Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [verb] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | That I 've done what I 've done because it seemed to me right , not because I wanted to spite him . ’ |
| 2 | Now that I 've heard what can really be done with this 1915 score , I greatly prefer the flavour of the Teatre Lliure 's tough and stringy version to the Carmé Ensemble 's plump , battery-fed one . |
| 3 | That I 've accepted what you 've told me . |
| 4 | so , erm , last night when we came home I looked at this Argos ticket which I could n't find and I 've , in that I 've found what erm a Weight Watcher er menu , so I picked that out , so I 've had erm do n't know what you 'll call it today , boiled egg and toast , eh bread and butter |
| 5 | All this time , all these years , I 've been lugging this weight around with me , for so long now that I 've forgotten what it 's like to be free of it . |
| 6 | The effect of this inner sweetness was that I began to sing what previously I had spoken ; only I sang inwardly , and that for my Creator . |
| 7 | I said almost nothing in the letter ; only that I 'd thought about her once or twice , that I had discovered what ‘ the waiting-room ’ meant ; and that she was to write back only if she really wanted to , I 'd quite understand if she did n't . |
| 8 | And after we had met again , he observed that I had achieved what he called ‘ poise ’ . |
| 9 | It seemed to me that I had become what my parents had wanted me to be , and I was getting no thanks from either of them for my efforts . |
| 10 | ‘ Before the night was ended I knew that I had had what religious people would call a conversion . |
| 11 | The first thing my livingstonii did was to develop white spot , unusual in cichlids and the more so in Mbuna , and it was while they were undergoing treatment in methylene blue that I started to learn what characters they can be . |
| 12 | He had hinted as much more than once , just vaguely , just enough to entice me so that I want to ask what , so that he knows that I want to ask . |
| 13 | Sorry , I did n't mean to pull back it 's just that I want to hear what they 're talking about . |
| 14 | Surely it is implausible to suppose , taking Russell 's example , that I do know what I did yesterday but I do n't know that the world did not begin five minutes ago replete with archaeological and other traces ( Russell , 1921 , p. 159 ) . |
| 15 | Then I am happy , in that I have attained what you would call success ; and happy , in that I have attained what I consider good . |
| 16 | Then I am happy , in that I have attained what you would call success ; and happy , in that I have attained what I consider good . |
| 17 | Madam , ’ said Medoc , ‘ you see that I have returned what I took . |
| 18 | It is not that I have forgotten what other people are like . |
| 19 | We tend to assume , I think , in normal usage , that I have to suspect what you are thinking , and to imagine or conjecture what you mean by an expression , but that you have some direct and privileged access to your intentions which enables you to know what you mean . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , I heard your dog scratching at the door , so I came to see what the matter was . |
| 21 | ‘ You believe in it , so I wanted to know what it was all about . ’ |
| 22 | It looked a scrappy goal , but slightly better once I had seen what really happened on the telly . |
| 23 | We 've had it out and I 've said what I said and that 's the finish . ’ |
| 24 | I HAVE been a patient in a Trust hospital since before it moved out of the NHS in May , and I 've witnessed what that means . |
| 25 | And I 've found what we 're looking for . |
| 26 | But Maureen was saying hastily , ‘ Liz is n't in today , and I 've got what appears to be a customer , so I 'd better go . |
| 27 | And I 've forgotten what it is to be impulsive . |
| 28 | And I 've forgotten what young 'uns like , see . ’ |
| 29 | France have got a state police , and I 've forgotten what they 're called , C R S , they are what 's known as the C R S and they are ri riot police and they go anywhere in the country . |
| 30 | Now you d you went and interrupted me there and , and I 've forgotten what I was saying which was right . |