Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] [vb base] [be] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 2 | ‘ There was the ubiquitous confidentiality clause which we understand was to hide a two year rent free period . |
| 3 | One way in which they cooperate is to make proposals that they both know the other side will not accept . |
| 4 | The very first thing which they do is to destroy something on the island , which shows their masculinity . |
| 5 | As we saw above , for them one of the commonest mistakes of the crude materialism which they criticize is to think that men deal with the world simply as it is ; as it would be defined by physics or biology . |
| 6 | What I want is to hold his hand in public . |
| 7 | What I want is to see him win that second gold and wear the flag again — while the Yanks stand fuming . |
| 8 | What I want is to see she 's human . |
| 9 | ‘ What I want is to get out of here ! ’ |
| 10 | What I do is to stop these last two if apparently indicated remedies are not working as well as I would have expected . |
| 11 | What I propose is to examine the impact of notions of racial hierarchy , racial exclusion , and racial vulnerability and availability on non-blacks who held , resisted , explored , or altered those notions . |
| 12 | The dilemma is not even as simple as this , because under certain conditions , exactly what I need is to see someone else going through the steps , or to have my behaviour confirmed , or to hear the generality articulated . |
| 13 | What you do is to fix a line of battens across the wall ( or right round the room ) just above skirting board level , securing them with partly-driven masonry nails so you can remove them later when the adhesive has set . |
| 14 | One of the funeral fellows said : ‘ George , what you do is to lay in one of the shells [ coffins ] , take your helmet off , and we 'll drive round back of the cinema , and you 're on your own . ’ |
| 15 | What you do is to select the block of text that you wish to manipulate , ie you use the pointer tool and not the text tool , and then copy it to the Scrapbook via the Clipboard . |
| 16 | If what you want is to peruse a publication like Big Women , you 'll find it in a discreet magazine rack in a corner of the Smoking Room . |
| 17 | What you want is to find yourself slim and attractive after a time on an easy , satisfying diet . |
| 18 | Newark wanted to take it forward and er I went and talked to them and I said to them you 're not really appropriate , what you want is to recruit some more specials |
| 19 | What we intend is to take up the area of ground you now have roped off , or a part of it — the broken corner of the hypocaust . ’ |
| 20 | pounds but we are prepared to reduce spending by three hundred thousand pounds and what we seek is to enjoy problems . |
| 21 | Ok , normally what we do is to charge erm , erm the lowest charge is fifty pence per mile ok , so that 'll be from the time it leaves here in London till the time it returns . |
| 22 | Now we 'll get the changing hand out of the way first because it 's easier that way and so what we do is to bring the rope hand towards the tiller hand and then you can tuck it under your thumb , pick up the tiller with the other hand now , that 's fine . |
| 23 | What we do is to picture the current situation altered to the extent that Mrs Thatcher delays the election . |
| 24 | ‘ Ideally what we want is to score early on because the longer the match progresses , psychological factors in the players ’ minds will surface . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm not saying we have done this in an ad hoc way up to now but what we want is to try and develop a programme for this and I think that should be a very useful and , and frankly I would expect it to grow er over the years as the need develops . |
| 26 | No , what we need is to take advantage of what is right outside our door . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ What we need is to put more focus on creating brand-consciousness — and by that I mean everything that makes up a brand , such as style , colour , fashionableness , image , price , quality . |
| 28 | ‘ I know it sounds modest , ’ he concedes , ‘ but what we need is to do one thing well . |
| 29 | And I do n't think everybody 's going around in eastern Europe thinking oh what we need is to get back to the old Stalinist system where you , you know , you had someone telling you what to do all the time . |
| 30 | What we need is to get the best of both worlds , an enhanced and more competent community providing care , support and help to individuals efficiently but without dumping disadvantaged people onto unsupported relatives . |