Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] what you [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time that personal computer technology is moving to centre stage for corporate applications , ‘ it is moving down into what you might call the intelligent television , where you can select any type of movie to see , or shop , or interact with information , ’ Gates said . |
| 2 | A realistic budget will do three things for you : it will sort out the urgent essentials from the details which can wait ; make you feel good if you manage any or all of it at a lower price than your original estimate ; and inspire you to improvise , to consider if you could achieve an equally good effect and still fit in with what you can comfortably afford . |
| 3 | ‘ So among what you might call the floating waiting population , there 's really only you . ’ |
| 4 | Sometimes his Spidergob mates gave him a bit of a skragging on account of it ; not like what you 'd skrag a Mad Dog or a Scarface , if you ever got the chance , ‘ course . |
| 5 | Make sure the list is based upon how you feel now — not upon what you used to enjoy , or think you ‘ should ’ enjoy , or what other people like to do . |
| 6 | Behind her I could see into what is rather optimistically known as the vestry — which is nothing more than a curtained-off area of the floor , rather like what you might see in a hospital casualty ward . |
| 7 | Getting on with what you should be doing that can only see a few people doing that who are actually getting on with what they should have been doing while you are waiting . |
| 8 | Before you take to the high street , it is worth spending time with your partner to think carefully about what you will actually need and perhaps more importantly what you both like : it is surprising how much tastes can differ over the smallest of items ! |
| 9 | Every now and again , we run up against what you might call a medieval . |
| 10 | Yes , at fifty instead of sixty , they said you retire at age fifty and we will make your pension up to what you would have got at age sixty and we will also do the same with you lump sum and so now you know , this and they did that with thirty thousand I think went in one year , it does n't take long to get rid of one point seven billion pounds when you 're doing for that er that number of people erm and |
| 11 | Yes well you used to scoop your water out with what you used to call a ladle in them days . |
| 12 | When told by them that the sales of budgerigar seed were disastrous and the market might easily disappear within a few years , Mrs Franklin came back with what you may think was a simple answer — but it was profound in terms of changing British public opinion — she said , " Breed your own consumers . " |
| 13 | You 've said time and again you 're only here for what you can get . ’ |
| 14 | And as you 'd expect from Enterprise , all these prices are well below what you would pay in resort anyway . |
| 15 | PLEASE THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO . |