Example sentences of "what [verb] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What has Karen got on her washing line it 's a great game we could use it tell us what 's Karen got on the washing line ? |
| 2 | England rugby captain Will Carling on the controversial new laws WHAT has Britain come to and where is there left any integrity in Cabinet ministers and officers of the Crown ? |
| 3 | He demanded : ‘ What has Britain come to and where is there left any integrity in Cabinet ministers and officers of the Crown ? ’ |
| 4 | For that matter , now that I see them for this moment so clearly , what has Hugh to do with the king , either ? |
| 5 | Now for you and for me , that 's a lot , in fact it 's everything we 've got , but what has God committed to you and to me ? |
| 6 | What has Teresa said to her ? |
| 7 | What do Hickson offer to customers ? |
| 8 | ‘ What did Gerda look like ? ’ she asked gently . |
| 9 | ‘ What did Ward do with it ? ’ |
| 10 | It will not escape notice that , first , this question enquires about the verb and the adjective together , not the adjective alone ; and , second , this is precisely the form of question that can be used for a single , unmodified transitive verb : ( 9 ) Lionel shredded the memoranda what did Lionel do to the memoranda ? 5.2 For reasons which will become apparent , we shall call the adjectives in this structure adverbal adjectives . |
| 11 | ‘ And what did Karl want with you ? ’ |
| 12 | Just what did Ireland learn during the tour to New Zealand ? |
| 13 | What did Nannie put on bruises ? |
| 14 | ‘ By the way , what did Nelson get in return for taking your shift for you ? ’ |
| 15 | What did Liverpool do to them then ? |
| 16 | " What did Lee say to her ? " |
| 17 | What did Drew think about Karen 's stealing the negatives ? |
| 18 | What did Anne say about you ? |
| 19 | Notice also that there is an alternative and syntactically simpler way of expressing the second version , which is : ( 12 ) Haberup angered his golem We can see exactly the same type of ambiguity in : ( 13 ) Reg ran the engine dry The adverbal adjective version of ( 13 ) corresponding to the question what did Reg do to the engine ? tells us that Reg reduced the engine to a certain unsatisfactory state ( though he may at least have had the sense to stop at that point ) . |
| 20 | What did Shrimpy do on Friday night ? |
| 21 | What did Higueras spot in Michael Chang which caused him to envisage Chang in stellar performances on French clay ? |
| 22 | if you wan na ask Laura if she 'd what did Sheila say to you ? |
| 23 | What did Bob say about the miners ? |
| 24 | What did Rosie have for her dinner ? |
| 25 | What did Emma know about me ? |
| 26 | What did Alex assume with me there ? |
| 27 | What did Alexander mean by the Primary Control , a phrase that will recur throughout this book ? |
| 28 | Most importantly , what did Alexander learn at that Council meeting which changed his attitude , sending him on a journey in very dangerous conditions to court a queen he could scarcely be bothered with a few weeks before ? |
| 29 | What did Selkirk mean by the phrase he could ‘ count the days ’ ? |
| 30 | He said , ‘ And anyway , what did Pesaro want at Sigouri ? |