Example sentences of "what you [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And signature tune if that 's what you like to call it was Dare to be a Daniel , Dare to Pass a Public House and Dare to Make it Known . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , I attacked him , if that 's what you like to call it ! |
| 3 | ‘ If that 's what you like to call it , yes … a truce . ’ |
| 4 | what you like doing and that 's it . |
| 5 | You wrote them ; you read them ; you know what you like to find in the written or printed word . |
| 6 | Write down exactly what you hope to do with your new horse and what your priorities are ; perhaps you want to hack and compete in Riding Club events , or maybe you want to concentrate on dressage or show jumping . |
| 7 | I think you have to know a lot [ in chemistry ] , whereas with physics , what you hope to do is get general laws and principles that are applicable widely . |
| 8 | If you have been successful in treating the interview as a two-way communication then much of what you hope to say will arise naturally as part of the interchange between you . |
| 9 | and , and what you 're trying to do and what you hope to get out of it , |
| 10 | being open about your objective , what you hope to achieve |
| 11 | Before embarking upon a display or demonstration , however formal or informal the occasion , think out why you are doing it and what you hope to achieve . |
| 12 | I 'm not clear what you hope to find , but if Shildon digs up anything to embarrass the MacQuillans I 'm prepared to share the credit . ’ |
| 13 | Whether it is an ambition to help Watsonians to win the Division One title or Scotland to win another Grand Slam or the next World Cup , you have to have in mind just what you seek to achieve . |
| 14 | And what you tend to see happen is not so much joint intervention after eighteen er fifteen or eighteen eighteen . |
| 15 | So what you tend to observe is that when protectionism , when everybody protects , or when a lot of people protects , the world market erm , becomes a sink right , for any excess production . |
| 16 | So what you need to do is rather than have a big block of writing okay which is going to look not really in the format of this kind of newspaper is it ? what you tend to get in the tabloids is loads of these little ones . |
| 17 | Accordingly , you can show your reader that your critical judgements are based on what you know has been achieved by other writers you have read ( effects which can therefore be compared with each other ) . |
| 18 | That 's what you know running any business or organisation means . |
| 19 | ‘ Say what you came to say and go , ’ she heard . |
| 20 | ‘ Say what you came to say to him , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ said the courier , ‘ you and your confederates must accomplish what you came to do . |
| 22 | Your grandfather was too old , but he knew what you came to know . |
| 23 | And was there any real difference , if what you saw made the same impression somewhere on the receiving end of sight ? |
| 24 | In an extreme case , someone may act on them for the reason that , or on the principle that , ‘ a little bit of what you fancy does you good ’ . |
| 25 | Of course , if it is a celebration or a special night out , ‘ a little of what you fancy does you good ’ , but try to keep the consumption down . |
| 26 | While we firmly believe that " a little of what you fancy does you good " , you need to understand that none of the drinks or foods in this group are good , when taken in excess , for the human body . |
| 27 | MOST people enjoy a tipple or two and a little of what you fancy does n't do you any harm . |
| 28 | But do n't worry , I 'm not going to get academic here ( as if I could ! ) ; research is possible by many methods and it 's simply a matter of what you fancy doing . |
| 29 | ‘ If that 's what you prefer to believe , ’ he returned coolly , his face expressionless . |
| 30 | The use of visual aids can be helpful to your talk but they are an aid and should not substitute for what you intend to say . |