Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [adv] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I endorse totally what the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) said and have doubts about how much of the debate will be reported , nevertheless , we have this privilege and opportunity , but our constituents do not . |
| 2 | Just so I know exactly what I 'm doing . ’ |
| 3 | I tried to chase it , but it was no good in the dark , and I went clear into a bog , and in the end I saw your light , so I picked up what was left and came along . |
| 4 | I hope that you , Mr. Deputy Speaker , will consider it in order if I state precisely what that £1 billion could mean to those or us who live in the Network SouthEast region . |
| 5 | If I gave up what kind of childhood would he have ? ’ |
| 6 | But , I felt , I know , at one point I really thought I was going to have to ring Iris to come and just sit with the kiddies , but I thought well if I drop down what the hell , devil this house gon na look like in , with three of them let loose in . |
| 7 | Everything is very different now , there are new considerations , and until I know exactly what is going on you 're not going to draw me on the subject . ’ |
| 8 | We 'll build up until I know exactly what diseases all the kids have had , who has been vaccinated , and what home conditions are like . ’ |
| 9 | I never used to be able to read good before I went into prison : I used to get into the book and think , ‘ What 's that word ? ’ and then cut the word down to size until I made up what it was . |
| 10 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't say what I 'll do until I find out what it all means , ’ one official said . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not going anywhere until I find out what happened , Joe , ’ she warned him , but he was already nodding in agreement . |
| 13 | My sleeves have cos I thought well what 's that ? |
| 14 | ‘ I can not make it too abundantly clear that , under no circumstances whatsoever , will I support Mr Baldwin unless I know exactly what his policy is going to be , unless I have complete guarantees that such policy will be carried out if his party achieves office , and unless I am acquainted with the names of at least eight or ten of his most prominent colleagues in the next Ministry . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | all the things that happen , all these sighs of oppression , because I think really what we 're talking about , whether it be within the family or it be within the media , all the signs of women as er sexist |
| 17 | ‘ I could n't give my own name , till I found out what that fellow was up to . |
| 18 | because I 'd chase people round to find , till I found out what I wanted to know . |
| 19 | The only answer was to run — in the hope that I can escape being apprehended while I find out what 's happening to the project I was working on . |
| 20 | In the absence of any finer and more private place , I retreat to a stairwell , and crouch on the floor , studying the grime in the comers , while I mull over what to do next . |
| 21 | I would never try on something revealing like a swimming costume in a communal changing room , because when I was bigger I 'd be thinking everyone would be looking at the bulgy bits thinking how fat I was ( well , this is what I thought after I found out what my friends had been saying ) , and now I would feel too self-conscious because other girls would be thinking how skinny I look . |
| 22 | It was some while — I mean , a day or so — before I realized just what ‘ left it ’ really meant . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | When I figure out what you do , you wo n't even have to confirm it . |
| 25 | The Opposition bitterly opposed the right to buy council houses when it was first introduced ; now they are in favour of it — or , perhaps , not quite in favour , for they become very cross when I point out what a huge success it has been . |
| 26 | How can I pretend to be Juliet — to feel Juliet 's love , when I know now what true love is ? ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Keeping a big horse is expensive ; I know , I 've got one , and when I worked out what he cost me to keep I got to £50 per week and stopped because it was too frightening . |
| 29 | I was trying my best to correct his style without imposing my own upon it , and he seemed genuinely grateful when I pointed out what I thought was a weakness in rhythm , a word to be changed , an image to be further developed , a form to be tightened or relaxed … . |
| 30 | As I did when I found out what he 'd done . ’ |