Example sentences of "[vb past] [Wh det] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Fate seemed to be steering my course , as in Theosophy I found what I was seeking . |
| 4 | Finally , at one of the smaller institutes , one on the Restoration of Palaces , I found what I was looking for . |
| 5 | Sure enough I found what I was looking for : a concealed pocket inside the quilted jerkin . |
| 6 | I walked around a bit to let my trousers dry and practised what I was going to say when Gillian opened the door . |
| 7 | So came what I am calling the liberal state . |
| 8 | ‘ I hated what I was saying too . ’ |
| 9 | That 's right , we 'll change the subject , so er erm oh , forgot whatever I was going to say to you oh are you doing anything Saturday night ? |
| 10 | Th that 's where I , I really started in and sort of showed what I was made of . |
| 11 | Ar , now I forgot what I was going to say , so I 'll have to go back and look at my piece of paper now . |
| 12 | Yeah , a and in fact in the programme I th the one that Barbara was in , I can remember the er , as it happens , I , I was out er when that programme came on and I taped it so I s I , I 've still got that particular programme , and the lady at the end er on one of her questions she 'd obviously forgotten what she was going to say er and sort of made something up and er she turned to er as they were just panning away from her , she turned to her next door neighbour and more or less said I forgot what I was going to say , you know . |
| 13 | When I played , people who heard what I was doing and liked it recommended that I should get a Precision , which I eventually did , but I could n't seem to get enough of my own playing character to come through with it . |
| 14 | I decided what I was going to do almost immediately . |
| 15 | ‘ What I did was try to bring my experience in Italy to English football and some of the players appreciated what I was doing and enjoyed working with me . |
| 16 | The air hostesses inquired what I was making and a man passing in the aisle quite genuinely complimented me on my work . ’ |
| 17 | Perhaps he understood what I was thinking , for he hit me hard on the face . |
| 18 | I could share things with you , I could , you know , the dreams , the ideas , you were one of the people who understood what I was talking about . |
| 19 | I was so eager to start training an owl , I felt I knew what I was taking on , and yet the right bird eluded me . |
| 20 | So when he was approached in the early '80s to be part-time chairman of Wandsworth Health Authority in London ‘ I knew what I was taking on ’ . |
| 21 | I was wondering how far I should trust him and had an uncomfortable impression that he knew what I was thinking . |
| 22 | ‘ You knew what I was thinking ? |
| 23 | I 'd used dikes , DFs and things like that before , so I knew what I was getting into . |
| 24 | I found that sentence easier because I knew what I was getting into . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't want the Russians on my track if they knew what I was looking for — just think what it would mean if it turned up now ? |
| 26 | … they brought their homework in and made a list of … aspects like their use of materials , time , care , etc … so they knew what I was looking for , and then I spoke to each child individually and asked ‘ What would you give this piece out of ten ’ and so we obviously had to define our assessment objectives . |
| 27 | He knew what I was looking for ; and he indicated that he might be able to help . |
| 28 | I 've just asked Kurt whether the heroin rumours are true — to which he 's laughed , said ‘ No ! ’ and made me feel his arms for any tell-tale scars or holes , though obviously shooting up is n't the only way to take smack and to be honest I 'm not sure I knew what I was meant to be looking for , but still , it 's an impressive gesture at the very least — when Anton walks in with a woman I recognise as Susan Silver , manager of Soundgarden . |
| 29 | Jackson was so interested in what I was saying that he forgot to deny he knew what I was talking about . |
| 30 | the fact that she 's , she 's intelligent as well erm she , you know , she 's gon na s she knew that I did n't know what I was talking about so she said right you look , yo you look er you , you ask them about this , this , this and this and they might say this to you , so I knew what , if they asked me , I knew what I was talking about rather than |