Example sentences of "[vb infin] what [pron] are [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only , ’ she said aloud , ‘ only , we do not really know what we are looking for . ’ |
| 2 | They do not know what we are getting up to , what we are saying about-them . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you not know what we are going to do ? |
| 4 | I just do n't know what we are going to do in the New Year . ’ |
| 5 | He claimed all countries have been guilty of tampering with the ball and conceded : ‘ We do n't know what we are going to do , and the countries do n't know the answer . |
| 6 | I do n't know what we are going to do about them . |
| 7 | To buy secondhand is a risk as we do n't really know what we are purchasing . |
| 8 | Suddenly , they let him down and one said , ‘ This guy does n't know what we are talking about or he would not ask , ‘ Who is he ? ’ ' |
| 9 | We must know what we are letting ourselves in for , theoretically , when we use such measures . |
| 10 | Do your people know what we are doing ? |
| 11 | ‘ I do not know what they are cooking , ’ he added as the talks continued . |
| 12 | And doctors look in people 's ears all the time , but eight out of ten do n't know what they are looking at . |
| 13 | A day or two later — whenever it suits the Government — the theoretical actual vote takes place on the Floor of the House and , if a Division is called , most hon. Members do not know what they are voting about . |
| 14 | ‘ Simon made a hash of telling his parents — he did hate them so — he went to Northumberland and come back rocking with laughter , Do you know what they are taking you for , my sweet ? |
| 15 | ‘ Do you know what they are going to be about ? ’ |
| 16 | They will not know what they are going to do , and will probably end up doing nothing . |
| 17 | If something goes wrong , they do n't know what they are going to have to pay because if I 'm a pension fund manager now , I do n't know what is likely to happen in the next year which is going call on me for compensation . |
| 18 | One witch said , ‘ It is a powerful tool in the occult and we would also warn anybody who does not know what they are doing to stay well clear of the ouija . ’ |
| 19 | So whoever handles your case must know what they are doing , otherwise they may not only cost you time and money but also any chances of ever collecting . |
| 20 | Father , forgive them ; they do not know what they are doing ( Luke 23:34 ) . |
| 21 | On the one hand , it may well be felt that an old person 's wish to stay with a carer should be respected unless their mental state is so gravely impaired that they literally do not know what they are doing . |
| 22 | Reactive attitudes of this sort are contrasted with so-called ‘ objective ’ ones , which we adopt towards agents who are not regarded as morally responsible : thus we often try not to resent injuries done to us by small children or the mad , because we recognise that , in some sense , they do not know what they are doing . |
| 23 | Its a , during the course of the time of the crucifixion , Jesus is on the cross and its says there , there were two others also who were criminals , were being lead away to be put to death with Jesus and they came to the place called The Skull , there they crucified him and the criminals one on the right and the other on the left , but Jesus was saying father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing , and they cast locks divided up his garments among themselves and the people stood by and looking on and even the rulers was sneering at him excuse me , and even the rulers were sneering at him saying he saved others , let him save himself if this is the Christ of god , his chosen one , and the soldiers also mocked him , coming up to him offering sour wine and saying if your the king of the Jews save yourself now there was also an inscription above him , this is the kind of the Jews , and one of the criminals who was hanged there was hurling abut at him and saying you are not the Christ , save yourself and us , but the other answered and rebuking him said do you not even fear god , since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds , but this man has done nothing wrong and he was say , and he was saying Jesus remember me when you come in your kingdom , Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you shall be with me in paradise I wonder if you 've ever been in that awful position of facing of what you thought was certain death perhaps you were seriously ill and er , there seemed little hope of your recovery , perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die , I wonder what sort of thoughts would have been going through your mind , maybe w , may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would of been saying to them . |
| 24 | She says ; A defenceless and vulnerable man has been decimated by people who do n't know what they are doing and apparently nobody is doing anything to stop them . |
| 25 | and it goes through their , for the rest of their twenties , the rest of their thirties and most of their forties and then suddenly bang maybe something ghastly seems to be happening which they are absolutely unaware of , you know , they do n't know why they are crying or , or er unable to cope with whatever they ca n't cope with and that 's it , that 's them off and they start worrying about er osteoporosis and you know an enormous number of , of now medically defined problems of the menopause , and they may start going on to all sorts of things like hormone replacement therapy or even primrose oil or whatever the hell and they 're sitting there at an age when they are fairly loaded up with experience and maturity and all the rest of it and they do n't know what they are doing . |
| 26 | But Jesus was saying , father , forgive them for they do not know what they are doing . |
| 27 | — Do learners know what they are expected to do ? |
| 28 | It is … no defense of consigning either humans or animals to environments that ignore their biological , social , or psychological interests … to claim that these individuals do not know what they are missing and so can not be any worse off for not having it . |
| 29 | I do n't know what mine are to tell you the truth . |
| 30 | How else will you know what you are trying to change and whether you can help or not ? |