Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [prep] what [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I have to be the best at what I 'm doing , ’ she said .
2 Where to borrow depends a little on what you need the loan for , but broadly speaking you should go straight to a bank or building society and explain that you want a personal loan .
3 Her lips tightened a little at what he must be thinking , but it did n't take long for her to decide that here she had the perfect lead-in to her problem .
4 This writing was discovered by her ; she read some material before her visit , which prepared her a little for what she would see .
5 So by sharing a little of what we have , we can remover the threat of these terrible diseases which , currently , kill three and a half million children a year .
6 The study of the purely material aspects of the longue durée , while fascinating in itself , and in some ways theoretically undemanding , is therefore only capable of telling us a little of what we want to know .
7 As a peasant from the Kursk guberniia put it in 1922 : ‘ We are not for priests nor for the church , but if only the Comrades would give us a little of what they promise : they promise a school and Socialism , but our hands are still as empty as ever . ’
8 A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY
9 Why not decide not to feel guilty , and have a little of what you want !
10 Of course , if it is a celebration or a special night out , ‘ a little of what you fancy does you good ’ , but try to keep the consumption down .
11 While we firmly believe that " a little of what you fancy does you good " , you need to understand that none of the drinks or foods in this group are good , when taken in excess , for the human body .
12 MOST people enjoy a tipple or two and a little of what you fancy does n't do you any harm .
13 ‘ I did try to be a little of what he wanted , you know , at the beginning . ’
14 Tell the Obersturmfuhrer a little of what he wants to know , and he 'll protect you .
15 Here 's a little of what I 've learnt about them .
16 She never said anything about it when I went up there for my last leave , and she 's never written about it since , but I can imagine a little of what she felt .
17 But before turning to the central question of what ideals men and women should adopt , it is worth speculating a little about what it is that causes these observable differences of moral outlook .
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