Example sentences of "what i [adv] [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I normally do is vandalism , poaching , driving without insurance , petty opportunist larceny . |
| 2 | And then , for the first time ever in my life , I what I normally do is I have sort of maybe some questions that I definitely pre-plan and if I 'm lucky one or two of them , and this paper all three of my prepared questions actually came up exactly as I 'd worded them , or near enough . |
| 3 | Leith was still gasping at his audacity as well as at his discernment when , flicking a glance at the way her chestnut hair was fastened in a repressive knot , he inserted with another glance at her severe hairstyle , ‘ Now why would a beautiful woman , with equally beautiful hair , try to hide her beauty behind glasses which she clearly does n't need , try to minimise the beauty of her splendid hair , and also try to detract attention from what I clearly recall is a figure of delightful shape and proportions ? ’ |
| 4 | And what I most remember is the wonderfully happy way that you and he taught together — each taking up when the other left off so freshly and amusingly . |
| 5 | When I say that you can expect evolution to jump from the insect to one of its immediate neighbours , but not to jump from the insect directly to the fox or the scorpion , what I exactly mean is the following . |
| 6 | Well that 's all very nice , very nice indeed , but what I also want is a guaranteed non-stop sex machine and that 's exactly what I got with Jack . |
| 7 | ‘ and what I particularly like is the way that they make you feel so welcome . |
| 8 | Er what I actually mean is whenever you have an idiom , you can substitute in the position of a whole sentence or of a verb phrase , but you ca n't substitute it for a subject and a verb , leaving the object of the sentence intact . |
| 9 | What I often do is get the drummer to play , and if he 's a little uneven with his touch , I 'll take what he 's played from the tape machine , go through a MIDI trigger device and record onto Creator the notes from his bass drum and snare . |
| 10 | No I no I do n't say that , cos what I always said is you can not do what your friends will never let you do . |
| 11 | I will begin with what I always think is the queerest of the social services , and the one with the strangest story — subsidised housing . |
| 12 | ‘ What I always say is , if it made sense , it would n't be alien . ’ |
| 13 | He added : ‘ What I really miss is jumping into my car and popping to the shops . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ What I really dread is Mark ringing me in the morning in a rage because the postman has woken him at 7.30am to deliver a huge box of clothes for me . |
| 15 | But what I really like is girls with small feet . ’ |
| 16 | What I really wish is that every evening could be like tonight . |
| 17 | What I really mean is , without Jim . |
| 18 | What I really want is to meet someone who I can have a bit of fun with , but who is in it for the pleasure and does n't want paying . |
| 19 | But what I really want is for the book to be read and enjoyed by the people who read the other books . |
| 20 | ‘ What I really want is for us to reach these people before Moscow does : there 's no argument about who they 'll want to pin it on . |
| 21 | ‘ I think what I really want is to know why . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah , right I 've decided what I really want is a dick that , that , that drags on the floor . |
| 23 | I re-read what I had written , wrestled with the fading vision for a few sweating minutes , then gave up , swore , crumpled the page up , pitched it into the empty fireplace , and said , aloud : What I really need is a good old-fashioned ivory tower . ’ |
| 24 | Of course what I really need is something chemical and crystalline but I do n't have any and would n't know where to start looking for it in Inverness . |
| 25 | ‘ But what I really need is to get a job . |
| 26 | Look , what I really need is to have more of those old floorboards brought round . |
| 27 | What I really need is for ever . |
| 28 | And what I really need is another card for my purse ! |
| 29 | What I really need is another credit card . |
| 30 | What I usually do is compromise , sending them , all unknowing , to the local gay heavy S&M club . |