Example sentences of "what [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE predicted overspend on the new British Library would have paid for a £1 million public library for every UK local authority , leaving over £100 million for an extension to the British Museum Reading Room with a new underground storage area — which was what everyone wanted in the first place . |
| 2 | But he was alright you know what I mean with the , I never never really knew want , there were lots of things that I wanted and never got of course but I never really , I could never say I wanted , and I never went hungry , not even at any time , you know . |
| 3 | If you 've followed the plot so far , you 'll see what I mean about the conglomeration of bits and pieces from different instruments that have been amassed for this guitar . |
| 4 | Then there is The Delectation Sinistrorse — a girdle of VS standard ( see what I mean about the dictionary ! ) |
| 5 | Framsden mill and its environs will illustrate what I mean about the compactness and self-sufficiency of the rural villages in East Anglia . |
| 6 | See , see what I mean about the board , it you know with the |
| 7 | Before going on to analyse the kinds of blocking technique one might nevertheless use , I want to briefly explain what I mean by the terms ‘ open ’ and ‘ closed ’ sides when referring to a stance . |
| 8 | What I mean by the ‘ graphology ’ of drawing is the study of the line , of the pure graphic quality , of the stroke , not that of the subject represented or the style . |
| 9 | I would like to give you just one illustration to show what I mean by the disintegrating influence of a dynamic force . |
| 10 | What I mean by the stylistics of representation concerns the connection between individual features of the language of a text and individual features of its content , an interest which is much more characteristic of modern approaches to literature . |
| 11 | Oh that 's what I got in the shop . |
| 12 | Yeah but she 's got more hair than what I got in the front . |
| 13 | JC : What I remember about the first night was an uncomfortable feeling that the piece was under-rehearsed musically . |
| 14 | What I remember of the housing conditions when I was then residing in Motherwell , a mining er community . |
| 15 | Even if I was paid twice what I get at the cafe , I still would n't bloody stick at home all day . |
| 16 | I am sick , sick in my head like you see me yesterday , for what I hear in the night . |
| 17 | Let me describe what I regard as the best conditions of all for bream fishing . |
| 18 | I now come to what I regard as the plaintiffs ' most convincing argument , namely , that paragraph 33 of Buckley J. 's order , combined with the letter dated 23 October 1991 from the Crown Prosecution Service , provides effective protection for the defendants against the criminal consequences of having to disclose incriminating information or documents by virtue of paragraphs 18(a) and ( c ) and 19(a) and ( c ) of the order . |
| 19 | Various other lines of defence to this action were raised by Mr. Ashworth and I will now consider those in case I am wrong on what I regard as the central issue . |
| 20 | I refer to what I regard as the Labour party 's organised disruption of yesterday 's debate . |
| 21 | What I gather from the photo reproduced in Il Giornale dell'Arte is that my sin consists of using hanging cloths . |
| 22 | There were no school sports and no athletics , just football , and that is what I played for the rest of the time I was there . |
| 23 | I accept that one can make some criticisms about Labour local authorities , but what I dislike about the Secretary of State 's usual contribution is that it is so cliche d , simplistic and grotesque . |
| 24 | But what I heard at the same time was the most fantastic application of expression . |
| 25 | I lay there trying to square what I heard with the new enthusiasm derived from Edward and Laura , for I 'd left the Lodge around two in the morning , ready to set off with them the next day in search of the horizon . |
| 26 | Yeah I was sure that 's what our team wrote down cos that 's what I wrote on the sheet |
| 27 | He took it up and read : ‘ Many readers will probably have learned by now that I am being sued by Miss Hilary Robarts , the Acting Administrative Officer at Larksoken Power Station , for alleged libel arising from what I wrote in the May issue of the news-sheet . |
| 28 | Here 's what I wrote in the obituary I did for him in The Guardian : |
| 29 | But I 've been in the wood for many years and there is a lot more to read than what I keep in the shaman 's lodge . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's what I thought at the time , anyway , ’ said William , ‘ but I think now it must have been Barry Moxton . |