Example sentences of "[prep] what [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Jackson got a bit nearer what I thought we were asking for with his ‘ Crazy For You ’ from Madonna in support of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party . |
| 2 | It 's difficult to explain , but a part of me never really believed I should see her again , even after what they told me at the theatre . |
| 3 | Fact is , I think you 've got a whole lotta guts , ‘ specially after what he put you through . |
| 4 | ‘ My dearest David — although I do n't have the faintest idea why I should still call you this after what you told me last night — I 've had a long think . |
| 5 | ‘ No , but after what you told me I have a suspicion you kissed me that night at Ib 's Club deliberately in an effort to convince her you 'd found someone else to replace her in your heart and in your bed . ’ |
| 6 | After what I told you last night , I — ’ |
| 7 | There is sufficient money in balances to pay our share of that , if we need to do so , and I think making scare stories about it does n't do anything towards what I hope we all want , which is an efficient , effective police force in this county , protecting us erm from crime , and helping to prevent as much crime as possible . |
| 8 | Porn embarrasses us in part because of what we use it for . |
| 9 | It is all a question , he wrote , of what we owe ourselves . |
| 10 | David Hume begins the section of A Treatise of Human Nature on personal identity with the sentence : ‘ There are some philosophers , who imagine we are every moment intimately conscious of what we call our SELF ; that we feel its existence and its continuance in existence ; and are certain , beyond the evidence of a demonstration , both of its perfect identity and simplicity ’ . |
| 11 | But I mean , we have got nine beat officers for the whole of the Harlow Town area and just th , this area this is the start of what we call our beat eight this is the boundary along Southern Way , and that goes down as far are familiar with the area of Staple Tye most of you ? |
| 12 | Oh yes there was a there was an er a er a right of way between Glen Ayloch and Glen Shee , and especially out of what we called our hill . |
| 13 | Do you think you 're getting a a better idea of what they mean what it 's about . |
| 14 | Zambian er , call it Zambian newspa , newspapers so it 's very liable as to what , you know it 's no comm , it 's not comment at all , it 's just , and erm the last one two weeks ago I think it was , indicated that erm South Africa 's production of maize would be , oh I ca n't remember , but a lot short of what they require themselves |
| 15 | Young children , not being very familiar with the way words are spelled , often write accurate versions of what they hear which do n't match with the conventions of English spelling . |
| 16 | This might be because of what they say you are or because of what they say that some of your friends are , particularly if they do not approve of them . |
| 17 | The map that 's in the back of what they gave us looks as though it might blown up . |
| 18 | We hope our members and supporters are proud of what they helped us achieve and will continue to support us and introduce their friends to CPRW 's vital work . |
| 19 | Thus the poor were not slow to demand ( perhaps as a crowd , with its own forms of theatre and symbolism ) recognition of what they considered their " rights " . |
| 20 | Even now she felt sorry for him , unable to fix at the front of her mind the full extent of what she believed he had done . |
| 21 | Or so terrified of what she knew she could no longer hold back ? |
| 22 | Money was tight that summer and they fetched only two-thirds of what she considered their true value ; hoping for sixty thousand , she got a mere forty . |
| 23 | He will probably get you to agree the opposite of what you thought you said , as he did with " considerable " . |
| 24 | You must become consciously aware of what you tell yourself is true every moment of the day , for that is the reality that you project outward . |
| 25 | I do n't want you to imagine for a moment that I do n't believe every word of what you tell me . |
| 26 | Would that be a fair summary of what you told me ? … ’ |
| 27 | Do you have any idea of what you put me through yesterday ? |
| 28 | One is that the writer chooses — as far as he can — the extent of what you call his involvement in life : despite his reputation , Flaubert occupied a half-and-half position . |
| 29 | From the sound of them and from the way they are used , you have probably got quite a good idea of what you think they mean . |
| 30 | Check and recheck : summarise and get confirmation of what you think you heard . |