , knock-out blow , ’ Ross added , before snapping shut the locks on his suitcase and lifting it off the bed . |
| 11 | ‘ The Jockey Club are looking for action and I hope what I devise will be practical and can be implemented . ’ |
| 12 | I said to him , ‘ Doctor , what I eat would n't feed a sparrow . ’ |
| 13 | I think that I 'm in control , that controlling what I eat will control what I weigh , will control who I turn into . |
| 14 | I 'm going to conclude this chapter with what I know will be offensive to some referees and judges ; yet it is not only my opinion . |
| 15 | We 've had health seminars , confidence courses , cookery demonstrations , fashion shows , gourmet lunches , brides ' days and what I know will be our hugely successful evening at Harrods . |
| 16 | Just as I am drawing his attention to the point and beginning what I know will be a long and wearying discussion , Mirsal , who has been fighting the cabman about his fare outside , appears and lets loose such a torrent of thumbnail word portraits of the clerk 's family that , used as I am to his powers in this respect , I am struck dumb with admiration . |
| 17 | If that were so then what I say would be true if it had the appropriate backing , false otherwise . |
| 18 | So far , what I say may not sound too shocking . |
| 19 | I understand that I need not say anything unless I wish to do so and that what I say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 20 | The content of what I say can be analysed , commented on , communicated to third parties . |
| 21 | To what I suppose would happen possibly about eighty percent of the time , where you 're working , you 've worked yourself off to do a superb drawing of a house all day , and er , the branch manager or whoever it may be , is walking round passing quotes , and walks off not really showing any general interest in this superb picture I 've just spent all my time doing . |
| 22 | When I first became involved in what I suppose can be called the politics of conservation , I was swift to argue that farmers are the essential inhabitants of the countryside , and not least of the most beautiful parts of the countryside . |
| 23 | I am not confident about how I should take the hon. Gentleman 's concluding remarks , but I shall bear with equanimity what I suspect may be a poisoned chalice . |
| 24 | WHILE this approach undoubtedly has advantages in that effort is directed to areas where a known interest exists — TO my way of thinking it fails to stimulate growth sufficiently quickly to satisfy what I consider SHOULD be a market led approach , nor does it satisfactorily communicate our case to the potential customers . |
| 25 | But after what I understand would have been several years of compulsory Russian , he could barely manage da and nyet . |
| 26 | THE TABLOIDS A am what I read Can the tabloids really have affected the election 's outcome , asks Bill Miller |
| 27 | There was a long silence — what I think might be called a pregnant pause . |
| 28 | Can I say two minutes for what I think might happen and where we 've derived some of the authority from . |
| 29 | I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't do what I think would be — sensible . |