Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [vb base] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I like is combining something strict with something free — it creates ambiguity and I love ambiguity . |
| 2 | What I advocate is exuding an aura of femaleness . |
| 3 | We are restricted somewhat by time , because I want to get everybody back in the main auditorium to listen to what I know is going to be a fantastic lecture by Professor Don , er from Baltimore , which I would certainly recommend that everybody go and see . |
| 4 | know b what I 've been getting on Friday and Saturday night was an awfully big |
| 5 | You ought to hear what I 've been hearing . |
| 6 | Well I I actually must have read completely different to anybody else from what I 've been hearing , erm the way I looked at it , the situation that we have locally compared with what David was saying about the national erm what government are doing nationally and the situation we have here in Cambridge city . |
| 7 | Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for . |
| 8 | What I 've been thinking is that as the walls of this cellar ( and the outer one ) are stones — not stone then behind the stones there must be earth . |
| 9 | ‘ I have a Korg M1R and a Korg Wave Station , and that 's what I 've been writing with . |
| 10 | ‘ What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps . |
| 11 | Well what I 've been using is Vick and it seems to be burning . |
| 12 | That 's what I 've been wanting , every second of every day . |
| 13 | Do n't you understand what I 've been trying to tell you ? |
| 14 | Then , with the massive illogic he was sometimes capable of , Leo said in a quieter voice : ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to say . |
| 15 | What I 've been trying to do on the meantime is to improve the whole budgeting system . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to tell you , ’ Myra said . |
| 17 | ‘ Hope that you 'll finally understand what I 've been trying to let you know over the past few days without frightening you away by putting it into words . |
| 18 | So you see what I 've been , what I 've been trying to do in this lecture is to explain the , the modern biological basis which I think makes Freud 's findings intelligent . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's exactly what I 've been trying to tell you . ’ |
| 20 | you know what I 've been trying to get hold of a couple of one of these you know the phones , the phones that Donald 's got |
| 21 | What I want to do today , what I 've been trying to do today is to spend that time looking at certain aspects of the way the business works , the way you work . |
| 22 | Yes , this is what I 've been trying to avoid because I do n't want the bother of advertising and interviewing somebody else . |
| 23 | Erm , so this is what I 've been trying to avoid , I must be honest about it . |
| 24 | I mean biologists , when they 're talking to one another , are , by and large , talking about Darwin and that 's what I 've been trying to do . |
| 25 | It 's just what I 've been hoping for ! |
| 26 | I KNOW — THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD . |
| 27 | That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel . |
| 28 | Well as you waved your hand through the air I saw that ring there you see and I thought … ah I know what I 've been meaning to ask her for ages . |
| 29 | ‘ What I 'm saying , Vitali — what I 've been driving at in my own bluff way — is that I would very much appreciate , that 's to say , well … ’ |
| 30 | What I 've been doing is changing the bottom three one day and then the high ones the next ; I never change them all at once because , even though you stretch them in , it still seems the bridge gets unstable . ’ |