Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was alright you know what I mean with the , I never never really knew want , there were lots of things that I wanted and never got of course but I never really , I could never say I wanted , and I never went hungry , not even at any time , you know . |
| 2 | If you 've followed the plot so far , you 'll see what I mean about the conglomeration of bits and pieces from different instruments that have been amassed for this guitar . |
| 3 | Then there is The Delectation Sinistrorse — a girdle of VS standard ( see what I mean about the dictionary ! ) |
| 4 | Framsden mill and its environs will illustrate what I mean about the compactness and self-sufficiency of the rural villages in East Anglia . |
| 5 | See , see what I mean about the board , it you know with the |
| 6 | Before going on to analyse the kinds of blocking technique one might nevertheless use , I want to briefly explain what I mean by the terms ‘ open ’ and ‘ closed ’ sides when referring to a stance . |
| 7 | What I mean by the ‘ graphology ’ of drawing is the study of the line , of the pure graphic quality , of the stroke , not that of the subject represented or the style . |
| 8 | I would like to give you just one illustration to show what I mean by the disintegrating influence of a dynamic force . |
| 9 | What I mean by the stylistics of representation concerns the connection between individual features of the language of a text and individual features of its content , an interest which is much more characteristic of modern approaches to literature . |
| 10 | JC : What I remember about the first night was an uncomfortable feeling that the piece was under-rehearsed musically . |
| 11 | What I remember of the housing conditions when I was then residing in Motherwell , a mining er community . |
| 12 | Even if I was paid twice what I get at the cafe , I still would n't bloody stick at home all day . |
| 13 | I am sick , sick in my head like you see me yesterday , for what I hear in the night . |
| 14 | Let me describe what I regard as the best conditions of all for bream fishing . |
| 15 | I now come to what I regard as the plaintiffs ' most convincing argument , namely , that paragraph 33 of Buckley J. 's order , combined with the letter dated 23 October 1991 from the Crown Prosecution Service , provides effective protection for the defendants against the criminal consequences of having to disclose incriminating information or documents by virtue of paragraphs 18(a) and ( c ) and 19(a) and ( c ) of the order . |
| 16 | Various other lines of defence to this action were raised by Mr. Ashworth and I will now consider those in case I am wrong on what I regard as the central issue . |
| 17 | I refer to what I regard as the Labour party 's organised disruption of yesterday 's debate . |
| 18 | What I gather from the photo reproduced in Il Giornale dell'Arte is that my sin consists of using hanging cloths . |
| 19 | I accept that one can make some criticisms about Labour local authorities , but what I dislike about the Secretary of State 's usual contribution is that it is so cliche d , simplistic and grotesque . |
| 20 | But I 've been in the wood for many years and there is a lot more to read than what I keep in the shaman 's lodge . |
| 21 | Ca n't remember what I put in the box , another picture I think . |
| 22 | But now this week , from what I put in the paper it 's obvious that we 're traders |
| 23 | If I say ‘ Prostitution is on the increase ’ I express my belief that it is on the increase , but what I put upon the mat for discussion is not my holding the belief , but rather the state of affairs , which I hold to be actual , but which others may not , of prostitution being on the increase . |
| 24 | What I like about the system is that it does n't shout its presence to human interlopers : what do you do when your anti-predator device is preyed upon by the local villain ? |
| 25 | ‘ What I like about the three guys is that they actually care about that . |
| 26 | While I could not afford to buy new books , I get what I like from the local library . |
| 27 | As far as I can tell , we have some sort of unspoken agreement that I keep quiet about not officially existing in return for being able to do more or less as I like on the island and buy more or less what I like in the town . |
| 28 | Erm it it does n't er er a from what I know of the the Swindon one , five thousand pounds seems very fair . |
| 29 | " From what I know of the previous accounts the Winter Marsh investment — or error of judgment — is one of the main causes of the group 's present financial difficulties . " |
| 30 | There is , I am glad to say , no direct allusion to the activities in which you engage in the Koran or in the Hadith of the prophet , although from what I know of the blessed Muhammad — may God rest him and grant him peace — it is not something of which he would approve . |