Example sentences of "[adv prt] [Wh det] [pron] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 You lay the pattern down whatever you 're dealing with , and you follow it through .
2 So what I 'd like you to do if you have n't got some paper there 's stacks of paper here and what I 'd like you to do is grab a piece of paper and write down what I 'm going to tell you .
3 As the group went on I was being truthful , I put down what I was drinking .
4 So it was , the prophecy was written then by Daniel for our , for our time and it just happened in our , because you know er , when he was er , when he finished the book write written and he said I have seen the , the , the erm visions and I 've heard the voice , but I , and I 've written down what I was told to do , but I do not understand and then the voice said to him well close that down , that book is not for you to understand , the generations that it 's written for , it 's written for the end of the times , they will come to understand it , and you see we actually witnessing what 's happening
5 He gulped down what he was given but continued muttering urgently to himself .
6 John le Grant laid down what he was working on .
7 Where relevant write down what you are aiming for ( custody of the children , ownership of the house , damages for time off work , etc . ) .
8 When , on the other hand , a claim you are making looks overstated ( possibly unsustainable in its generalised form , or stronger than the evidence you have properly warrants ) , it is possible to tone down what you are saying by using indicators ( HEDGES ) that show you recognise the difficulty of certainty in the area .
9 But if you send an estimate you more or less have to say what you 're moving as well because if there 's more than that and you do n't put down what you 're moving then you 're p stuck with the estimate really and in p practice that 's what usually happens , you give an estimate and then you do it for that price .
10 He bit off whatever he was going to say and inhaled deeply , smoothing his face into a blank expression so that only the hot glitter in his eyes betrayed his anger .
11 ( Pick out the parts of the book which make you think this. ) 2 The boy and the girl continue their argument , pointing out the parts of the book that back up what they are saying .
12 The names meant nothing to her , as her own family austerity eschewed , in characteristic northern professional manner , any interest in the visual arts , but she picked up what they were meant to mean .
13 at least we 'll have the notes to back up what we 're doing , and I
14 AN INCREASING demand for hypo-allergenic dairy products has led a Tayside woman to take the first tentative steps towards setting up what it is thought would be Britain 's only mare milking unit .
15 Caroline Morrell , from OCADU , do you want to press your button , Caroline , so that everybody will please sit down normally and naturally , and maybe moved a bit closer to you , they 'll pick up what you 're saying .
16 One couplet sums up what I am trying to say .
17 I wondered if he was too obtuse to pick up what I was driving at ; he was a simple soldier , after all , serving his country to the best of his ability , etc. , etc .
18 Now , you must remember , in the link sheet make sure you back up whatever you 're getting here .
19 They could then try to find out which one was missing .
20 So let's er let's er er get er the proceedings on a on a not formal footing but laid out what we 're trying to do today .
21 Laughs Mark ; ‘ It 's still fresh , we 're still working out what we 're doing . ’
22 to sort of set out what we 're gon na do and er
23 No Sally 's new at the job , we 've been working at this for for on on the technical front for some time , now let's just sit down and and work out what we 're gon na do .
24 Let's work out what we 're going to do .
25 Aims are to provide an opportunity for industry and the University to meet , and assess each other 's needs , and for industry to find out what we are doing .
26 But whatever criteria we use , we can not conceivably make valid judgements unless we spell out what we are attempting to achieve and try to measure whether we have achieved it or not .
27 ‘ This bears out what we were saying at the time . ’
28 They could n't quite work out what we were doing looking for golf clubs in the wood — balls yes , clubs no .
29 ‘ If the Americans ever find out what we were doing at the Jenner Clinic , ’ Hennessy told him gloomily , ‘ I wo n't even make it that far . ’
30 I 'm st , work out what we were doing then !
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