Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But it is n't easy we have a lot , what complaints we get bearing in mind what I said a short while ago , what complaints we get now are very much biased towards defects in street lighting systems provided currently here and there in Suffolk , so I 'm conscious of this , we are working with the Eastern Electricity Board on an improved maintenance contract whereby certain benefits , and one of them is immediacy of response to repair work will be I hope put forward , very conscious of it indeed so and er we are struggling with what the , the basic cause of it all of course is the , the , the quality of some of our street light and equipment here and there throughout Suffolk is old or very out of date and even run down indicator procedure , so we have got a large real programme as well as repairing ones already there .
2 maybe she 's got a bug or something , that 's what I had a few weeks ago remember , mm , mm , oh and then to cap it all
3 Pakeezah thanked her : ‘ Now that 's what I call a nice cup of tea , ’ she said .
4 Frithrah , you 're what I call a Chief Rabbit ! "
5 " I tell you , he 's what I call a Chief Rabbit .
6 Yeah , yeah it 's got a lot of er it 's a holey , what I call a holey one you know
7 Yes they can erm , distinguish between what I call a do-it-yourself alarms and th the recognized companies .
8 Can I just quickly ask whether there 's any cooperation with the youth service in taking these children out on , what I call a challenging activity like rock climbing , like at weekend residential , because you know , it , it seems cooperation there would be very beneficial I 'm sure , in certain types of children who need the physical as well ?
9 Well we always used to have what I call a traditional Sunday dinner
10 Losing Betty Boo and getting The Sultans Of Ping FC is not what I call a good deal .
11 Now that 's what I call a good funeral
12 And that 's what I call a real bargain : something that 's an improvement and saves you money .
13 ‘ Now that 's what I call a real bird's-eye view ! ’ she exclaimed as she landed , beaming with delight .
14 Well fortunately , for me she was n't what I call a big lady
15 And er , he was a good clean butcher , what I call a clean butcher , you know .
16 So this is what I call a pessimistic er , view of human nature , this Hobbesian one .
17 ‘ Black people in America and internationally within the last 500 years have been put under what I call a policed state , ’ comments Singleton .
18 It is also important to create what I call a maternal genealogy to add to the paternal lineage which the current histories of art canonise — the succession of geniuses passing on the Olympic torch down the ages , man to man .
19 I also have some other tablets , smaller ones , which I have to take if I get a pain across the chest and it persists … what I call a chuntering thing .
20 Always joking about rats : that 's what I call a weird sense of humour .
21 Of course , if two members of staff happen to fall in love and decide to marry , it would be churlish to be apportioning blame ; but what I find a major irritation are those persons — and housekeepers are particularly guilty here — who have no genuine commitment to their profession and who are essentially going from post to post looking for romance .
22 As I have tried to show , ‘ neutral ’ language does not do this routinely ; however ‘ fair ’ or ‘ accurate ’ it may be , it therefore fails in what I consider a crucial political task .
23 of what I supposed a Christian tract .
24 Clare was surprised to find how much money it cost to lead what she considered a normal life .
25 She had affected what she considered a posh English accent and I 'd die with embarrassment in the French pastry shop when , pointing with her little finger , she 'd say ; ‘ Emm !
26 Although she embraced the need for each collection to be a little different in order to move forward , she would often be upset that what she considered a beautiful print could not be included in the collection for ever .
27 While she waited , she had rehearsed what she considered a dignified little speech for Sister Ignatia , explaining that , for this first term , it would not be possible for her to pay the fees in advance , as was customary , but that she would …
28 What you got a sticky door or
29 What you mean a big number ?
30 How about paying me what you think a 200,000 footballer is worth ? ’
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