Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [be] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thank you for your sympathy , but that 's not really what I 'm after . |
| 2 | ‘ You know what I 'm after . |
| 3 | As I said , a revolution is not what I 'm after . |
| 4 | But I think we 've got to remember that the , the people who really determine the quality of the users of our services , the clients , it 's they who say yes , this is what I want , this is th this is what I 'm after and that is why I hope that we will be able to target on things that come out of the consultation progress s process , things like evening and weekend working that people want and , rather than simply churning out more nine to five Monday to Friday day care , what people want is it targeted to their needs where they are and it 's that sort of quality that I think is so important . |
| 5 | That 's what I 'm after . |
| 6 | That is what I was after from the start , he wrote . |
| 7 | ‘ So I checked into Park West , had dinner , got talking to the barman , said what I was after . |
| 8 | F two , that 's what I was after , yes . |
| 9 | That 's what I was after . |
| 10 | Er , it was n't what I was after . |
| 11 | No , well , maybe , but er , it was n't what I was after . |
| 12 | was not what I was after . |
| 13 | So erm I still want to see more of what I was after . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's what she 's after . ’ |
| 15 | These varieties are good if seed is what you are after . |
| 16 | If legal contract is what you are after , one slip in the contract is sufficient to invalidate it . |
| 17 | Their disadvantage is that the less exotic goods like fittings are rarely on display so you will need to know what you are after . |
| 18 | If an active role is what you are after , perhaps voluntary wardening on an RSPB reserve is for you . |
| 19 | ‘ Jinny , why not tell me what you 're after ? |
| 20 | ‘ Others in here might buy that shit , Friendly , but I know what you 're after . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I think these are what you 're after , ’ she concluded lamely . |
| 22 | I 'm Catherine Gray , I have nothing worth taking , there 's only a couple of pounds in my purse if that 's what you 're after . |
| 23 | Go searching through long lists of file names to find what you 're after . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know what you 're after , ’ she said . |
| 25 | I have n't got any money if that 's what you 're after ? |
| 26 | But if you prevaricate and say , ‘ I ca n't comment on this because I 'm an officer of the Council , ’ then they think , ‘ Oh , God , you know , what sort of person am I talking to ? ’ and you lose all your empathy and all the sympathy of the listeners , which is what you 're after . |
| 27 | ‘ I know what you were after . |
| 28 | ‘ What we are after is consistency , ’ he said . |
| 29 | I 've got it here in , in , in black and white , Mao said what we are after is the abolition of feudal ties , to get rid of feudalism . |
| 30 | ‘ What we are after really is a national campaign . |