Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] what [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So why 're you always fussing about what they put in the fishpaste ? ’ demanded Constance . |
| 2 | Equally , the firms can not ensure that decisions will be made according to what they see as appropriate criteria unless those criteria are built into the decision process . |
| 3 | Erm swimming is recommended as about the most all round exercise because it certainly does your heart and lungs , it does all the muscles of the body , it , according to what you do in the water of course , I mean if you just go and stand there it does nothing |
| 4 | The erm point about are distribution within Greater York is that we have attempted to look at this in what I think is a a rational and realistic manner , we have looked , and you 'll see this from our supplementary paper , I apologize for its lateness , but I think it 's benefited from the additional thought that could be given to it , we have looked both backwards , at the present day , and forwards , we 've looked backwards at past build rates , we 've looked at the present day position in the sense of the population shares within Greater York , and we 've looked forwards in terms of the commitment figures that are given in the N Y one paper that we 've just been looking at , and taking all those things into account , and adding in what we see as the right location for a new settlement , namely Selby district , we come to the figures that are in our supplementary paper , and there is clearly a great deal of common ground between the evidence you get from looking either at past building rates or population shares , as now , or future commitments which all point towards a broadly similar distribution , we say , with the addition of a new feature namely the new settlement , so that I commend those figures to you as somebody who 's actually dared to put their toe , or maybe their whole body into the water , and given you not only some numbers , but also a basis by which if you should er have a different Greater York figure in mind , a basis on which that could be rationally er approached , I would not certainly defend to the last ditch the need to put a figure of fifty dwellings into the structure plan for the Hambledon part of Greater York , there may be a cut off point beyond which you do n't go , but certainly for Ryedale and Selby , with very substantial numbers there is a need to indicate what the appropriate division should be , and you could not for instance indicate what the er Ryedale non Greater York figure was , without someone telling us the , as the Chairman rightly said , having an idea of what the Ryedale Greater York figure should be , so it is n't really I think feasible to have district figures for non Greater York , and one Greater York figure , that does n't er get away from the issue , and nor does it solve the potential for confusion . |
| 5 | Two couples to come to Australia with us , and to act as roving reporters , travelling round the country , reporting on what they see to me , on the telephone , live on the programme , all expenses paid , thought I 'd just er let you know that er very important fact . |
| 6 | As children we tend to work on this and practise asking for what we want at every available opportunity . |
| 7 | I think that Mr has lost his bet because we are a party who is not obsessed by ideology we are not prepared to act indefinitely like bulls in a china shop when the owners of the shop have an infinite supply of china We want to move forward and we want to move forward in the real world and the idea that a strong government and sticking to what you want through thick and thin when clearly you 're not going to get the result you want , as indeed the government did over the poll tax , in the end you have to recognise the reality the Labour group , as much as anything else , are part of that reality . |
| 8 | Well er depending on what we get from from the Council . |
| 9 | If they are used by a Christian then they are no more than an aid , just as meditation can be biblical or occult depending on what you meditate upon . |
| 10 | However , it is all too easy for those brought up in the Near Eastern traditions , when they hear Hindus talking of many gods , to suppose that they are talking of what they consider to be the supreme reality . |
| 11 | ‘ You do seem very thin , Jill , judging from what you say in your letter . |
| 12 | In a way , black sportsmen in Britain are responding to what they perceive as a challenge . |
| 13 | Although sociologists try to go beyond working within what they see as a narrow ‘ social problem ’ framework , this does not mean that their research can not provide insights and suggestions potentially relevant to practitioners and policy-makers . |