Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [verb] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made me promise not to tell what had happened . |
| 2 | I jolly soon learnt what a crome was , I did n't ask I waited to find out . |
| 3 | So I was determined to show them I could take a joke and the next time a big stork went over I pretended not to know what it was called and asked my girl . |
| 4 | Having said something about welfare I want now to consider what concern about animal welfare has in common with concern about the environment . |
| 5 | I would n't have changed places with my father 's new children who , although they were five and seven , still seemed to smell of damp nappies and regurgitated milk , but I used sometimes to wonder what I would have been like if he had devoted similar time to me and not left me entirely to the women . |
| 6 | Oh , Christ , I wish I 'd just done what you told me . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd best get what 's left of my milk on the road , or I 'll have the Guv'nor after me . |
| 8 | I 'd often wondered what I 'd do in such a position , but it was simple . |
| 9 | Well now I 'd often wondered what you got up to when I left you here . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd never seen what people drank before so that was interesting — nor did I realize quite how many of the youngsters smoked ! |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd always seen what it was like — going on location with my dad , having money and not having money , seeing when Dad was a hit and when he was n't a hit . |
| 12 | I 'd always wondered what drove them , what were they about . |
| 13 | Well I 'd better check what we have to do it with . |
| 14 | So I 'd better hear what they say . |
| 15 | I 'd better see what I looked like . |
| 16 | ‘ Anyway , I suppose I 'd better see what translation the TARDIS computer can offer of these papers . ’ |
| 17 | Hunter and I came ashore to see what was happening , and found the stockade . |
| 18 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
| 19 | See I do n't know what |
| 20 | But I know what to do I do n't know what you want me to do . |
| 21 | Nor can I , I do n't know what to do . |
| 22 | I do n't think I 'd I do n't know I do n't know what I 'd do . |
| 23 | I turned round to see what sort of bastard it was . |
| 24 | I started to walk a way out of the main bedroom and I heard P C say words to the effect of get down and I turned round to see what was going on and the man was trying to roll over to get up or that 's what I thought , erm not kicking or or fighting or anything but just to me it looked as though he was going to get up and I went back and with my hands just pushed down onto him and said stay there , it will all be explained er and then walked away . |
| 25 | I turned back to see what was wrong . |
| 26 | There was none had any part in it but I. Enquire no further , for I stand here to declare what I have done , and to defend it . ’ |
| 27 | I hung around deciding what to do and then some people came off the boat . |
| 28 | I du n no what her job is cos she never told me . |
| 29 | I du n no what to do , so I just sort of stand there . |
| 30 | I du n no what to do . |