Example sentences of "[v-ing] to what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | After a few months off , your main worry may be that you wo n't be able to cope with a full-time job , which will probably put you off returning to what you were doing before the baby . |
| 3 | To tell the truth , I was n't really listening to what everyone was saying . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Another way to intervene is silently , simply listening to what they are saying , and watching what they are writing . |
| 6 | But , listening to what they are actually doing , another story emerges — one of determination , vigour , single-mindedness , struggle and enterprise . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 10 | He replied , ‘ Herr Karajan , do you imagine that I am not listening to what you are doing ? |
| 11 | Here we are listening to what you say again , before the 20 years are ended . |
| 12 | Those phone calls could be very distressing , especially as there was always a screw hovering nearby listening to what you were saying and there was pressure to say everything in your allotted ten minutes . |
| 13 | Listening to what you 're saying , all the areas you identify — education , the polytechnic , the reception at the opening , the medical profession — are these areas where the politics of the body are dealt with on an intellectual rather than an experimental level ? |
| 14 | Something ag again you when you 're doing it , in other areas of the industry if you 're not taught the structure you , you are not taught properly , you get these very bad habits and essential thing which is coming out by not following the structure in order I actually wrote down er by missing the business card and the buyer 's guide at the beginning , I was actually I 've got to slip this in somewhere and not listening to what you were saying and some of what you said went straight over my head which is bad because you 're missing things then . |
| 15 | But then listening , listening to what you 've been attacking tonight , I 'm very sad really that that 's all you 've got to offer . |
| 16 | from you and , and I was looking at that and ticking boxes and I was , I was almost not listening to what you were saying at times . |
| 17 | If he 'd have turned round and said , Look I 'm putting this in the kitchen I 'm gon na be listening to what you 're saying then she would n't minded . |
| 18 | This game was a little disheartening , not so much because of the disciplinary problem , but because it showed all too clearly that few if any of them were actually listening to what I was saying . |
| 19 | Sally , are you listening to what I 'm saying ? ’ |
| 20 | You 've forgotten who I am again , ’ Eric said , still not listening to what I was saying . |
| 21 | Yeah you ca n't really be listening to what I 'm saying cos you cos I have n't finished yet . |
| 22 | She hardly seemed to be listening to what he was saying . |
| 23 | She hurried her drink , anxious to get away and only half listening to what he was saying . |
| 24 | Jane , oh Jane 's , she said that because I have n't got enough time , only I have n't , I 'm not listening to what he 's saying , oh , this is important , and then you go off again . |
| 25 | He was leaning against the sink and listening to what she said . |
| 26 | I looked wildly about me a hundred times , unable to think what to do ; then I threw my coat on over my nightdress , pulled woollen socks over the wool trousers I wore to protect me from the cold , and ran to the door , without listening to what his friend was trying to say to me . |
| 27 | but because our fluid levels change from day to day according to what we eat or drink , they sometimes give a misleading reading . |
| 28 | We had a squad and we picked according to what we wanted to do on the day . |
| 29 | According to what we 've been able to piece together using what may be dated information , it 's been working on four lines of development , all using the company 's proprietary 64-bit Sparc implementation and the VME bus . |
| 30 | During the holiday we did a slalom course and we were all timed and given certificates according to what we got . |