Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv] what " in BNC.
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1 | It became clear from talking to parents that I had to see how what they said actually hooked up with their experience , the fine detail of it , and not to assume that I knew exactly what kind of lived experience lay behind a familiar form of words . |
2 | ‘ I married for money , and I got just what I wanted . |
3 | No just that he was you know , just a bit concerned that 's the logo thing and I thought well what does it look like ? |
4 | And I said well what happens to these extra tyres ? |
5 | He was in a fix — he had bought two papers and merged them together , and I was n't around , I was in New York , and I did the logo for him in a hurry , but I did n't have time to design a newspaper , nor was it the kind of thing for which he could pay a big design fee , so he described it on the phone and then he faxed me some pages of the existing papers , and I said well what you have to do is look at the old London Times and do that . |
6 | And I knew exactly what it was you they were talking about ! |
7 | weather and I knew precisely what they meant . |
8 | The chairman of the division and I discussed endlessly what our strategy should be . |
9 | Rickie was literally dancing in circles around me as I walked down the dock towards his sister , but then he paused in his frenetic progress to light one cigarette from the stump of another , and I wondered just what perverted fate decreed that such a boy should receive a legacy of six million dollars . |
10 | My sleeves have cos I thought well what 's that ? |
11 | After he 'd gone Dad said he would consider what Mr Vulcan had said but I knew already what I wanted and I knew Dad would n't object . |
12 | and she got a bit angry and I , I get a bit angry so I said , because I said well what the hell is going on ? |
13 | It was some while — I mean , a day or so — before I realized just what ‘ left it ’ really meant . |
14 | I was delighted to be informed that I was one of the prize winners , but my delight turned to disappointment when I realised just what accepting the prize would involve . |
15 | When I asked earlier what those penalties might be , I was fobbed off with the answer that the matter would be referred to the industrial tribunal , and that the worker involved might receive some form of compensation . |
16 | Okay well as I said previously what I 'm gon na do is go away and then I 'll prepare some figures for you and perhaps I 'll come and see you next week , okay ? |