Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of explaining what I was doing , I gave him details of the expedition typed out in French . |
| 2 | Now by way of introduction to this , we had some deep thinking last night after we 'd concluded our discussion , and I have to preface what I 'm going to say , certainly for Mr 's benefit that it 's the if question , the if question . |
| 3 | ‘ Also , I used to be an up-market wino and after nine months ’ sobriety , I realise what I 'm doing at present is not very fulfilling . |
| 4 | She twigged what I was driving at … that I suspected Alain had been murdered … and decided to get in first to throw me off the scent . |
| 5 | I should also like to know what I am to say to Oatridge , St. Kentigerns and other people who are involved at a practical level . |
| 6 | If I meet my young son from school , laughing with his friends and waving to me and the dog , who wags its tail and barks in return , should I be supposed not to know what I am talking about if I pronounce them both to be conscious ? |
| 7 | Problem No. 5 : The neighbours , wanting to know what I am doing . |
| 8 | Stapleton seemed to know what I was thinking , and said : ‘ You may think this a lonely , strange place to live , but the moors are very interesting , and we enjoy it here . |
| 9 | I went in to this fella er er er he seemed to know what I was talking about to start with |
| 10 | They wanted to know what I was doing about getting another job and all was serene . |
| 11 | The gas station attendant was an Israeli Arab , a young man with light brown hair who assumed I was a tourist and wanted to know what I was doing in the cold far north of Israel in winter . |
| 12 | The first time I was too young to know what I was doing and we split up after only seven months . |
| 13 | They would ask me for the pass I did n't have , then they would want to know what I was doing there . |
| 14 | Needless to say , since the notion that you did not ask anyone over-probing questions would have been regarded by him as an absurdity , he wanted to know what I was going to back . |
| 15 | natural and I 'm and I never was , but I like to know what I 'm voting for and I like to tell the people who I 'm responsible for what they are voting for . |
| 16 | I want to know what I 'm talking about . |
| 17 | Now I 'm sure you 'd like to know what I 'm gon na be teaching next week apart from this so if you 'd like to read ahead , we 'll be looking at decision-making in organisations , okay ? |
| 18 | ‘ Sir Danvers Carew was my client , but you are my client too , and I want to know what I 'm doing . |
| 19 | ‘ You could try to guess what I 'm wearing . ’ |
| 20 | What I want what I 'm trying to get to is the despatcher is an eye and it 's far in advance to but I 've had . |
| 21 | I never doubted what I was feeling , but I was shocked when it did n't fade over the years , and I went through phases of trying to convince myself that it was some sort of obsession , a perverse desire for the one woman I believed I could never have — or not in the way I wanted you , loving me as well as wanting me . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't know what I am looking for , and I do n't find it . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not know what I am thinking . |
| 24 | I wo n't say anything now , but when we come to the recapitulation you 'll know what I am doing , and we 'll see what you do ’ . |
| 25 | I do n't know what I am doing . |
| 26 | I do n't know what I am doing . |
| 27 | ‘ Man , do you know what I 'm thinking ? |
| 28 | Then she started to laugh and added , ‘ Do you always know what I 'm thinking ? |
| 29 | Do you know what I 'm getting at ? |
| 30 | And , cos we had a bit of a laugh about it , I do n't know what I 'm telling you about it for cos you hear him read anyway ! |