Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This same attitude can also be seen in the exasperating , but typical , response that we received whenever we questioned a third party 's motives for doing something : ‘ Oh , sara ’ li kaa' ’ — roughly : ‘ Oh , it 's his business . ’ |
| 32 | If we are to understand the complex relationship between people and the planet upon which they live then it is essential that we understand how it has evolved over time . |
| 33 | It was only when they came out of the rearmost door and found a temporary hut facing them with Radio Room marked on the door , that they realised why they had n't found it the first time . |
| 34 | It 's worth pointing this out to your students too , so that they understand why you set the tasks you do when you use video with them . |
| 35 | The answer to that question is that it depends how you plan to use the recording . |
| 36 | Clairol 's Free Curl heated styler has been designed with moving style in mind — it 's a cordless , gas powered appliance which has been OK 'd in the checked-in luggage on planes so it goes wherever you do . |
| 37 | She was a longstanding institution in the place and her shortcomings tended to be overlooked because she looked after an elderly invalid mother at home and everyone wondered how she managed her dual responsibilities . |
| 38 | A lot of players would simply set-up and hit the ball directly at the flag , and them wonder why they did n't get the ball close . |
| 39 | The mortar just appeared in an anonymous donation and no-one knows where it came from . |
| 40 | My tutor was a delightful stern lady , and I remember when I had written about John 's gospel , the epistles of John , and the book of Revelation , she looked at me over the top of her spectacles and announced ‘ Young man , you have assumed that because these books have all been attributed to a man named John , that they are all by the same person , who was also an apostle . |
| 41 | I was n't always a successful businessman and I remember where I come from . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ It was a photograph of Mark and I heard how he 'd qualified as a chiropractor and set up in Falmouth where it 's uphill work . |
| 43 | And er he and I know where he worked at Brass Foundry on Road , and he fell ill . |
| 44 | And I have to sort it out , sit there , sort it out and then work out how much it 's gon na come to , and then I know then when I go to the shop I know what to get , and I know when it goes in the cupboard I know that I 'll have a meal for every day of the week . |
| 45 | And er so I said she dissolved into fits of laughter so after that she explained it by saying well I used to be a trainer and I know how I got to avoid the stock phrases . |
| 46 | Only you and I know how I survived . |
| 47 | I LIKED Kevin and I know how he felt at the start of the film . |
| 48 | Clearly those calves had drained him and I knew how he felt . |
| 49 | But nonetheless — and for what it 's worth — this obsession with number seems to me sad , reductive and weird , and I wonder where it comes from ? |
| 50 | I enjoyed it and I understand how you feel . |
| 51 | ‘ You look well , Lili , ’ he remarked , also without warmth , and I wondered why they had ever been friends since they did n't like each other . |
| 52 | And I wondered how he deduced you know , how he got this . |
| 53 | If I knew where it had come from I would do it . |
| 54 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |
| 55 | CATHERINE I 'd be more pleased if I knew how you got in the door . |
| 56 | ‘ If I knew how I meant I should n't be asking you to design it , because that 's what design is , knowing how you mean . |
| 57 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 58 | ‘ No news at all , ’ she warned , ‘ until I know how you 've been … and whether you are on the mend . ’ |
| 59 | on the grounds that until I knew where I 'd got |
| 60 | Oh this is this is you here is it ? the other side of the , cos I know when we tried to take photo 's off John , tried to take photo 's of John on the television because he could n't do it with all the flash or . |