Example sentences of "[coord] whatever [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ All done in a hell of a hurry , with yer grandfather , Eduardo Gómez , obtainin' a special dispensation , or whatever ye call it , from the Pope . ’
2 Or or whatever something that they 've
3 Yeah , then it goes down to orgies or whatever what they are has any of that worked ?
4 He felt on edge about meeting Elsie or Elisa or whatever her name was now .
5 Louise Müller , or whatever her name was , was a treacherous schemer and murderess , as much a public danger in her way as Fedorov .
6 For so much was untrue , and Margaret never doubted her sister 's integrity ; they really believed , poor things , that what they said was true , and Miss Ironside or whatever her name is seems to have had some grudge against her .
7 ‘ So restoring ! ’ cried Madame Maillot , or whatever her name is .
8 BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SEXUAL BEING : Woody Allen , for ridding himself of the insipid waif and compulsive adopter Mia Farrow by bedding her adopted daughter Egg Foo Yong , or whatever her name was .
9 This little brute Matilda or whatever her name is has stink-bombed my study !
10 ‘ That little girl , Catherine Linton , or Earnshaw , or whatever her name was , must have been wicked !
11 or whatever her name is .
12 Pension mortgages and this mortgage and and he did n't really know how er er cos that that foreign Lucy or whatever her name was
13 oh this is a hefty fucking Cleo Rocos on this , Cleo Laine or whatever her name is .
14 And entertainment as fantasy is not acceptable , though I do n't think everyone has to go to the extremes of U2 or Jimmy Somerville , or whoever it is or whatever their politics .
15 And nor is there now , he might have added , because William was obsessed with the idea that it might happen again ; that it might be happening now , the next chance encounter between the marmot and the rat — or whatever their modern equivalent .
16 That 's the only definition and worth over x million pound or whatever total revenue or whatever their threshold is
17 For the simple reason that you wo n't go to bed till late in the morning or whatever which would knock you back .
18 It was evidence of Karajan 's genius or magic or whatever we care to call it that he took enormous pains with these simple chords in order to get just the right degree of string tone with an appropriately dark colour .
19 He was so precise with his camera positions at outside rehearsal that , literally , before I left the church hall , or whatever we were using , to come into the studio I would measure off , with string and a compass , co-ordinates from the front edge of the marked-out set to each of his floor indicated camera positions .
20 I knew I 'd been dreaming again ( or whatever we call it ) because , when I came out of it , the wooden post — that old pile I 'd clung to like a drowning man — was nowhere !
21 I have to face the Matter as well , you know , and in this case that means that fucking doll or manikin or whatever we call it .
22 If the support for farmers — £2 billion or £3 billion a year or whatever we need — went to finance green premiums , to help the environment or to help less intensive agriculture , the consumer would support it .
23 or whatever we do n't really have the time , people just say , oh it 's charts .
24 Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ?
25 The capped level , or whatever we like to call it , is the criteria that has been established by the Secretary of State , and he has said it is five per cent beyond the standard spending level and he says if Councils spend beyond that then he is liable to introduce his capping legislation and
26 You 've all been and this is really addressed to H O H members , not to erm delegates group or whatever we call ourselves erm everyone 's been to a erm job evaluation H O H A discussion , right ?
27 The ambiguities , the secrets , or whatever they are .
28 ‘ Why should terrorists care what it looks like — as long as they get their money , or whatever they 're after ? ’
29 Later at Clarissa 's theatre she wanted to know why if he was supposed to be a soldier , he was n't confined to barracks or whatever they did to recruits .
30 ‘ Besides , as Mona will tell you , I 've reformed at the very idea of being put in clink for treason or whatever they call it .
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