Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb mod] [verb] [adv] what " in BNC.
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1 | Neither my sister nor I can remember exactly what we had for dinner , but we chose not merely a good cheese but a claret of which we hoped he would approve . |
2 | I had some dim idea that I should see what sort of creatures these whores were , so that I might find out what I was . |
3 | Members opposite must get used to the idea that I shall read out what their Front-Bench spokesmen have said about fund holding . |
4 | ‘ This was in some way part of the whole thing , that I 'd blurt out what I 'd done and she 'd ask to see and I 'd have it on hand to show her . ’ |
5 | ‘ So I have to fail all my GCSEs so I can find out what you knew all the time ? ’ |
6 | And then they 'd leave and I would do exactly what I wanted . |
7 | I 'm reading Sense and Sensibility and I must find out what happens to Marianne . |
8 | So it seemed to be crying out to be orchestrated , and I could hear just what it would be like in my head . |
9 | It was only a one-sided lock , which is completely and totally different to an ordinary lock er working both sides , you see what I mean and er I er I 'd got to er make a key , number thirty-nine just like that , see but I had it and I could find out what thirty-nine was and I could make them one and send it and knowing it would fit see and er when they had different people working there , you know staff , things like that , not a lot of orders but er somebody else come . |
10 | If I might repeat again what I suggested in the debate on the White Paper er there is a comparison perhaps pushed a little far w which what the national socialist did in Germany by saying a locally elected major-like does not represent the wishes er an er interests of the people of Cologne , as well as perhaps an appointed business man with the name of Krupp . |
11 | If you like I 'll ask around back at the church and see if I can find out what 's on offer . ’ |
12 | ‘ See if I can find out what the problem is . ’ |
13 | I stood and thought and made the panic recede until I could work out what to do , then I took my knife out of its sheath on my belt and carved an arrow in the bark of the tree I was facing . |
14 | well as I say do n't worry about it cos that first week I wo n't even bother anyway cos I 'll leave up what I 've got |
15 | That is the way we have evolved the law over the years , but I shall consider carefully what my hon. and learned Friend said , and I shall read it tomorrow in Hansard . |
16 | Nothing major and it took me a minute or two before I could make out what it was . |