Example sentences of "[vb infin] what [pers pn] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hamish McLeod from the University of Edinburgh will describe what he has been doing and discuss what teachers might do . |
| 2 | " We are agreed on these points — I do not know what we have been arguing about . " |
| 3 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |
| 4 | He used to sort of let the girls know what they 'd been at . |
| 5 | How do they know what they say is true ? |
| 6 | But — ’ she turned to him , eyes brimming with tears , ‘ — you do n't know what it 's been like , trying every day to live a lie … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ How do you know what it 's been like ? ’ she accused . |
| 8 | You 've always been so strong that you do n't know what it 's been like for me since mother died . ’ |
| 9 | How can I know what you 've been thinking all this time ? |
| 10 | I do n't know what you 've been doing to yourself , girl . |
| 11 | You do n't know what you 've been missing . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do not know what you have been told . |
| 13 | Well I mean I do n't know what you think is best , I mean er within this year we 're going to have a new hall and stair carpet as well . |
| 14 | I do n't know what you think 's going to come of it . |
| 15 | I do n't know what I 'd been expecting . |
| 16 | He did n't know what he had been expecting , but he felt very disappointed . |
| 17 | So , if you ever see anyone roaring along the street on a motorbike wearing a suit of armour with a carpet in his mouth and being pelted with armadillos , you 'll know what he 's been up to … |
| 18 | I do n't know what he 's been up to , |
| 19 | you do n't even know what he 's been in |
| 20 | So he did n't know what she 'd been up to . |
| 21 | ‘ So you would n't know what she 's been doing this week . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah , well I mean I do n't know what she 's been earning this Liz , but |
| 23 | We can not eradicate what we have been through . |
| 24 | Then she was closing her eyes in an agony of resistance , as if making that hand invisible could prevent what she knew was going to happen . |
| 25 | No doubt the reader can give what he feels is an adequate definition of " function " . |
| 26 | When they started dancing I did n't try and stop them because I had to let them do what they felt was right . ’ |
| 27 | I think perhaps the most important thing is that voluntary agencies should do what they believe is right , and not allow their own objectives to be distorted , simply because a , of particular flavours , which is why I 'm saying let us grab the agenda and write the agenda , rather than have the agenda set for us by other people . |
| 28 | Make them do what we know is for their benefit as well as our own , and all difficulties in China are at an end . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd do what I think is right . |
| 30 | Cos in one respect I 'd rather do what I think is enough but er than too much and then feel like a bloated little |