Example sentences of "and [verb] exactly what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the time during each turn it is essential to have a plan for the worst contingency and to know exactly what you would do if you suddenly lost 200 feet . |
| 2 | A bustling market , dark , smokey houses and a busy wharf have all been re-created in accurate detail so that you can experience in sight , sound and smell exactly what it was like to live and work in the Viking city of Jorvik . |
| 3 | She tried hard to think back and remember exactly what she 'd said that first night in Jarman House . |
| 4 | Well no because unless they put the system in and know exactly what it was there are so many different ways of delivering water . |
| 5 | It 's very important to be precise and know exactly what you 're talking about on these , cos you 'll get |
| 6 | The more you relish the moment and remember exactly what it felt like and what movements were involved , the better . |
| 7 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
| 8 | So being just do as your told , did as I was told and up we went , onto this crane overhead and the job was running up and down th er picking the boxes up , whatever the chappies want , the , and lowering them and doing exactly what they wanted . |
| 9 | I quote it in full , in tribute to the whole glorious regiment of women shoppers , firm of purpose and knowing exactly what they want : |
| 10 | One night I got stoned and saw exactly what I 'd become — a spoiled , heartless little shit . |
| 11 | She had heard him use that tone of voice in the past and knew exactly what it meant . |
| 12 | He had devoted Sunday evening to making a plan of action and knew exactly what he and everyone else he could press into service was going to be doing this morning . |
| 13 | And now , to set the seal on this disastrous year , the member of parliament for Frizingley , old Charlie Bowen , who had been John-William 's man and Ben Braithwaite 's man and knew exactly what he had to do to earn the money they paid him , had fallen off his horse — the damned fool — and broken his neck . |
| 14 | Child law expert Mr Babbington said : ‘ She is a bright girl and knew exactly what she wanted . |
| 15 | Listen carefully and do exactly what I say . |
| 16 | He still felt extremely nervous about what might happen once they left the warren and had decided that the best way to avoid trouble would be to keep close to Hazel and do exactly what he said . |
| 17 | And he spent two days trying to impress this upon Forbus and Forbus went back to Arkansas and did exactly what he said he was going to do . |
| 18 | Think , too , about the circumstances under which you can not keep to your resolves , and analyse exactly what it is that makes you behave the way you do . |
| 19 | First we need to look more closely at ‘ chemicals ’ and discover exactly what they are . |
| 20 | I think I 'll ask Willi to go into the side studio and see exactly what he 's up to . |
| 21 | So at least now we 've got a specification to go to , w we know what it looks like and er we 've had one or two quotes in the past week and for firmed those up now and chosen exactly what we want them to do . |