Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman is right to refer to security , although he will not expect me to spell out what is happening in the city at present . |
| 2 | Nether Wyresdale Parish Council has asked me to find out what consultation there will be with Parish Councils and other bodies on this matter . |
| 3 | The cleaner upstairs , she asked me to find out what kind of cakes everybody liked cos she 's buying every single person an individual , like you know , a single cake for everybody . |
| 4 | I never used to be able to read good before I went into prison : I used to get into the book and think , ‘ What 's that word ? ’ and then cut the word down to size until I made up what it was . |
| 5 | I made out what I could : |
| 6 | I checked out what was happening ahead . |
| 7 | Years later , after my mother 's death , I found out what had caused that first attack and precipitated the fatal one . |
| 8 | I would never try on something revealing like a swimming costume in a communal changing room , because when I was bigger I 'd be thinking everyone would be looking at the bulgy bits thinking how fat I was ( well , this is what I thought after I found out what my friends had been saying ) , and now I would feel too self-conscious because other girls would be thinking how skinny I look . |
| 9 | It was n't until The Byrds ’ ‘ Untitled ’ double album came out with the liner notes explaining all about the string-bender that I found out what a fool I 'd been … |
| 10 | ‘ My first reaction was ‘ meals on wheels ’ , ’ he laughs , ‘ but then I found out what a big organisation it was and that what they did appealed to me . |
| 11 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't give my own name , till I found out what that fellow was up to . |
| 13 | Later , I found out what it was all about . |
| 14 | The next morning I tried again , I found out what his name was ( vile coincidence ! ) , |
| 15 | I found out what made him tick . ’ |
| 16 | As I did when I found out what he 'd done . ’ |
| 17 | When I found out what was going on I persuaded the colonel to go for a little holiday — and then , ’ he continued angrily when Hilary snorted derisively again , ‘ when I did meet you , I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 18 | it has n't really been erm all that eventful but at least by staying put rather than going off at , I , I 'd , I 'd thought about , at one time , erm emigrating to New Zealand but er erm when I found out what the conditions were like out there I decided to stay and er |
| 19 | That 's the one I found out what mine was . |
| 20 | I 'm glad I found out what that is . |
| 21 | And basically they ha and the other thing , right , I found out what they had for dinner the other night right ? |
| 22 | because I 'd chase people round to find , till I found out what I wanted to know . |
| 23 | In the absence of any finer and more private place , I retreat to a stairwell , and crouch on the floor , studying the grime in the comers , while I mull over what to do next . |
| 24 | I lifted out what appeared to be a very large catfish . |
| 25 | As the group went on I was being truthful , I put down what I was drinking . |
| 26 | When I figure out what you do , you wo n't even have to confirm it . |
| 27 | But , I felt , I know , at one point I really thought I was going to have to ring Iris to come and just sit with the kiddies , but I thought well if I drop down what the hell , devil this house gon na look like in , with three of them let loose in . |
| 28 | I poured out what was left and handed it to him . |
| 29 | No longer able to control my feelings , I poured out what was in my heart . |
| 30 | In my spare time and during vacations , between 1976 and 1978 , I set up what later came to be called the Standing Conference of Asian Youth Organizations . |