Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We wo n't ! ’ called Quigley , with what I feared was misplaced optimism . |
| 2 | This appeal presents an early opportunity in the life of the Children Act 1989 , to give what I hope is useful guidance to family proceedings courts and their clerks on the subject of findings of facts and reasons . |
| 3 | Give what I hope is curt nod , though double chins seem to go on flapping for ever . |
| 4 | so it was totally different work from what I 'd been used to . |
| 5 | ‘ If what I hear is true she 's sharpening her claws on her daughter-in-law these days , ’ said Rose . |
| 6 | I am puzzled by the aquatic use of what I assume are terrestrial plants . |
| 7 | What I met was Cleese in full flow , with nothing to sell — no film gale force imminent , no series , no book , nothing but a mind primed after a sabbatical which had been deliberately aimed at reflection . |
| 8 | But er he never asked me , put it that way , what I thought was suitable machinery and he , as far as I know he never asked other rock men what they thought was suitable for the rock and other slate makers what they thought was suitable for inside the mill , or the diamond saw operators , what sort of saws they thought were the best . |
| 9 | I did what I thought was right for the most precious thing in the world to me . |
| 10 | I said at the time what I thought was right , and I stick all through to what I believe to be right . |
| 11 | That 's what I thought was right . |
| 12 | I had made the mistake of volunteering to sleep on the couch in the living room on the nights that Janice stayed at our flat ; this offer was made with what I thought was obvious sarcasm one evening while Gav and Norris were attempting to develop a technique for cooking poppadoms in the microwave . |
| 13 | In one store the manager tried to sell me what I thought was obsolete software . |
| 14 | ‘ Robert would have turned the fire extinguisher on you , ’ said my mother with what I thought was unusual perception . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's precisely what I thought was interesting . ’ |
| 16 | What I thought was interesting was that the vital points at the end of the day were supplied by some of the unheralded members of the team . |
| 17 | Based on what I thought were proper symptoms , Puls. was given but with only temporary relief , and slight lowering of the blood pressure . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's what I 've been afraid of . ’ |
| 19 | Now the choices and values are not only what I trust are right choices and correct beliefs ; they are my choices , my beliefs , my convictions |
| 20 | ‘ What I said was stupid . |
| 21 | As Coun Carmedy has now stated in front of a large number of people that what I said was untrue , I offer him this challenge . |
| 22 | She knew that what I said was believable enough , since Vadinamia was a highly likely place for a courier to drum up a job conveying something somewhere . |
| 23 | That was what I had been afraid of . |
| 24 | ‘ I looked out from the window from where the man had fallen and what I saw was unbelievable , ’ he said . |
| 25 | What I saw was scary enough to make me lower my hand . |
| 26 | I joined the Associate Membership scheme in the beginning and left it last year because of what I felt was gross overcharging for a pathetic members ' service . |
| 27 | ‘ If you think about it , you 'll see that what I say is true . |
| 28 | ‘ And , incidentally , what I suspected is true . ’ |
| 29 | Some what I call are comfy ones , some that I ca n't breathe in , you know ! |
| 30 | I 've given them er question mark on the shape of the country it 's a map but the ha what I think is easy , I du n no I mean to I mean I look at maps all day long , so |