Example sentences of "what [pron] [vb base] [prep] a [noun sg] " 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 | I 'll do what I want for a change ! |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | That 's what I say to a lot of people today , they moan about dockers but they 're only fighting for their rights . |
| 5 | ‘ It was n't a hang-on or hang-in performance and it bears out what I say about an improvement here . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ If you understand me so well you 'll know what I think of a man 's opinions . ’ |
| 8 | I 've started to talk to Alan about what I see as a lack of , of management time erm in this division . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This is what I do for a living and this is what I enjoy doing . |
| 11 | ‘ Have you any idea what I do for a living , Christine ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It 's what I do for a living . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Though I could probably find what I need on a skip if we could borrow the car again . |
| 16 | ‘ A lot of the record , ’ Rowland sighs , ‘ is about other people 's perceptions of you and how if enough people treat you in a certain way that 's what you become after a while . |
| 17 | I said what you mean like a brothel charge ? |
| 18 | In other words , it depends on what you mean by a problem . |
| 19 | I 'm still not sure what you mean by a curse object . |
| 20 | We tend to assume , I think , in normal usage , that I have to suspect what you are thinking , and to imagine or conjecture what you mean by an expression , but that you have some direct and privileged access to your intentions which enables you to know what you mean . |
| 21 | Write down the name of one friend who you think may be interested in knowing a bit more about what you believe as a Christian . |
| 22 | What you learn in a lesson will stay with you for the rest of you life . |
| 23 | 2 Decide what you think as a group . |
| 24 | But when yo when you walk in the door , I mean , first Stuart knew so he that 's why he took me in , and we walk in and there 's a head waiter would you like a table for two sir would you like a non smoking or a smo and then he showed you to your table and pulled your chair , you know , I mean tha not what you expect in a tea shop or coffee place you know i ha ha and they have proper waitresses with the little hat on , you know she 'll get about four tables so they 're looking after you and even on your saucer where you had your I mean yo your teapot and everything on the saucer 's a little mat so that you do n't drip , if it drips |
| 25 | ‘ You could video that and sell it as what you expect from a player the control , the passing , the will to take responsibility , to work , to retrieve situations . |
| 26 | Those obviously include all the further education colleges that do the basic um and the basic things and then the H N C H N D it gives you the open learning things which includes then the private sector people communicate and all sorts of other agencies , erm it depends really what you see as a beginner , do you mean a beginner in the communications field in its entirety , or do you mean a beginner as an in-house industrial editor or a freelancer by definition a beginner is not likely to be a freelancer ? |
| 27 | ‘ Though I 'm sometimes so conscious of lack of technique , it 's also quite exciting to find a way of expressing what you see in a person in lines . |
| 28 | When you have understood the gist of this and talked to your inner teacher about what you need as an individual , you will be able to sit down with paper and write your own script . |
| 29 | Try to get the feeling of holding the clubface open through impact ( photo 10 ) , but do n't imitate what you do with a greenside bunker shot . |
| 30 | They all know what you do for a living . ’ |