Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [vb base] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You know what I mean a |
| 2 | I believe that each of us has what I term a spirit ( but which I am quite happy for others to call the soul , the higher self , the inner self — or any of dozens of different names ) and that it is this spirit which has a journey to make through several lifetimes . |
| 3 | Now that 's what I call a programme . |
| 4 | And that 's what I call a real bargain : something that 's an improvement and saves you money . |
| 5 | ‘ Now that 's what I call a real bird's-eye view ! ’ she exclaimed as she landed , beaming with delight . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Losing Betty Boo and getting The Sultans Of Ping FC is not what I call a good deal . |
| 8 | Now that 's what I call a back-pack ! |
| 9 | Steve — ‘ Now that 's what I call a bogey ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Black people in America and internationally within the last 500 years have been put under what I call a policed state , ’ comments Singleton . |
| 11 | Frithrah , you 're what I call a Chief Rabbit ! " |
| 12 | " I tell you , he 's what I call a Chief Rabbit . |
| 13 | And he wanted to make similar remarks about our initial belief that though we use the same language and agree on the words with which to describe the colours of the objects around us , still we might for all we know see the objects completely differently ; an object that causes in me what I call a sensation of red may cause in you what I would call a sensation of blue , though we can never know this since we will continue to agree on what to say and on how to act in our differently coloured environments ( we will all stop at a red traffic light , for instance ) . |
| 14 | Being a corporate entrepreneur , what I call a ‘ change master , ’ is much more challenging and fun than being a nonentrepreneur . |
| 15 | that in my view is er what I call a being a glutton for work . |
| 16 | And er , he was a good clean butcher , what I call a clean butcher , you know . |
| 17 | Always joking about rats : that 's what I call a weird sense of humour . |
| 18 | Pakeezah thanked her : ‘ Now that 's what I call a nice cup of tea , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ Now that 's what I call a welcome . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | This is what I call a sacrifice for the sake of the beloved . |
| 22 | The December meeting consisted of what I call a ‘ pub quiz ’ , since it is a popular event in many pubs . |
| 23 | So this is what I call a pessimistic er , view of human nature , this Hobbesian one . |
| 24 | Eventually I came to terms with doing what I call a ‘ sequence of interesting things ’ . |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | Now that 's what I call a dream . |
| 27 | Almost all British analyses use a unit similar or identical to what I call a tone-unit , and many writers see this unit as having a crucial role in linking intonation to higher-level grammatical units . |
| 28 | Now that 's what I call a good funeral |
| 29 | Yeah , yeah it 's got a lot of er it 's a holey , what I call a holey one you know |
| 30 | That 's what I call a miracle . |