Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [noun] [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know if Fenella knew what the Kraken was , but she knew who I meant . |
| 2 | The Maronites now had to acknowledge that Lebanon possessed what would be described , exactly 40 years later , as an ‘ Arab identity ’ . |
| 3 | First , can Quine be forced to acknowledge that questions arise which demand transcendental reflection — does his resistance to such issues flow naturally from his philosophy , or docs it require a stubborn closing of the mind ? |
| 4 | Already ‘ wish lists ’ have been made where staff indicate what they want to see from agency status and these suggestions have been acted on . |
| 5 | A product lawfully made or service provided which complies with Community essential standards must therefore be allowed free entry into all the Member States of the Community . |
| 6 | We will ensure that guarantees mean what they say , and that manufacturers or importers share responsibility with the people who sell their goods . |
| 7 | She says that goodness knows what you could get up to in the back of it ! |
| 8 | In his biography of Ho Chi Minh , David Halberstam says that Ho realized what few others did : that it would all derive from August 1945 . |
| 9 | I hope that Indian believed whatever you told him . ’ |
| 10 | Now I think it 's in Alice in Wonderland , that it is said that words mean what I intend them to mean . |
| 11 | The machine controls caused power to be applied and consequences to occur which resulted in changed readings on the instruments . |
| 12 | A SONOROUS voice from some unseen depth wafts the audience back to the darkest days of the Raj where murky affairs were afoot , when life was cheap , gentlemanly double-dealing was routine and deeds could be done and curses uttered which would pursue a man back to civilisation and England . |
| 13 | Their aim was to ensure that contracts were given and policies enacted which favoured their interests in making profits . |
| 14 | The ordinary cinema goer sees a lot of glamour in directing and producing and God knows what else , but you you really postman |
| 15 | But since ( Rabbit believes ) Pooh will in fact believe that Rabbit believes what he says , this need n't make Rabbit say ‘ I believe there 's honey ’ : it need only make him say ‘ There 's honey ’ . |
| 16 | I ca n't see that Cowdrey knew what was going on among the fielders while Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram bowled . |
| 17 | The whole flat , and the garden , within a very short space of time , was wired for sound and you would come in , perhaps in the middle of the night , and fall flat on your face over and leads and God knows what . |
| 18 | The user image is always called SYS$LIFESPAN:USERTL.EXE ; however , the current values of the logicals LIFESPANNODE and LIFESPANTASK determine which LIFESPAN process is accessed by the image , not the command symbol typed by the user . |
| 19 | Dexter , and he was sure Blanche as well , was left wondering whether Pargeter believed what she was saying . |
| 20 | Despite the considerable pressures on the churches at the central and top provincial levels in 1922 , sparse reverberations as yet reached that grass-roots base which was considered earlier . |
| 21 | Throughout this chapter we assume that individuals know what motivates them and can isolate their goals and discuss them separately . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ I think the values for leasing are perhaps on the low side , considering that people know what they are going to get this year . |
| 23 | However , as shopping still had to be done , schools reached and roads crossed whatever the road width or traffic volume , accident levels continued to rise and living environments to deteriorate . |
| 24 | ‘ And would n't you think just one person would be glad to help me ? ’ she wailed when Ellie asked what on earth was the matter . |
| 25 | It does however , seem likely that working class wives were tolerant of occasional abuse , provided that husbands had what they considered ‘ just cause ’ . |
| 26 | The question , as ever , is how to ensure that Titius does what he is intended to . |
| 27 | It was important for us to ensure that parents understood what ANDES position was , as the mass media was so intent on branding us as Communists in the hands of the Soviets . |
| 28 | It is our aim to ensure that customers get what they have a right to expect — the very best product . |
| 29 | Constantly monitoring the system to ensure that people know what is happening during the change , understand their roles in the process , and comprehend the total effort rather than only isolated elements of it . |
| 30 | It is words rather than meanings that are problematic ; in fact , the point of reform is to ensure that words express what speakers ‘ really mean ’ rather than unfortunately conveying something speakers do not intend . |