Example sentences of "[noun] what [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth took a deep breath and summoned all her courage to put into words what she had decided after her sleepless night at Mrs Taylor 's . |
| 2 | This is accompanied by a status LED , to let you know at a glance what you 've selected . |
| 3 | ‘ It falls to me , as it did first with Peter Shilton and then with Terry Butcher , to place on record on behalf of the Football Association what he has done for his country . |
| 4 | It was now dusk but the old librarian had the sconce torches lit and gave Corbett what he had requested , a candle and a battered copy of the ‘ Sic et Non ’ , the brilliant satire on scholastic theology by the Parisian scholar , Abelard , who had lost his family as well as his testicles for ridiculing the theologians and then compounding his sin by falling in love with a woman . |
| 5 | When we went to er Zoe 's place there they 'd got some tins , that Megazone tin what I 've got |
| 6 | Though Musgrave did not bring himself to ask the soldier what he had seen , his impression was ‘ that Aimable had not been fattened up to the mark of the visitor 's large expectations ’ . |
| 7 | It was her habit after the lecture on the theory of economics , which she found particularly intractable as a subject , to take her notes ( she was a sparse but efficient notetaker ) to a quiet table by the window , drink some coffee and study what she had written down . |
| 8 | We can do the work by using photographs or drawings initially , but it 's often more exciting for the children to make the images themselves , perhaps later drawing what they have done in comic strip form , making their own comic based on the story that 's been created in the drama . |
| 9 | It is possible to get round the need to refer to yourself by using the following devices , which can be varied in order to avoid any over-formulaic effect : — Adverbs and adverbial expressions Instead of " I think it is likely that … " use " Arguably … " ( but bear in mind what we have said about " arguably " above , Chapter 3 , p. 68 ) . |
| 10 | about school er further education on , on the magazine and I felt that perhaps , bearing in mind what he 'd said earlier about I have n't had any contact with you for thirteen years , that might have been something that you could 've you know reinforced a bit well we 've now got financial advisers , the other thing or one of the other things we 're doing is , is this contact magazine which we 're sending out to policy holders and it , you know , it helps to bridge the gap as it were . |
| 11 | I 'll bear in mind what you 've told me . ’ |
| 12 | In the second case a woman asking questions about her leg ulcer was told , ‘ Look , dear , you go away and make up your mind what you want done , and then we might be able to help you . ’ |
| 13 | Whatever you decide , bearing in mind what I have written above , you should not be disappointed . |
| 14 | Subsection ( 2 ) , concerned with payments when administration orders are in force , provides clear support for the view that the draftsman had in mind what I have described as the natural meaning of the word depositor in this context . |
| 15 | She had replayed in her mind what she had overheard , over and over again , and each time she tried to ignore his words at the end . |
| 16 | Naturally , Mother began to put into practice what she had learned at Helmsley . |
| 17 | Family health services authorities have found themselves acting with and on behalf of district health authorities wanting to get closer to general practitioners and to understand better what they want purchased . |
| 18 | While he and Blanche hummed up in the lift to the conference room , Dexter told the superintendent what he had found out at the dry cleaner 's . |
| 19 | Three point one okay so this is where the model , in effect what we 've done which is a very crude way , right , of erm incorporating exogamous influences , right , we have n't said tha that the war is going to affect the income or price elasticity what we did do , right , all that we 're doing is that we 're allowing the intercept of our model to change , right , now as a result , we 've got , we can prove the st the statistical significance of all the variables in our model , right , the co the actual coefficients that we 've estimated have changed quite significant , particularly in the er the incoming elasticity , right , the incoming elasticity was less than one , right , and insignificance before was now greater than one and height of R squared has also increased dramatically our measure of explanatory power . |
| 20 | just think it 's heights of bad manners what she 's done ! |
| 21 | and then finding someway what they 've said on there is try to make some sentences that use it so that you can remember what it looks like . |
| 22 | I decided not to tell my parents what I had discovered : I would just confirm that we were in Tabiano . |
| 23 | Let's tell Ellie what she 's got ta do and what she 's not gon na do . |
| 24 | Thatcher and her supporters ’ seem intent on doing to the NHS what they have done to other public services such as gas and water . |
| 25 | After losing to Richard Krajicek in the fourth round in Key Biscayne , McEnroe outlined how he would try to do for American tennis what he has seen Yannick Noah achieve for France . |
| 26 | But on reflection what he said sounded perfectly reasonable , despite the ever-present note of wry mockery . |
| 27 | Rachaela tried to give Ruth what she had had with Emma , things she liked or which would be good for her : sausages and chips , chicken and broccoli , real carrots , grilled fish with cheese and baked beans . |
| 28 | Coun. Mrs Eleanor Young ( Lab ) , chairman of the works and health committee and of Darlington community health council , said the charter invited people to tell the council what they wanted done to protect the environment . |
| 29 | Finally , for keen gardeners there is the opportunity to recreate at home what you have seen in National Trust gardens . |
| 30 | LIKELY — Chris Wheatley , Mark , Kevin , Chris , Richard and Keith wonder what they have let themselves in for and , below , they get to grips with crossing a very cold lake . |