Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] what they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people feel afraid to say that they are angry and show it , and end up apologising for what they are going to say , for example , ‘ I hope you do n't mind me saying this but … ’ rather than ‘ I feel disappointed/ angry/taken for granted/cross . ’ |
| 2 | Even allowing for what they would have lost on laundering the proceeds , there should have been a tidy sum . |
| 3 | ‘ So why 're you always fussing about what they put in the fishpaste ? ’ demanded Constance . |
| 4 | We had to placate them by appearing in what they thought was acceptable guise . |
| 5 | At times she could imagine she was in an adjoining room at Jackdaw Cottage , eavesdropping on what they said . |
| 6 | The Chicago School 's writings are full of facts and figures relating to what they called , using a plant ecology metaphor , the ‘ invasion of newcomers and the social implications of these changes ’ . |
| 7 | People walking across what they thought was firm snow would fall through into fast running streams that had n't even been there before . |
| 8 | Every young ram in the village had hung about the place , hunting for what they called a bit of moss . |
| 9 | But they 're still faced with looking for what they really want . |
| 10 | As the ducks were squawking about what they had seen , three tiny shrews scampered from the undergrowth . |
| 11 | In short , one way of understanding Burgess is that he is describing the moral careers of immigrants ; some successfully adapting and eventually living in what they and respectable Chicago society saw as the ‘ front regions ’ of the desirable suburbs . |
| 12 | When we have what one might call this coarse-cut overview , we then have tended to approach the businesses and ask them to produce a variety of scenarios ranging from what they would like to do in a totally free world with access to unlimited money , to the extremes of divestiture at the other end . |
| 13 | People with mental disorder can not act like consumers in the ordinary sense of the word because of the nature of their problems — they can not , for example , forsake the NHS for another service as they might McDonalds for Burger King — but we can , nevertheless , devise ways of listening to what they have to say and ensuring their voices are heard . |
| 14 | Another way to intervene is silently , simply listening to what they are saying , and watching what they are writing . |
| 15 | But , listening to what they are actually doing , another story emerges — one of determination , vigour , single-mindedness , struggle and enterprise . |
| 16 | The Federation of Small Businesses reacted positively to the Budget and said it was the result of the Chancellor 's meeting its representatives and listening to what they were saying . |
| 17 | You are listening to what they told you and you got the , the right picture , you know the right facts and the right details and the right emotions so you can go back and cover the right plan of attack so you can sell them products they actually want and not what you think they |
| 18 | All three were initiated at the 1990 Frankfurt Bookfair Seminars where Asian participants pledged themselves to passing on what they had learnt to their colleagues . |
| 19 | Its extension would now oblige the left to find new ways of campaigning among party members , because they tended to cast their votes according to what they saw on television . |
| 20 | Although upper class men varied their clothing rather more , according to what they happened to be doing , for formal public appearances they sometimes wore the toga . |
| 21 | Employees may take an instant like or dislike to a particular place according to what they believe it to be like . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Problems vary , not just according to what they are about , but also according to : |
| 24 | It provides daycare for children whose families pay according to what they earn . |
| 25 | A group like this that can offer parents the chance to pay according to what they earn is able to offer full day care for 45 pounds . |
| 26 | MAGISTRATES are to be given wide powers to fine criminals according to what they believe they can afford . |
| 27 | According to wha according to what they say now they did . |
| 28 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 29 | An alternative perspective comes from looking at what they did rather than what they said . |
| 30 | Sometimes they will charge you an extra fee for looking at what they have to offer . |