Example sentences of "what [pron] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right see we 've talked , we 've spoken about all the form closes before in the past , we 've spoken about a sumter closes , I mean you know what I mean by a sumter close , do n't you ? |
| 2 | And what I took for a womb , slowly flaking apart with age . |
| 3 | ‘ The company had a very cosy club atmosphere , which I found quite difficult to cope with in terms of what I saw as a lack of professionalism . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Despite what I felt as a teenager it has n't put me off marriage , ’ he says . |
| 5 | I 'll do what I want for a change ! |
| 6 | After her decision to stop working with a model , she wrote : ‘ Through the long time of working on studies , I finally have attained a certain background in technique which allows me to express what I want without a model . ’ |
| 7 | That 's what I say to a lot of people today , they moan about dockers but they 're only fighting for their rights . |
| 8 | ‘ Be Modern — Play Old Time ’ advised Sydney Thompson to fellow bandleaders whilst Jack Parnell spelt out , rather controversially , ‘ What I Expect From A Rhythm Section ’ . |
| 9 | Erm leave that one cos that 's what I bought as a spare . |
| 10 | You may think that instead of increasing my catch I would have had to share what I caught with a companion . |
| 11 | ‘ If you understand me so well you 'll know what I think of a man 's opinions . ’ |
| 12 | I 've started to talk to Alan about what I see as a lack of , of management time erm in this division . |
| 13 | WHEN I read the opening words of your jazz columnist Solly Lipsitz on August 26 , ‘ As this will be my final Thursday column ’ , I felt that I should express my feelings at what I see as a matter which will be of deep concern to the entire jazz fraternity in Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | That 's what I did with a cup of tea this morning did n't I ? |
| 15 | Nothing put me off , I 'm happy to say , but in the years before I got the chance to enjoy what I did for a living , I still had to pay the rent . |
| 16 | This is what I do for a living and this is what I enjoy doing . |
| 17 | ‘ Have you any idea what I do for a living , Christine ? ’ |
| 18 | Ian , a 32-year-old salesman , says : ‘ I made a conscious decision to drink low-alcohol lager because entertaining , and therefore drinking , is what I do for a living . |
| 19 | It 's what I do for a living . |
| 20 | In this new climate new policies for curriculum development are much easier to envisage , for they support what I herald as a return to common sense . |
| 21 | ‘ You see , ’ he murmured , ‘ I wanted to believe it , so I could have an excuse to take what I wanted in a fury , instead of reaching out of my confusion and asking for what I wanted — ’ |
| 22 | Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation . |
| 23 | Though I could probably find what I need on a skip if we could borrow the car again . |
| 24 | She would raise her hand to gain his attention and then use a biro to punctuate what she said with a series of invisible bullet points . |
| 25 | She fought free , but she had no time to tell him just what she thought of a man who would play one sister against the other before Dana was in the room . |
| 26 | Course Moira always has had a vivid imagination , you have to take what she says with a pinch of salt . |
| 27 | Er i she was in the Cheltenh Do you know what she does for a living ? |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm only interested in who she is , an' what she does for a livin' , ’ she said sharply . |
| 29 | I could never cram in what she does in a day ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I can do in a day what she does in a week , ’ she said , shaking her duster out of the window on to the roses below . |