Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] exactly what " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Pallis could not name the other party or say exactly what kind of development was proposed . |
| 2 | Verbatim notes are used where you want to record everything that is being said in a lecture or copy exactly what appears in print in a book or magazine article . |
| 3 | If you tell them that to get exactly what they need it 's going to cost them thirty pounds a month , and is n't it a brilliant contract , they 'll probably have that . |
| 4 | Well my first reason would be that it 's fun but if you want a justification then all I can say is that it is still useful to be able to produce your own programs that do exactly what you want . |
| 5 | If you do n't know anything about computers , just remember that they are machines that do exactly what you tell them but often surprise you in the result . |
| 6 | The first thing you need is a sympathetic GP who will just listen and explain exactly what this illness is . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As the big sheriff had volunteered no further explanation , Grant decided to wait and see exactly what Springfield was up to — or more accurately had been up to . |
| 10 | She tried hard to think back and remember exactly what she 'd said that first night in Jarman House . |
| 11 | If an organiser does not co-ordinate and monitor and know exactly what 's going on at each stage , then ultimately he has only himself to blame if something goes wrong . |
| 12 | It 's very important to be precise and know exactly what you 're talking about on these , cos you 'll get |
| 13 | This technique has been used by salespeople for many years and consequently should be used with care , especially with professional buyers who are likely to have experienced its use many times and know exactly what the salesperson is doing . |
| 14 | Well no because unless they put the system in and know exactly what it was there are so many different ways of delivering water . |
| 15 | The more you relish the moment and remember exactly what it felt like and what movements were involved , the better . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Think about each one and decide exactly what the problem is . |
| 19 | Says Renault UK 's Marketing Director , : ‘ We have closely analysed the executive sector to find out where our strengths and weaknesses lie and formulate exactly what buyers in this sector demand from their cars . |
| 20 | I quote it in full , in tribute to the whole glorious regiment of women shoppers , firm of purpose and knowing exactly what they want : |
| 21 | One night I got stoned and saw exactly what I 'd become — a spoiled , heartless little shit . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Owner Ricci Burns says : ‘ Peter has a wonderful eye and he vetted all the outfits and knew exactly what would suit Tara . ’ |
| 24 | Child law expert Mr Babbington said : ‘ She is a bright girl and knew exactly what she wanted . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She had heard him use that tone of voice in the past and knew exactly what it meant . |
| 27 | Listen carefully and do exactly what I say . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Entitled The Special Edition , it restored around 17 minutes of original unscreened footage , filling in more background to Ripley 's material angst and showing exactly what happened to Newt 's parents and the other settlers on the Alien 's planet . |
| 30 | 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 . |