Example sentences of "to [pron] [Wh det] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do we do to them what we do ? |
| 2 | But it is up to them what they want to do . |
| 3 | Fair do , I know but er it 's up to them what they do with their money I know but mm . |
| 4 | He explained to them what he meant by that , about how he 'd run into Mr Plant in the small hours , wearing only a shirt . |
| 5 | ‘ We have made offers to them which we believe go beyond our legal responsibilities , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He was a very nice young man and did bear some small resemblance to me which I supposed was why his mother , perhaps not knowing who his father was , or knowing but having been abandoned by him , had woven this fantasy about a familiar figure from the television screen . |
| 7 | You do n't , that 's why I asked whether Richard could join your committee so that he could voice to you the things he tried to explain to me which I think are |
| 8 | He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another . |
| 9 | ‘ It suddenly came to me what they had done . |
| 10 | ‘ At least , Punch did to me what he does to the horses in the spring . |
| 11 | That proved to me what I had always thought , that there 's a very thin line between feminism and apartheid . |
| 12 | I did n't want the Tango , she did n't listen to me what I said . |
| 13 | Surinder , a Sikh woman , explained to me what it had been like coming to Britain in the sixties and finding a job in a sweat-shop soon after . |
| 14 | In the early days of the strike Jayaben Desai , perhaps Britain 's best known Asian trade unionist , described to me what it had been like when she came to work at Grunwick in the mail order department : |
| 15 | What , what , explain to me what you saw please . |
| 16 | Explain to me what you 've experienced so far . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ To be very honest , ’ he repeated , ‘ it was of no consequence at all to me what you wrote in your interview . |
| 18 | She looked him straight in the eye and said , ‘ Do you know , dearie , it 's a matter of the utmost indifference to me what you do . ’ |
| 19 | My wife 's father er he said to me , cos he was , he worked hard you know , he had a tough life you know up in London and all that as , as a kid and that and he said to me what you want to do , enjoy everyday that you live , I said yeah , oh I said oh but you ca n't can you ? , he said yes you can . |
| 20 | He twisted everything she said and turned to nothing what she felt . |
| 21 | And you begin to say things that do n't make any sense to people who do n't know what 's going on between you , but you know that the other person , to whom what you 've said is really addressed will know what you mean , even though he may not actually be there . |
| 22 | He tried to extract every detail from his memory , quoting to himself what he had said to Cranston earlier in the day : ‘ If there 's a problem , logically there must be a solution . ’ |
| 23 | Partly out of shyness , partly because he kept to himself what he felt he most needed , he would not let it out and some performances suffered . |
| 24 | ‘ No , I am not ; merely that there was something he had previously kept to himself which he confided to your brother . |
| 25 | er Victoria , put that down please Sarah for a moment because I want to explain to you what we 've got to do , are you listening Victoria ? |
| 26 | If the order is complicated , ask the person at the other end to read back to you what they have written down , so that you can both check that it is correct . |
| 27 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 28 | I want , I 'm just saying to you what I want to do I actually want to consolidate my own qualifications |
| 29 | If I try , then , to describe to you what I believe made my father thus distinguished , I may in this way convey my idea of what ‘ dignity ’ is . |
| 30 | ‘ If it helps reassure you , Tsu Ma , I will say to you what I have already said both to Wu Shih and Wei Feng . |