Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [verb] most " in BNC.
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| 1 | This relative freedom from negative reaction is what I imagine most people mean when they say they are happy in their work . |
| 2 | ‘ I think perhaps that 's what I like most of all about it , ’ he says . |
| 3 | ‘ What I want most is for my mum to be well . |
| 4 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 5 | When I 'm writing a course or even a session within the course , do you know what I spend most of my time writing the objective after a you know , you know but not after . |
| 6 | I think it must have been out of doors , because what I recall most is the way she seemed to dwindle on planes of blue . ’ |
| 7 | What you describe as ‘ amateurism ’ , sir , is what I think most of us here still prefer to call ‘ honour ’ . ’ |
| 8 | What I missed most at this occa , on this occasion was the opportunity for bible study , but I think getting pe er , a visitor of another kind there was able to visit some of the bible studies each morning . |
| 9 | They gave me what I needed most of all , which was an analysis of my own life , which before then I had n't had . |
| 10 | What I need most is something strong and sharp to pick out the cement between the stones with . |
| 11 | BRENDA gave her daddy and mummy a big surprise when she told them what she wanted most of all for her birthday . |
| 12 | And you know what you miss most of all ? ’ |
| 13 | What you fear most is an opponent who will point to a few simple but undeniable facts , and this is why the economists , and above all that wonderful race of men the economic journalists great and small , are such indispensable allies to the politician : they enable the politician to fog up what he is doing , so as to escape the blame and often even criticism for his actions . |
| 14 | Is that what you spend most of it on probably ? |
| 15 | What you need most of all is peace , quiet and the undisturbed opportunity to be along with your thoughts . |
| 16 | Depends what you want most do n't it I suppose ? |
| 17 | Get a get a paper and write what you say most . |
| 18 | But what you notice most of all about this astonishing arrangement are the mitre-shaped apertures high up on the walls of the nave and the apse , where , as at Saint-Savin , the old chemin de ronde runs . |
| 19 | I 'm sorry , I just wanted to make a couple of points in response to erm things that people have said in relation to my opening statement , erm Mr Brook er mentioned the fact that er none of the employe none of the new settlement proposals of which he was aware , erm included an employment element , erm I just wanted to place on record the fact that our suggested reworking of policy H two does provide for an explicit land er amount of land for employment purposes , erm as part of the new settlement location , I wanted to say that because I , I 'm not invited to appear on your employment day , and I do feel that this is an important component of the the H two strategy , and clearly that employment component will be drawn from the Greater York allocation , the second point , Mr Sexton erm I believe said that in his view you could not find a site for a larger new settlement er within the or outside the Greater York er greenbelt , erm which would not result in physical coalescence with the existing villages in the area , now I 'm not sure whether he was referring to any particular size of larger new settlement , but I invite you to look at the er land range at one to fifty thousand er map of the area , and you will see that the area outside the greenbelt is characterized by erm a very rural area with sporadic villages , and my believe is that there are erm sites available within that area which could accommodate a larger new settlement , the planning point is of course the larger the new settlement becomes , I think the less that that the reduced number of sites you will have available to accommodate erm that proposal , because of its scale , and the third aspect I want to comment on Mr Cunnane and Mr Thomas erm said that Barton Willmore had not made a need argument for the new settlement , well if I 'm not mistaken that 's what we spent most of this morning discussing under policy H one , and I do n't erm I do n't wish , and I do n't suppose that I 'd be invited to repeat the comments made by Mr Grigson this morning , I do n't think there 's any need for that , but that establishes in our mind very clearly there is a need for a new settlement in the range of two thousand to two thousand five hundred dwellings , erm in the period up to two thousand and six , and I wo n't say anything more on that . |
| 20 | That 's what we do most of the time . |
| 21 | I clocked 10.42 seconds , a legal best for me , but what we needed most of all were sunshine and warmth . |
| 22 | I have n't got access to what we need most — written evidence . ’ |
| 23 | If the children have attended another school ask them what is was like , what they enjoyed most and , in all cases , reassure them that they are going to make lots of friends , learn a great deal of interesting things and enjoy themselves at your school . |
| 24 | And while these women were not displeased with the role of housewife they did not like housework , despite the fact that this was what they spent most of their time doing . |
| 25 | Mr Honecker evidently felt that things were going so well he could afford to relax and give his people what they wanted most : more freedom to travel to the West . |
| 26 | The families stress that what they need most is information — and quickly . |
| 27 | When Postman , John Fletcher is n't at work , this is what he spends most of his time doing ; peering at the sky , in his backyard Observatory he calls Mount Tuffley . |
| 28 | What he likes most of all is a good traffic jam on his way home . |
| 29 | He thinks that he wants a reconciliation , and up to a point he does ; but what he hopes most of all is that Alfred will give his blessing to the new play he has written — a drama of sibling rivalry called Brother Mine . |
| 30 | Rest and quiet are what he needs most , right now . |