Example sentences of "[adv] [Wh det] he [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has been crying out for support for ages , and I am sure that this new opportunity is just what he is looking for . ’ |
| 2 | We would tread very carefully but we have done this sort of thing before and we would try and make him realise just what he 's doing to himself . ’ |
| 3 | well it perhaps was n't just what he was looking for |
| 4 | She felt rage flood through her and she fought down the impulse to scream — that was just what he was waiting for . |
| 5 | One might do things out of a self-loving pride , but this is not benevolence ; and though a benevolent person may gratify himself , this is not what he is aiming at , and is not the principle of his action . |
| 6 | We have to see exactly what he is doing by himself , and what he learns by himself — not what you teach him , do you understand ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's when you can go , ‘ That guy knows exactly what he is and that 's exactly what he 's going for , ’ and everybody just loves the shit out of it because of that . |
| 8 | Among the welter of aids to discerning travellers , he found exactly what he was looking for : a comprehensive guide to British hotels and restaurants , each entry accompanied by a brief description of the establishment and a small photograph . |
| 9 | Each of the four was an experienced police frogman , and each of them knew exactly what he was looking for — knew indeed the exact dimensions of the object and the positioning of the three great ruby eyes once set into it . |
| 10 | Maggie knew exactly what he was talking about . |
| 11 | I must just say to yo , you 're dying to ask , like what he 's doing over the corner ? |
| 12 | because he said that when I came into that corner I pulled in I 'd slowed too much and then had to drive round , drive round the corner with my left foot flat on the floor and I thought oh , should n't your left foot be flat on the floor when you corner and that 's probably what he was getting at , as I could off been slipping the clutch . |
| 13 | She knew instantly what he was talking about . |
| 14 | ‘ How could I find out what he was doing between 1980 and 1982 ? ’ he asked . |
| 15 | Genet describes him as ‘ so obviously both a pimp — a barracks or red-light district ponce — and a whore that I could never make out what he was doing among the fedayeen ’ ( p. 153 ) . |
| 16 | This set of objects and events could be taken as a set of elements which would have to be included in a representation of this speaker 's topic , i.e. what he was talking about . |
| 17 | " Well Joseph is n't too sure yet what he 's going to be . |
| 18 | Dauntless wondered again what he was doing in her company . |