Example sentences of "what [pron] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is n't easy we have a lot , what complaints we get bearing in mind what I said a short while ago , what complaints we get now are very much biased towards defects in street lighting systems provided currently here and there in Suffolk , so I 'm conscious of this , we are working with the Eastern Electricity Board on an improved maintenance contract whereby certain benefits , and one of them is immediacy of response to repair work will be I hope put forward , very conscious of it indeed so and er we are struggling with what the , the basic cause of it all of course is the , the , the quality of some of our street light and equipment here and there throughout Suffolk is old or very out of date and even run down indicator procedure , so we have got a large real programme as well as repairing ones already there . |
| 2 | maybe she 's got a bug or something , that 's what I had a few weeks ago remember , mm , mm , oh and then to cap it all |
| 3 | Pakeezah thanked her : ‘ Now that 's what I call a nice cup of tea , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Frithrah , you 're what I call a Chief Rabbit ! " |
| 5 | " I tell you , he 's what I call a Chief Rabbit . |
| 6 | Yes they can erm , distinguish between what I call a do-it-yourself alarms and th the recognized companies . |
| 7 | Can I just quickly ask whether there 's any cooperation with the youth service in taking these children out on , what I call a challenging activity like rock climbing , like at weekend residential , because you know , it , it seems cooperation there would be very beneficial I 'm sure , in certain types of children who need the physical as well ? |
| 8 | Well we always used to have what I call a traditional Sunday dinner |
| 9 | Losing Betty Boo and getting The Sultans Of Ping FC is not what I call a good deal . |
| 10 | Now that 's what I call a good funeral |
| 11 | And that 's what I call a real bargain : something that 's an improvement and saves you money . |
| 12 | Well fortunately , for me she was n't what I call a big lady |
| 13 | And er , he was a good clean butcher , what I call a clean butcher , you know . |
| 14 | ‘ Black people in America and internationally within the last 500 years have been put under what I call a policed state , ’ comments Singleton . |
| 15 | It is also important to create what I call a maternal genealogy to add to the paternal lineage which the current histories of art canonise — the succession of geniuses passing on the Olympic torch down the ages , man to man . |
| 16 | I also have some other tablets , smaller ones , which I have to take if I get a pain across the chest and it persists … what I call a chuntering thing . |
| 17 | Always joking about rats : that 's what I call a weird sense of humour . |
| 18 | Of course , if two members of staff happen to fall in love and decide to marry , it would be churlish to be apportioning blame ; but what I find a major irritation are those persons — and housekeepers are particularly guilty here — who have no genuine commitment to their profession and who are essentially going from post to post looking for romance . |
| 19 | of what I supposed a Christian tract . |
| 20 | Clare was surprised to find how much money it cost to lead what she considered a normal life . |
| 21 | Although she embraced the need for each collection to be a little different in order to move forward , she would often be upset that what she considered a beautiful print could not be included in the collection for ever . |
| 22 | What you got a sticky door or |
| 23 | What you mean a big number ? |
| 24 | How about paying me what you think a 200,000 footballer is worth ? ’ |
| 25 | You may want to go back to your original data and indicate what you want a certain sound to be ow that you have checked it , and from now on you would use correct and consistent symbolisation . |
| 26 | And we want to know about what you want a new ad . |
| 27 | It 's not what you call a rational act . |
| 28 | They used to have er a a what you call a front room , and then we used to call it the kitchen and then the other place where you wash your pots and the sink in and everything in , it used to be called the scullery in them days . |
| 29 | He was n't er was n't what you call a good father at all , no , was n't a good provider . |
| 30 | This is what you call a Cosmic Mystery . |