Example sentences of "what [pron] [vb past] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This particular comment was too good to be kept secret and so did the rounds of Parisian society , but in general what everyone remembered about these gala occasions was the sheer splendour of it all , to which the guests themselves contributed by the richness of their uniforms or , in the case of civilians , the elegance of the men and the style of the women . |
| 2 | Er that and those are what I got that 's what I got with those and they 're with the parcels di in that envelope so That was to send the catalogue back er the other one |
| 3 | some celery what I got fresh , I cooked some of that cos that 's what I got from that bloke |
| 4 | ‘ I have decided that what I believed in most of my life was wrong , ’ says the famous Mr Winmill . |
| 5 | It 's not what I thought at all . |
| 6 | ‘ Remember what I said about this bed ? |
| 7 | That 's what I said to that Ann , be able to get something on that somebody says that they have n't said it and be able to play it back to them . |
| 8 | Yeah , that 's what I said to these chaps . |
| 9 | What I said on that occasion was to confirm a policy agreed with the hon. Gentleman 's own party . |
| 10 | pointed out the grant and in my view the minutes at one five nine explains very clearly precisely what I said at that , at that committee . |
| 11 | This chart could then be used as the basis for an essay or a piece of revision and — although the words used might be different — you would , in fact , end up by saying just what I said in that portion of text above . |
| 12 | If you think you 're going to persuade me to retract what I said in that article , you 're a bigger — ’ |
| 13 | This is n't what I meant at all ! |
| 14 | ‘ That was n't what I meant at all . ’ |
| 15 | And let me explain what I meant by that silly passage in my last letter , about expensively dressed girls . |
| 16 | What I discovered at this point , was that they , my Thai co-workers , also expected me to be the teacher for this newly organised project ! |
| 17 | What I liked about this letter was the phrase ‘ if you tell me that I have it ’ . |
| 18 | Meh'Lindi , I need to confide what I learned in that conclave … ’ |
| 19 | But , if you asked me what I did during those months , I could n't come up with anything constructive . ’ |
| 20 | You can either type your data into this form — which is what I did in this instance — or you can import data from an Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet or from a Delimited ASCII file . |
| 21 | He dealt very little with guitar techniques and almost entirely with musicality and musical ideas , which is what I needed at that stage . |
| 22 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |
| 23 | It 's what I used for all that weird Eno-esque synth stuff over Morrissey 's Last Of The Famous International Playboys single . |
| 24 | Remember what she said on that video film when when he when she wanted to do it for too holidays . |
| 25 | But I totally disagree with what she said in that erm yesterday I sat glued to the television most of the day , really to keep myself up to date on what was going on , erm I also have a baby but I managed to keep him occupied as well as take him out for a walk and give him his lunch and what have you . |
| 26 | For a moment he wondered about her , what she thought of all the ribbing and chipping that she received almost every day in this place . |
| 27 | In other cases , strong feelings have been aroused , and there has been one electronic punch-up. stated quite reasonably that Sheffield United are crap , and Julie Donnelly , a list member with Blade tendencies , told him what she thought of that in many words of few syllables . |
| 28 | She had simply , and thoughtlessly , intended to kill what she had in any case thought of as an insincere proposal . |
| 29 | Fabia was not sure what she expected after that . |
| 30 | God alone knows what she saw in that brute . |