Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | This series of cookbooks illustrates each stage of every recipe with attractive colour photographs that show you exactly what to do . |
| 2 | He would not , could not , he bunched his fists and looked away from her fierce brow and curving lips and asked her brusquely what she wanted . |
| 3 | The old lady frowned at him and asked him sharply what his name was and he sat up straight but he answered cheekily . |
| 4 | By now he had become a Test cricketer , having played in three of the exciting 1960–61 Tests against West Indies ( and substituted in the field in the tied Test at Brisbane , his first , at Melbourne , being the 500th Test match , and bringing him poignantly what were to remain best batting and bowling performances in an eight-Test career . |
| 5 | The Inspector had seen him earlier that night and made it plain what he thought of him . |
| 6 | I sat with him and told him basically what to do , ’ says Charman . |
| 7 | ‘ Just take your time , and tell me exactly what happened . ’ |
| 8 | Look what happened to Flaubert : a century after his death Sartre , like some brawny , desperate lifeguard , spent ten years beating on his chest and blowing into his mouth ; ten years trying to yank him back to consciousness , just so that he could sit him up on the sands and tell him exactly what he thought of him . |
| 9 | ‘ You 'll sort it out , ’ he assured her callously as they entered the building , and she suppressed an urge to hit out at him and tell him exactly what he had done and was doing to her . |
| 10 | But if you are honest and up front with them , and tell them exactly what you 're doing and why you 're trying to do it , eventually over time , you get them And we started this in nineteen eighty five , eighty six . |
| 11 | And try and tell them briefly what you 've done in that sort of area you know , and , and see wh see what they say . |
| 12 | Sit her down and tell her exactly what her job is , set the targets and what you expect her to achieve . |
| 13 | Perhaps I could tempt the Minister to upstage his boss today and tell us exactly what the Secretary of State for the Environment has in mind . |
| 14 | I 'll read it to you later and tell you exactly what 's happening . |
| 15 | I sat there for an hour stuffing my stomach and telling him exactly what had happened . |
| 16 | Yes and it 's probably slightly repetitive but tell us briefly what he managed to do . |