Example sentences of "[pron] what a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My what a big girl you are . |
| 2 | Some of the other letters in the box ( the typed ones ) were much less elegant , and seemed to have come from strangers ; they contained advice of a different sort , instructions about where to get sex and how much to pay for it if necessary , often these were just plain filth like I 'd like to do this to you and then I 'd like to do that to you , be at the top of the park in your grey school trousers and I 'll show you what a real man can do for you . |
| 3 | So who told you what a useful person that old gossip Mary Flock was ? |
| 4 | ‘ Just shows you what a pathetic judge of character I am , does n't it ? ’ she added bitterly . |
| 5 | If I never did anything but sit in this room and powder my face and tell you what a clever fool you are , i should still be heavens high above the millions of common women who do their domestic duty , and sacrifice themselves , and run Trade departments and all the rest of the vulgarities . |
| 6 | If we command our dog to sit and he responds , we then pat him and tell him what a good boy he is . |
| 7 | He kept telling him what a marvellous job he was doing . |
| 8 | Shultz had put his arm round him at a party and told him what a remarkable job he had done , keeping the Nicaraguan resistance alive : ‘ I knew what he meant . |
| 9 | And the headmaster taking me on stage and showing everybody what a bad example I was , because I had shoes like crocodiles . |
| 10 | And she forced herself to add , ‘ I 'll tell her what a good girl you 've been in cleanin' me place for me . ’ |
| 11 | I suppose Mother had been telling her what a poor parish this is and what a pity Mark had n't taken a more wealthy living . |
| 12 | ‘ Just go back and jolly things along and tell everyone what a great trip they 're going to have . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I phoned him and said , ‘ I 've been telling everyone what a great time you had , I feel tricked , betrayed , like an idiot . ’ |
| 14 | Going about the place telling everyone what a fine fellow you are does little to improve your image . |
| 15 | You show me what a clever girl you are ? |
| 16 | ‘ You would n't believe how many of our employees told me what a good deal they got on a car or a boat because they adopted Karrass ' strategies ’ says an executive of a major oil company . |
| 17 | ‘ But Mother went scarlet when the boss 's wife told me what a nice suit I was wearing , and I told her that Mother had spent nearly all night making it . ’ |
| 18 | Nobody was telling me what a terrific body I have . |
| 19 | ‘ Was that meant to convince me what a sweet innocent you are ? ’ |
| 20 | The following morning he told me what a wonderful night 's sleep it had given him and was fulsome in his praise of what he called his ‘ beautiful lady ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ While I was with her , ’ I said , ‘ she told me what a wonderful husband you had always been to her — always , in every way , all your married life . ’ |
| 22 | New recruits ask them what a good idea . |
| 23 | Well when it went three nothing I thought here we go , I 've got all my friends and family , you know , come and watch , you tell them what a good side they are , and last few games they looked a good side — three nothing down in fifteen minutes . |
| 24 | When I tell them what a great teacher you are , they 'll be dead keen to join . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I shall go and tell 'im what a perfect swine he is . ’ |
| 26 | From the magically perfect opening harmonics this was a performance of impact , precision and style that reminds us what a marvellous work this is when performed with such burning intensity . |
| 27 | We have the county council and the district councils telling us what a good job they do at the present time , spending a lot of money in doing it , we have provided this largely out of our own efforts , we 've got grants from er other bodies , I think it 's something that we should properly erm hallmark as an initiative of this parish council to celebrate one hundred years of parish government , and I would propose centenary field . |
| 28 | The diary of a Middlesex parson , the Rev B.J. Armstrong , shows us what a devastating effect they were having as early as the 1830s . |
| 29 | To his evident surprise , Dr Ashok Kumar has been telling us what a civilised place the House of Commons is . |
| 30 | As the chauffeur drives us home , he tells us what a lovely girl that Denice is , and we tell him that 's the truth . |