Example sentences of "[verb] i [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked me what the time was . |
| 2 | On one U-day last winter , a short-sighted neighbour asked me what the pretty flowers were . |
| 3 | I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about . |
| 4 | My mum come up to see me and asked me what the bandage was for and I told her I 'd burnt myself . |
| 5 | But if someone asked me what the " oldest tree in the park " meant , or what " oak " meant , or what the meaning of the sentence as a whole was , I would have to explain to him the meaning of these expressions with the help of some other expressions which he could understand . |
| 6 | Mass attendance , erm , mentioned the hospital , he asked me what the hospital was like you know , whether it was acute or , or whatever erm |
| 7 | I think this was the day you asked me what the quality of life was . |
| 8 | But , in fact , as I pointed out the minute you told me what the letters said , there was n't one line there to connect them with Chambers . |
| 9 | ‘ I remembered , ’ said Wexford , ‘ as soon as Cullam told me whose the body was . |
| 10 | ‘ Not until you 've told me what the hell happened to make you trigger shy . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Locally , both the Teesside TEC voluntary sector group and managing agents in Cleveland have told me what the effects of these blinkered policies will be in the coming year . |
| 12 | Give me what the others want nothing to do with . |
| 13 | King : Then tell me what the inky-fingered crew Have new concocted to admire , or damn , in me . |
| 14 | ‘ At least tell me what the book is . |
| 15 | Tell me what the other end of the river is like . |
| 16 | ‘ Now , ’ he said , ‘ tell me what the hell happened in there . ’ |
| 17 | She said : ‘ Tell me what the story is and I 'll tell you whether your contact is any good . ’ |
| 18 | Tell me what the deal is . ’ |
| 19 | Tell me what the date is , tell me what the new lands are where once Lac Léman was . ’ |
| 20 | Tell me what the date is , tell me what the new lands are where once Lac Léman was . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ So start talking , tell me what the hell 's got into you ! |
| 22 | His profound sense of fatalism becomes apparent as early as the last paragraph of his very first speech : ‘ … every few years there is still a case , and as the parties tell me what the trouble is , … the thought comes in that … another lawyer , quite differently dressed , heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I , and watched it run its bloody course . ’ |
| 23 | actually tell me what the cash flow is ? |
| 24 | Tell me what the rule is , for the usage of the s's . |
| 25 | Tell me what the club was like when you first took over . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Khan , if you are asking me what the Kha-Khan 's intentions are , then I have to tell you that he has not confided in me . ’ |
| 27 | Is he asking me what the solution is ? |
| 28 | The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession . |
| 29 | The girl asks me what the woman is singing about . |
| 30 | I 'd rather been hoping Lewis or Verity might have asked me what the file contained by now , and what I was doing , but — annoyingly — neither of them had . |