Example sentences of "what [pers pn] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the patients ’ files are kept under lock and key in his office , so I only see what I am asked to type . ’ |
| 2 | I should also like to know what I am to say to Oatridge , St. Kentigerns and other people who are involved at a practical level . |
| 3 | What I am referring to is elementary structural-functionalist sociology , in which modernization is seen as a process of structural differentiation ( Ausdifferenzierung ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Say , ’ he said , ‘ you 'd better tell me more precisely about what I am to wear to this ball . |
| 5 | The disgust which inheres in desire is not , as the Freudian analysis might suggest , necessarily generated by or focused upon the repressed constituent of the self ; it may be , but what I am pointing to here is an additional structural interdependence of desire and disgust . |
| 6 | The dreadfulness of what I am doing to her , what I am going to do to her makes me feel ill . |
| 7 | It is bigger than what I am doing to me … |
| 8 | I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . ’ |
| 9 | She explains : ‘ There is n't really much time to rest or socialise , I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . |
| 10 | ‘ You know very well what I 'm trying to — Ah , hell . ’ |
| 11 | The sing-song voice , the perverse placing of stress — you 've heard them , you know what I 'm referring to . |
| 12 | You know what I 'm referring to . ’ |
| 13 | D' you understand what I 'm referring to , Kate ? " |
| 14 | more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know |
| 15 | Mark tells us so much about who Jesus is and what he 's come for just by showing us that one miracle but what I 'm suggesting to you here is that you can look for greater meaning in it , further symbolism . |
| 16 | You see I am , you can see what I 'm suggesting to you , there 's not much point in an armed officer guarding an eleven year old child it would have been obvious to go to the master bedroom , but you deny it . |
| 17 | Now I 'm going to , what I 'm going to , what I 'm going to do is I 'm going to operate on it . |
| 18 | Actually , I have n't decided what I 'm going to be doing with Pickerage on Sunday . |
| 19 | ‘ My mother was a virgin on her wedding night , and that 's what I 'm going to be , ’ she said firmly . |
| 20 | Now what I 'm going to hand out to you in various packages er , on the diary , is you 're getting a two page per day diary , erm , and I will go through all of these things in detail , it just helps if I can give you an overview . |
| 21 | So I make appointments with myself , where I 've got , you 'll see there , eight days where for two hours that 's what I 'm going to be doing . |
| 22 | D' you hear what I 'm sayin' to you ? ’ |
| 23 | I 've never covered things like comparative questions , when I talk to you about close and , you know basically what I 'm talking to you about |
| 24 | ‘ I just have to play out what I 'm committed to , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ Once I know what I 'm committed to . ’ |
| 26 | My own tears , hot noisy gulping that burns and blotches , that neither you nor any of the women in the group is going to offer to staunch , tears of anger for myself and all of us , anger with the women in the group for making me face up to what I 'm doing to you , for making me want to take out those dusty bundles of old stories from where they 've lain for my lifetime tied up with pink ribbon and reread them and throw them away . |
| 27 | This is what I 'm used to — carrying gentlemen 's bags up , turning on the lights and the air-conditioner , taking a look round to make sure everything 's just so . |
| 28 | What I 'm saying to you is that , that we actually need to find additional money for this , because this is over our budgeted amount if we are to proceed , and I , the clerk is suggesting to us that we do proceed , because he 's concerned on our behalfs . |
| 29 | So what I 'm saying to you is , do n't go in over the top , you know , five , just a normal but a firm handshake because a man would expect it because a weak ha ha handshake can be irritating and the same thing if she is a woman |
| 30 | So what I 'm saying to you is if you like to refer to this , this will give you the clear definition of what , what 's covered in each case . |