Example sentences of "what i [vb base] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | What I mean by ‘ basks in the reflected glory ’ is this . |
2 | That 's what I mean about when he sort of ran off that night I thought , in one way I was pissed off with him but in one way I thought well at least he can you know ? |
3 | Yeah , that 's what I land on nearly every time ! |
4 | We must create our own , which is what I set out to achieve with Passion . |
5 | But what I set out to do was to show the idiocy of his ideas by bouncing them against other ideas , some of them perhaps equally extreme and absurd . |
6 | I 've got to do what I set out to do , Tom . |
7 | I did what I set out to do . |
8 | ‘ All the same , I have not done what I set out to do . |
9 | ‘ If I 've done what I set out to do , ’ Maggie managed defensively . |
10 | Why , I 'm going to do what I set out to do at the start — I 'm going to make sure that bastard marries you ! ’ |
11 | I could see what she was doing , I wo n't be a minute , I think she knows what I go in for |
12 | Since no one seems able to do anything with these people they wo n't mind what I get up to , tee-hee ! ’ |
13 | Which shows how little she knows about what I get up to in the small hours . |
14 | What I get out of these ads is a feeling that it may be time to ban all beer commercials from television , but not because they encourage young people to drink . |
15 | And that 's what I hand on to you as your input . |
16 | What I measure by is what I do and the measurement is by others , not by me . ’ |
17 | Now what I put out is my discs . |
18 | ‘ I reckon they 're getting used to what I put down . |
19 | Right , let's , let's , I 'll run through this quickly , what I put down . |
20 | Only my own what I put in , no . |
21 | that 's , that 's just , just what , that 's what I put in and take out do you get me , hi you see , you know |
22 | ‘ You know what I like about out here ? |
23 | Yeah , what I like about , what I liked about them was that they were dead flat like , you know if you , imagine it a sweet the weight for a sweet were from say ten ounces to twenty kilos |
24 | I mean things like what I want on desperately quickly is Rebel Yell cos they 're spending a fortune in the rock , well all our punters all know it . |
25 | Erm fi , finally what I say on , is , that we do need er , some firm indication this evening erm in order to enable Moat Housing Society to draw down the housing association grant for the housing corporation erm and to enable us , obviously to sign a er , the legal agreement with them . |
26 | What I say on here you will |
27 | Plus second-hand value of what I stand up in , which by current jumble sale rates would be maybe ten pounds or so . |
28 | ‘ It 's what I hang around for all day , ’ said the poet , ‘ when your mother is doing something useful . ’ |
29 | Cos that 's what I live on during the day is never-ending supplies of tea and coffee . |
30 | I really , that 's what I live on now , memories of the happy holidays I 've had with him and , and even to this day I keep in touch . |