Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who demonstrated what you might call a profound lack of interest . |
| 2 | Thus he slices through the old argument between ‘ formalism ’ and ‘ realism ’ by inserting what we may call a notion of intervention . |
| 3 | My Lords , erm i legislation is complex and I agree that we should do what we can to keep a clear er , er to keep it clear and simple if it 's at all possible and erm er I agree though that one needs a fully up-to-date text of the nineteen sixty four Police Act in order to decipher every last dot and comma . |
| 4 | But first , you will do what you can to please a tired old woman . |
| 5 | Therefore , will he do what he can to encourage a response from small authorities to adopt the new powers ? |
| 6 | That much sooner and in the last hour , couple of hours we 've seen what I would call a Tweedledee and Tweedledum amendments erm because quite frankly there is n't that much difference between them er at the end of the day the impact on the people who 've had to pay the bill is virtually the same . |
| 7 | You say that these books stand in their own right , and are important perhaps in the historical context of the development of the novel , but do they constitute what I 'd call a good read ? |
| 8 | No , I 'm afraid I 've never really had what you could call a boyfriend , someone to come calling to take me out . |
| 9 | England has n't got it , England has n't got what they would call a national police force . |
| 10 | Roger Poole , and other leaders of the overtime ban , have vowed to do whatever they can to force a face-to-face confrontation with Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , who has refused to countenance a meeting . |
| 11 | They call themselves Rektum , and all signs suggest they enjoyed what you might call a safe passage . |
| 12 | In Street a man named he had two sons and he had , he had to quote , give a contract for it , but he always used to do what they 'd call a workhouse feed , and it was a four pound loaf , when my father died mother did n't get a widow 's pension , what , what she got was two shillings for each lad , there 's four of us , that 's eight shillings and a four pound loaf for each lad |
| 13 | But , she resolved , I 'm going to do what I can to put a stop to it . |
| 14 | Next time we meet a Hun , I know what I shall have a pot at . ’ |
| 15 | So here goes : ‘ You know , I do n't have what you 'd call a regular job . ’ |
| 16 | Here in Deptford half the male population do n't have what you 'd call a regular job . |
| 17 | But surely you ca n't expect the government , now that the ambulance dispute in the public sector is in its sixth month to get what you 'd call a substantial , possibly double figured settlement ? |
| 18 | And why did bodies adopt what I shall call a ‘ bottlenecked ’ life cycle ? |
| 19 | At night George did what you 'd expect a husband to but I did n't mind . |
| 20 | Well I think what we 'll have a look at is this er , mi migration essay . |
| 21 | Then there 's Alfred — I mean , he never had what you 'd call a proper life … ’ |
| 22 | Sir : Shabbir Akhtar ( 10 October ) himself makes what he might call a pardonable error in thinking that to liberals — genuine ones , not the compromisers so regretfully limned in John Torode 's article ( 3 October ) - freedom of speech is an absolute value . |
| 23 | Instead we have what I 'll call a bits and pieces economy . |