Example sentences of "[v-ing] what [pers pn] [vb base] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , the fact that pluralists are only interested in explaining what they choose to call public policy-making means that they confine their attention to those issues that involve government and the state in a very direct way . |
| 2 | Chairman , the last speech was really explaining what I want to get over the fact that so many people want to talk on the issue and to complicate the issue . |
| 3 | That my mean risking your partner disliking what you have to say , but it is important that he or she knows your feelings . |
| 4 | However , she still retains a trademark in the numerous quotes and sources of thought she incorporates into the text , providing ammunition from scholarly sources in proving her point , even if it means twisting what they say to fit her point of view . |
| 5 | Throughout my presentation ( and hopefully other presentations at this conference ) I hope that you will be applying what I like to call the " so what test " . |
| 6 | Yes , absolutely so questions er a very definite way of involving the audience and again it gives a measure of feedback does n't it because if you get the right answer you know that they are with you and you know they are understanding what you have to say . |
| 7 | … children find it easier to improvise , and therefore liberate themselves in terms of discovering and finding valuable ways of expressing what they want to say through sound , but also learning new skills through improvisation . |
| 8 | The only way to make mathematics relevant to pupils who study it is to involve them in deciding what they want to learn and how they want to learn it . |
| 9 | It 's not just a question of deciding what you want to use a camera for ; you also need to think about the quality you want . |
| 10 | ‘ I have nothing against sampling what you have to offer , but I warn you you will gain nothing in return . ’ |
| 11 | Some of you may continue the longstanding habit of Christians , of adding ‘ D.V. ’ to the ends of letters describing what you plan to do . |
| 12 | Getting the couple to write down targets , stating what they want to change in the marriage and negotiating these targets , can be an effective way of improving the situation Likewise , the therapeutic techniques for overcoming sexual problems often involve a graded series of targets towards improving performance and technique one stage at a time . |
| 13 | Smashing Pumpkins have become one of the most fêted recent faces on the Amer-indie scene simply by doing what they want to do . |
| 14 | Are they doing what they want to do ? |
| 15 | bubble , there 's only one thing wrong with it , I said to my lad many a time I said the trouble is with the world today everybody wants too much money for doing what they have to do , that 's why things are dear |
| 16 | ‘ We are simply doing what we have to do . |
| 17 | ‘ Like , you read in the News of the World that it 's disgusting , but we 're only doing what we want to do . ’ |
| 18 | Now look at which fears prevent you from doing what you want to do now . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's just that in life we believe in doing what you want to do . |
| 20 | When I 'm happy I 'm a wonderful person to be with , but if anyone tries to keep me from doing what I want to do then I 'm … ’ |
| 21 | I feel very lucky to be able to make a living doing what I want to do . |
| 22 | It 's not just me any more , me doing what I want to do when I feel like it . |
| 23 | I 've always had to work very hard but at the end of the day I 'm , I 'm self-satisfied because I 'm I 'm doing what I want to do . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ I am doing what I have to do . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm doing what I have to do in preparation for writing an article about some swanking brand-new media/cultural/trivial/not necessarily fashionable/musical/ now-and-then medical development . |
| 26 | Yet if we are not allowed to use them in contextual cross-references , how can we succeed in saying what we wish to say , namely that they do not designate any existent ? |
| 27 | But as you may discover at the end of your course you 'll have a questionnaire to say how found it , how it 's gone on and of course in the past people have filled in questionnaires saying what they want to know about the legal aspect is all about wills . |
| 28 | But I think young people now are much more free in terms of choosing what they want to read , or see , and in terms of things like the pill and contraceptives . |
| 29 | Perhaps these kinds of questions are best answered by knowing what we want to analyse . |
| 30 | The key to successful time management is knowing what you want to achieve , how much it means to you , and how much of your time and energy you are prepared to devote to it . |