Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb past] exactly " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I decided fairly quickly that once the reins were in somebody else 's hands , and that somebody knew exactly what they were doing , there was no point in coming back . ’ |
| 2 | One company commander who survived the attack recalled that ‘ nobody knew exactly the location of the mixed-up regiments … it was impossible to move . |
| 3 | Civil disobedience on the Gandhian pattern was still strange to Britain and no one knew exactly what to do next . |
| 4 | There had been rioting down by the docks , some said , but no one knew exactly where ; and Mrs Norris swore they were throwing the dead into mass graves , and half of them good Catholics without the last rites . |
| 5 | One knew exactly where there had been difficulties and compromises behind the scenes . |
| 6 | No one knew exactly what caused the blast . |
| 7 | Mr Alan Houghton , group director of the Selby mine complex , of which Stillingfleet is one of five collieries , said : ‘ Everybody knew exactly what we were doing . |
| 8 | And to make sure everybody knew exactly what was going on , planning chiefs held a press conference on the beach , while the SAS-style commandos held a photo-call . |
| 9 | Well , I , I said everybody 's said , everybody said exactly the same thing , they said what do you think of her ? |